There’s 2 versions of the Martian, but IIRC Porter didn’t do either. I think it’s r c bray and the star trek kid, is it whedon?

Maybe not so small?

I never encountered these math symbols but for loops are like step 3 in any programming language after variables and conditionals

What you’re describing as an “issue” is just the way the fediverse works.

There’s no central authority that determines the ruling /c/gaming instance or whatever.

If you tried to create one then anyone could just fork lemmy to disregard the central authority.

Lemmy is not reddit, nor should it attempt to be.