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[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Mostly with posting the APNG - Lemmy doesn't seem to natively support them in thumbnails. You CAN embed the image in the post and put a different format in the thumbnail, but that sort of beats the purpose. The caveat is you have to set the extension to PNG, or Lemmy won't accept it.

Also, while single-frame PNGS have an acceptable compression ratios, APNG files start to get large - a dozen or few dozen megabytes. Really, it doesn't take that much time to load most times, but it's long enough that people might miss it.

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

I would say no. I mean, the treatment fits the universe (lots of people enslaving other people), but there isn't even a subtle condemnation of this. In many ways, despite it tending to be a story about rebellion, Star Wars mostly tells a story with the status quo; especially in the original trilogy, there's never really an "are we the good guys" moment. (I could be wrong - been ages since I watched anything Star Wars.)

Meanwhile, Star Trek is constantly examining itself, with Starfleet officers often "stop[ping] to debate the rights of a robot" or whether the self-respect of one Starfleet officer is worth the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. Even when they treat synths like crap, it's usually depicted as being morally wrong.

This is a bit of a tangent, but this question makes me think about the evolution of Ood depictions in Doctor Who. Their first appearance was a bit weird about their enslavement, but they rectified that in later episodes.

P.S: I think this question is more suited for c/startrek than Daystrom Institute, as it's more about comparing the themes of two franchises than any in-universe explanation.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 6 points 2 months ago

Why do we even bother with data at all? Let’s just not exist - humans greatly increase attack surface.

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

I think it wasn't actually Stallman - it's a common misattribution.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Depends on your hardware and distro. Linux-libre not be so bad assuming it’s one of those old Thinkpads. Also, though, if you’re on Debian; they deblob their kernel already and put the blobs in separate packages so they can be optionally used. Don’t install any blobs and you’re good.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 9 points 2 months ago

“…And the worst part is I can live with it.”

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

Why does it feel like if Ron had a computer at all, he would would a Libreboot Thinkpad running one of those weird FSF-approved distros with no firmware?

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

It's mostly a breeze. The only misery I can recall is I remember I had a wonky knockoff Arduino board that kept jumping serial ports, but that was a hardware issue.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

Apple should experience bij.

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

Gul Dukat on Empok Nor: I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage called the blood of the exploited working class, but they've overcome their shyness; now they're calling me "your highness", and a world screams, "Kiss me, son of god."

Any plot involving Joran Dax: Each night I lie awake, completely alone. A voice is speaking, and I tremble, for it's not my own, my own. I can't ignore it, although I try. The intrusive whisper fascinates me.

VOY Endgame: Person from today, here is you in ~~2082~~ 2404.

Weyoun: My evil twin, bad weather friend.

Murf in PRO: Mysteerious whisper. Mysteeeeeeeeeeeerious whisper.

LD Minding the Mind's Mines: And what they found was just a statue standing where the statue got me high.

ENT finale: Everybody dies frustrated and sad

When Dukat killed Jadzia (or Rick Berman on the floor of his residence tomorrow 😉): Now it's over; I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want, or I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let me guess: "Birdhouse in your Soul" and "Istanbul"? (Was Constantinople. Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. Been a long time gone, Constantinople. It's a Turkish delight on a moonlit night. Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople, so if you've a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Istanbul. Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam. Why'd they change it? I can't say; people just liked it better that way.)

TMBG's back catalog is very chungus, though - lots of stuff about death.

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