Pat @Pat@qoto.org

@icedquinn

Don't worry. It was probably just a worm.

FYI - The tag "#pointless" refers to this poll, not to religion generally or any particular religion.

Pointless because anyone who votes will just vote for their own religion, because if they thought another religion was better, then they'd choose that other religion. Get it?

@peterdrake

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

"The Far Side"

@icedquinn

No. We don't reward responsibility.

@peterdrake

Prep is for cowards. Just wing it.

@pganssle

After decades of people clamoring for them to get rid of DST, they turn around and give up more of it.

@peterdrake

Although I doubt he's a fan of Gary Larson.

(It would be funny if the Special Master found some of Larson's cartoons in those boxes.)

@trinsec

I'm sure everyone is anxiously awaiting the results so they will know once and for all which religion is better.

This #TruthBeTold is mostly true. The image is from the Webb Telescope and researchers made a point of observing the spot, put they didn’t “discover” it. The Great Red Spot has been observed by astronomers for centuries, and we’ve known for decades that it is caused by an ongoing atmospheric storm. (The spot looks white in this pic because it’s a composite image using multiple filters.)

By using the word “discovered” and saying it “appears” to be an atmospheric disturbance, the statement makes it sound like the spot is something new.

It’s also true that no monoliths were seen around Jupiter, however, researchers were not expecting to see them.

* * * Movie spoiler – 2001 and it’s sequel 2010 * * *

The reference to monoliths comes from the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” and its sequel “2010: The Year We Make Contact”. A large, black rectangular monolith features prominently in those films. It’s shown orbiting Jupiter towards the end of “2001” and a swarm of monoliths multiply within the atmosphere of Jupiter in “2010” causing the planet to explode into a star.

@trinsec

I thought everyone would abstain from answering, because it was a rhetorical question. I'm not sure if those who are voting are so enthusiastic about their religions that they missed the satire, or if they are playing along.

@trinsec

>"None of the above."

I was going to include "other", but I thought it was funnier having the forced choice.

(they only allow four choices in polls)

I’m confused.

Those of you who are voting in this rhetorical poll…

are you zealots or fellow satirists?

#TruthBeTold #webb #telescope #jupiter #2001 #space #odyssey #spot

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The James Webb telescope has discovered a large spot on the surface of Jupiter that is larger than the Earth. It appears to be some kind of atmospheric disturbance.

No signs of any monoliths, though.
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#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)

#satire #pointless

Which is a better religion?

@aworldinpages

Correlative or causative?

@barefootstache @johnabs @trinsec

When the ice caps melt, that'll fill the reservoirs back up.

The Earth knows how to heal.

@johnabs @freemo @barefootstache

Seriously...

It depends on how "secure" you want it to be.

Tempest compliant? - you'd probably have to build the hardware yourself.

Encrypted communication? - you can use generic utilities for that.

I think it would be difficult to trust any full-blown application from any vendor, if for no other reason than the shear amount of code involved.

You could probably very easily set up a camera connected to a Raspberry Pi or something and, using currently available Linux utilities and a simple script, create something that could record the video and make it available via an encrypted channel to a remote location.

Remote locks would be a little more involved, but why the f*ck anyone would want to lock/unlock their home remotely is beyond me.

@lucifargundam @johnabs @trinsec

>Just for reference...[copy of qoto rules]"

I don't see anything there that would prohibit that discusion.

@johnabs @lucifargundam @trinsec

I don't have that condition, but I am neurodivergent. This thread didn't make me feel uncomfortable, and I didn't intend to put anyone here on the hot seat. I was just giving my take on it.

Yes, often funny things happen that are related to a condition, and if everyone involved is fine with joking about it, I don't see why you can't laugh at funny things.