Einar @ original_reader @lemmy.ml

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Throw the man am email. He might help.

bartbonte.com

They eat them. But there is no need to do so. It's a tradition.

Source: Britannica.

This source also highlights the hypocrisy of saying that there's a focus on animal welfare.

I stand corrected. I misread the last paragraph.

I edited my comment accordingly.

Source.

Where's that from?

"Whaling in the Faroe Islands is conducted in accordance with international law and globally recognized principles of sustainable development," according to the island's government website. "It is sustainable and fully regulated, with a strong emphasis on animal welfare, and a requirement today for participants to be licensed to use the mandatory methods and equipment. Whale drives only take place in bays that are officially approved for the purpose, and only schools of whales found in close proximity to land, usually within one nautical mile, are driven ashore."

The fact that it has to be justified in this way shows that something isn't right. Just because something is legal doesn't make it right.

Also, what kind of nonsense is this: "with a strong emphasis on animal welfare". It's a species hunted and killed by the hundreds! What kind of welfare is seen there!?

Humans' way of justifying their dubious morals can be disgusting!

Everything by Bart Bonte.

Fantastic. Whoever wrote this had an inspired day.

I feel such a sentiment can be misguided, because it can lead someone to be utterly discontent.

Applied properly with perspective, it can lead to discoveries about oneself, of course.

“A man chooses, a slave obeys.” — BioShock

From Andrew Ryan, the founder of Rapture, the underwater utopia gone wrong in BioShock. This is Ryan’s philosophy valuing individual freedom and rationality over collectivism and morality. I can never decide whether I agree with this or not. There's truth in it, but it can be misguided and extreme as well.

"Improving" is not a word I would use in this case.

If anyone is annoyed, then they don't know how to deal with opinions.

Just skip the last episode. Terra Prime, the penultimate episode is the true ending.

The showrunners themselves admitted that the final episode was an insulting ending.

I don't see myself changing my position on that.

Not saying Google isn't spying on you, but with Yandex you get into Russian government territory.

• Yandex collects user data (their privacy policy)
• Yandex cooperates with the Russian FSB

Decide yourself who should get your information.

Largely true, though the full answer is a bit more nuanced.

Source.

I do. I use several search engines, but depending on the topic, Bing returns accurate results, especially since they integrated Bing Chat (their AI).

And I'm not alone.

Google a) is littered with ads, sponsored and overly SEOified results and b) has too much dominance.

So I use Bing, Ecosia (which uses Bing) and a number of other search engines.

You don't watch other shows. You start over with Star Trek.

😁

That was more an exaggerated statement from me. I wouldn't be surprised if at one point someone will do that.

Then again, Reddit might comply with your request.

Discovery had it's moments.

From a Star Trek universe perspective it hit way too many lows, though. This is just my opinion, of course. I found it hard to sit through some episodes. The actors are generally great, but there is too much cheap dialogue (listen to some of the Season 2 and 3 "Picard" dialogue in comparison!), underdeveloped characters, statements like the above that were written without even considering how they might age... well, this was discussed ad nauseam in many places, so I'll stop the rant before it starts.

Thank you Discovery for showing us what doesn't work. Other shows learned from you.

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Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren't valid.

That alone is worth a lot. Their endeavour for longevity is also great. I hope they get the attention they need.