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[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

Joking answer: Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1, but skip all episodes except "Code of Honor", which is the "best" in the franchise.

Serious Answer: DS9 season 1. Although it's less hopeful than the typical Trek in many senses, I think it still has that Trekian sense of ethics about it. Also, the characters are great, and the first season is much more watchable than TNG season 1.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

BTW usually the graphics glitches weren't immediate, but would come after waking it from sleep a few times.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

As an ex-Linux on Surface Go 1 user, I didn't like the experience. Under Debian Testing, it was always mostly usable, but I'd come across the weirdest bugs, like graphics glitches. Also, last time I checked, the camera was miserable to set up - I got it working, but it's really weird. Secure boot was also really painful.

Running Linux on the Surface Go made me curse the Surface line and put the Go in a junk drawer. I might go back to it one day, but I have no reason at the moment. Still, if you already own one, it's worth a shot.

If you go ahead, though:

  1. Whatever easily supported the linux-surface kernel.
  2. I really don't know. I don't quite use Linux in that manner.
  3. No. SD cards are slow, so the system will take an eternity to load. Put personal files on the SD and the install internal, not the other way around.
  4. I have no idea about the pen, but the keyboard mostly worked fine. I remember it having problems in the Debian installer, so I had to use a USB hub dongle and a keyboard to install, but after that I remember it working pretty well both mainline and linux-surface.
[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Also, I feel like an awesome Star Trek series would be a (preferably animated) semi-anthology where you have a few crews a season that then meet up in a finale subplot, sort of like taking LD:”Wej Duj” and focusing on each individual crew and culture more. My ideas are:

  • “Cetacean Ops”, which would take place on the USS George and Gracie (or something), a starship (either prototype or refit) built for and staffed by aquatic/cetacean life forms, except a few engineers. Besides exploring what cetacean life style is like in the Federation and Starfleet, as well as how they avoid isolation between aquatic and non-aquatic crew.
  • One that’s literally just the Archimedes from the Lower Decks Season 2 finale. I really liked that crew for some reason and want more.
  • Several non-Federation species vessels, like a Ferengi starship or a post-Dominion Cardassian vessel.
[–] data1701d@startrek.website 8 points 2 months ago

Blow Kiss Cheers, pally. And apng. Noice!

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thanks. My singular brain cell for some reason missed that button.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks for keeping me in the know. 😁

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll check later because I'm really busy, but I think if you go a bit before or after in the episode, there's a lamp on the wall where you say Kim 7 is.

Also, I don't know why I said MS Paint or something - I literally used GIMP to do a circle in one of my images. I can't believe I accidentally promoted proprietary software, when I should be promoting Ensign Kim! (Although I believe an okudagram in Prodigy that says he was a Lieutenant at the time of the show, so he really doesn't stay an ensign forever in the Prime Timeline.)

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Can you point out the Kims in the cell in MS paint or something? I'm intrigued.

P.S in a later shot, the 6 non-Lieutenant Kims count seems to be confirmed. I'll attach it when I have time.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Wasn't he always kind of a cartoonish mustache twirler? I mean, he basically invaded Cardassia after the manipulation of his meme-ishly large ego.

The truth is Gowron is a cartoon, and that's why we love him.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

The secret about TNG:"Cause and Effect" is that it took place on February 2nd, 2368. 😉

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

Debian is on the right track. XFCE might work - I remember it running pretty well on a laptop with 4 gigs.

 

I've had a special Neofetch logo to go with Chicago95 for a while. I finally bothered to switch over to Fastfetch, so I ported the logo over. Above is a terminal window with my result. Here's the git repo. I configured all window panes to be green in order to go well with the Space Chicago95 Plus Theme.

 

I've often wondered how with the advanced medical science of the Federation how they can, for instance, revive practically dead people, but not create a communication device for Pike (or any of a number of people in the background of Lower Decks) more advanced than a blinking light.

One theory I had recently is that somehow, Pike (and people with similar conditions) received most of the brain damage in Broca's Area, leaving them able to understand speach through Wernicke's Area but unable to produce speech. The chair thus might be a replacement for Broca's Area, but primitive in comparison to the original, biological one. (And further, perhaps the Talosians are able to simulate a human Broca's Area when Pike is left in the illusion on Talos.)

 

I wanted some ambience for an upcoming Star Trek Adventures game, so I whipped up this simple web app.

 

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.

 

Rest in peace. Isn’t he a time traveler, though? I thought Starfleet Intelligence would have resolved this by now.

 

A parody of "The Treachery of Images" by Rene Magritte, but with Nixon.

 

 

Salutations. After lurking around and reading posts for a few weeks, I have just created an account on this instance. Mostly, the experience has been good, but I am having one major issue: Shaka when the walls fell with two-factor authentication. When I press the button in my account settings, I receive the error couldnt_generate_totp. When looking in the Javascript console, I found the following occurred every time I pressed the button:

POST https://startrek.website/api/v3/user/totp/generate 400 (Bad Request)

I received a 404 when navigating to that URL. Is the API for generating TOTP keys not set up on this server? I am concerned about any count where I am unable to properly set up two-factor authentication, and I would be pleased if this difficulty could be rectified. Anyhow, glory to the houses of all involved in maintaining this server as an alternative bastion of Star Trek discussion on the internet.

 

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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