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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree with all of this. The Borg Cube especially was very difficult to assemble, and I've done some pretty big official Lego sets so I'm used to a good challenge. I had to resort to gluing some parts in place, as some of the plates were bent and just would not stay in place while I worked on the next side.

I also really came to dislike the tiny black pieces they use to add studs to the bottom of some bricks. Too small, too hard to insert, and way too easy to just roll away and never be found.

That said, the final product looks fine and nobody ever questions if they are legitimate sets or not. I don't regret the purchases, just didn't enjoy the build process like I normally do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

the rule is you have to consider everyone for employment that can be employed

Emphasis added to the original comment to help those with poor reading comprehension skills.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why would a refugee or asylum seeker "never have a chance" at getting hired by a company like SpaceX? Seems like that is part of the problem, no?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For all the cries about it being political persecution, I haven’t seen anyone prove any of the evidence being used against him is false.

The whole reason "persecution" is the main talking point is exactly because there is no legitimate defense. There's not even an illegitimate defense that they can float to the base, so the only thing left is "witch hunt".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's also pretty damning to the franchise that all of the directors were already established--or like Gareth Edwards and Rian Johnson, are up-and-comers--who are generally seen as being better than the Star Wars films they were involved with.

Clearly the problem was not just the directors. The whole approach was fundamentally broken.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Says who?

Mayim Bialik will not be hosting Season 2 of “Celebrity Jeopardy!” as she continues to support the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Variety has learned from sources.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Except for the part where Jesus said not to do that, sure.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Important to mention that Tebow is also one of those "wear it on his sleeve" Christians, thanking Jesus for victories and kneeling in the endzone and other such annoying performative bullshit (sorry that last point was commentary, not necessarily factual).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Naked pics, that's disgusting! What nude photos, though, there's so many of them! Which one, so I know to avoid it?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What source are you looking for, exactly? You asked about a specific incident and got a fine summary. If you want more context, it's very easy to find.

If you are looking for a "source" for a subjective opinion of someone's personality... I don't even know what that would accomplish or what form you think that would take.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linus also wants LMG to be about more than him, and a huge part of the controversy is tied to his decision making power overruling everyone else who says they are working too fast.

He could have appeared, that's fine, but that nobody was able to get him to drop the defensive attitude and just finally say "sorry" without any pity pleas would have been a very strong signal. That they either didn't think to do that, couldn't get Linus to agree or don't have the power to force him also sends a strong signal in the other direction.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I am a semi-frequent WAN show watcher and I definitely get that vibe. Some people will say that Luke stands up to Linus, but from what I've seen it's only superficial. I have never seen him push Linus enough that it becomes a real disagreement--not on an actual controversy like this, at least. The WAN show where they discussed the Billet Labs review is a perfect example: Luke says "well, maybe we should have re-tested" but then Linus goes off on his "$500 of employee time" tangent and Luke doesn't call that out as completely ridiculous and hypocritical.

He does voice his disagreement, but not in a way that is going to change anything.

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