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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Reminds me of how my SSDs (both literally brand new) kept spitting out error messages in smartctl. As it turned out, this was a smartctl bug and I was able to install the Debian backports version to get a version with the fix.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Also, you know the Borg are horrifying when they're even putting up a fight with Apollo.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I think for Dos Cerritos the B plot with Tendi carried the episode. I honestly felt like they missed the classic Lower Decks balance of seriousness and humor on the A plot and played it slightly too straight in a way that made it seem too much like a run-of-the mill multiverse episode. The two T’Lyns jokes were fun, though.

Shades of Green also did great with the Tendi plot, and the overthrow of capitalism part was enjoyable enough.

Now the big question is: Will Boimler single-handedly cause Starfleet to create a multiversal prime directive after that PADD makes him do something spectacularly wrong? 😈 (Though I guess based on PRO events, probably not.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

And the Tholian web!

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

Or as Worf once put it, “We don’t discuss that with outsiders.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeh, I think it has to do with some CPU topology crap. I have it working pretty well, luckily - I once had an old Virtualbox VM with MacOS that I needed, and I was able to boot it in my Windows VM.

With Lightroom, you're right on that. Honestly, the state of FOSS image editors is a bit ridiculous, especially considering how good FOSS vector editors like Inkscape are these days compared to their commercial, proprietary counterparts.

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

I can see that. I nuked my Windows partition years ago, though. Honestly, if I find a software is jerk enough to block virtualization, I don't find it worth using.

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

I personally use LUKS + clevis with a TPM on my Thinkpad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I wonder what the timeline change will be for Dos Cerritos.

A plausible one in my opinion is Captain Freeman doesn’t survive the Pakled attack in the season 1 finale and Rutherford gets more severely injured. The ship is in chaos, and Mariner snaps, takes control, applies some Mariner magic to overcome the situation, and gets a field promotion. Either Boimler has died or stays on the Titan. (WAIT. I didn't notice bearded Boimler the first watch.)

Another less likely one is maybe it’s a First Splinter timeline Cerritos

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Personally, I'm the biggest fan of the seasons 3 and 4 posters.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I find Kobayashi is around where it starts to pick up. I'd say just watch the rest of season 1 before deciding if you want to continue, but at the very least, if you're worried about wasting your time, to episode 11 (frames the plot for the rest of the season) or episode 13 (the most classically Trek episode of the season, honestly).

Unfortunately, Jankom Pog never goes away, but somewhere in late season 1, he gets less useless at least and earns the right to be more annoying that Neelix. Also, if you've been finding Rok an annoying helpless child up to this point, she becomes a much better character (probably the most useful crew member) after episode 8 through a slightly O'Brien-esque process.

Season 2 is great and worth having watched season 1 (not to say season 1 is bad, but season 2 is way better).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Something like that. In my setup, I passthrough my RX 580 (my nicer card) and have my RX 550 (a dirt cheap one I got for ~$85 on sale) stay connected to the host.

 

I was rewatching LD 4x07 “A Few Badgeys More” when Badgey’s ramble about seeing past, present, and future as he ascended gave me a question: if Badgey has become a non-linear, omnipotent being, what is the impact on the timeline? My thought is that delta insignia seen in Starfleet and past human organizations may actually be part of a bootstrap paradox; the delta insignia inspires Badgey, and then eventually, Badgey, after becoming non-linear and being part of all time and space, causes the the delta insignia that inspired his form in the first place.

 

 

Let's imagine that there is an Earth from an alternate timeline where the planet received alien interference in the late 20th century that makes humanity certain of alien life and warp drive (note: not warp-capable), with the early 21st century on technological par with the prime timeline's 21st century. In this early 21st century, a person accidentally make both a universe and temporal crossing into Earth in the prime timeline and the late 24th century.

Starfleet quickly locates this highly confused person. How would Starfleet handle the situation while abiding by the (Temporal) Prime Directive?

Personally, I would think given the exceptional circumstances, that Starfleet might given the person limited mobility on Earth and only Earth, and eventually allow them to live permanently in the prime timeline if they have exhausted the list of possible ways to return the person to their timeline. This is especially considering that the alternate Earth has already been interfered with, and Starfleet has no way to know the natural development of neither the alternate timeline nor its native earth.

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