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

I mean, at least systemd is one(-ish) program with one API that everyone can target like xorg. There's so many different Wayland implementations that it gets rather mind-boggling.

Of course, I don't hate Wayland - I just currently use XFCE. If XFCE ever switches, I'll go along with it. If applications end xorg support before XFCe switches(or if XFCE becomes unmaintained), I'll consider jumping ship to something that uses Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I think that's true, but permissions might come into play and really cause pain; it's probably best to just reinstall.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Scared

On a more serious note, as others have said, you'll probably burn through these weird storage limitations quickly.

Also, what do you mean by "sensitive matters" on Mint? Because almost any way you spin it, I feel like it's not a great idea:

  • If you're talking professional, confidential work with clients, keeping it on the same device where you do anything personal sounds like a terrible idea, and it's probably worth it to shell out for a dedicated device just for this.
  • If it's more personal things like government documents, medical records, and other things I'll neglect to name here, running a separate operating system just for those just feels like unnecessary paranoia and will cause you unnecessary trouble. If you're careful, it shouldn't be a problem - the major browsers prevent file access through protections against cross-site scripting.

Also, as I said in another comment here, please upgrade that drive before you put a lot of data on it. If you don't and you run out of storage later (a near-certainty on 256GB), you'll have to go through the effort of getting everything copied, which may include equipment purchases and several hours of your time when you could jut do it right now while your important files are still small enough to fit on a flash drive right now. Save yourself the future trouble.

Anyhow, I wish you happy Linux usage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This is less like buying a bigger car and more like upgrading the stereo in the car - 256GB in 2025 is somewhat akin to having only AM radio, and I've found it gets annoying real fast when doing anything serious.

I would hesitate to put anything smaller than 1 TB in something that's supposed to be a daily driver.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

But supposedly, as said in the show, the house could regain their honor by someone in the house assassinating Dak’Rah, so I don’t get how using technicalities to graft M’Benga would violate that rule.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Relax, Doc. It's just a bit of lin alg!

Evil Doctor Left multiplied by regular Doctor equals the identity matrix

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well, actually, what remains of the council eventually does so in the 30th century after the Grim Reaper made a bit too good of a "Your Mom" joke to a child, if you know what I mean.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Did anyone else think, "Why doesn't Bytha just pull a House Quark and marry, then immediately divorce M'Benga?"

Although I guess M'Benga, unlike Quark, can't pull the "This isn't an honorable combat. This is an execution!"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeh. Really, I hope this takes full advantage of the 31st century setting, because I feel like there's so much to explore, even in existing Star Trek societies.

While some might see the Klingons here as beating a dead horse, I really have wanted to know how the Klingons handled the burn. I hope it's not something dumb like, "My race turned to civil war."

I think it would be kind of awesome if instead, we had the homeworld Klingons have a cultural shift where they choose to avoid civil war and instead embrace unprecedented collaboration in the hopes of one day attaining their former glory. Of course, this doesn't mean they quit being warriors; my thought is to keep their teeth sharp, there is a gladiator set up using holodeck and transporter technology where two combatants enter. Then, the computer randomly selects, with the result unknown to the combatants, whether it merely streams the combatant's presence to each other and prevents lethal blows or actually puts the combatants in a duel to the death (about a 1/20 chance).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Um, actchooally, Descendants predates Disney Plus by a few years. Laugh

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

I'm sad about the TAS episode not being a thing, I'm sad about the puppets being muppets instead of practical creatures, but also, this episode just seems like fun.

It almost reminds me of the Christmas episode of Eureka that was really fun, but may have single-handedly brought the series overbudget. That show was fun, with some flaws:

  • Some of the worst autism representation I have seen on television.
  • It could never decide if it was a comedy or a drama, although that wishy-washiness sometimes worked in its favor, such as when they decided to stir up the plot by creating an alternate timeline... twice.
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

(Stares in Miranda Class) A Miranda class starship exploding.

 

I have several that I've leaned towards over the years, but I recently added "Cyclops Rock" to my repertoire.

 

Personally, to keep my documents like Inkscape files or LibreOffice documents separate from my code, I add a directory under my home directory called Development. There, I can do git clones to my heart's content

What do you all do?

 

I wonder if it's just coincidence, if this inspired the Johns (I know they're Ramones fans, or if the two songs share a common ancestor.

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Confusion on Trek Eras (startrek.website)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

TLDR; Is PRO TNG or PIC era? Do Trek eras as we know them even matter anymore?

Edit: Fixed TOK to be TWOK era. My 2 brain cells had failed me there.

Before I give my problem, here's what I find the conventional Star Trek eras to be (including some common sub-eras that some might consider distinct):

  • ENT era: 2150s-2160s
  • TOS era: 2250s-early 2290s
    • TWOK era: 2270s-early 2290s
  • Lost era: 2290s-roughly 2330s
  • TNG era: 2340s-early 2380s (I count Enterprise C as roughly the start of the TNG era. At the very least, the shuttle for the Hansen's ill-fated trip in the 2350s has the trappings of the TNG era).
    • DS9/VOY/TNG film era: 2370s, maybe early 2380s
  • PIC era: mid 2380s-early 25th century (I think the Utopia Planetia in 2385 is my cutoff)
  • DIS era: 32nd century

I think most newer series have obvious placements, e.g:

  • DIS starts in the TOS era, then starts its own era.
  • SNW is in the TOS era (I'd argue it's straight up canon, based on LD).
  • LD is TNG era, based on LCARS designs and the story conventions it parodies/pastiches.

However, the main thing that is ruffling my feathers is that PRO's placement in my framework is very confusing. It exists on an awkward border between TNG and PIC.

On one hand, some of its storytelling conventions fit better with PIC, not to mention the fact that the Utopia Planetia attack occurs at the end of PRO.

On the other hand, PRO continues some TNG era characters that aren't yet elderly versions of themselves.

This goes back to the initial question: Do we place the vast majority of PRO in the TNG era (and have like the last five minutes of season 2 [hopefully not the show] in PIC era), or do we extend the Picard era backwards to 2383 to include PRO in its entirety?

The 2383 solution might work, as that leaves 2382 in the TNG era for the 5th season of Lower Decks.

 

I have a random guess about the problem with the alternate, bearded Boimler: he’s actually William Boimler, who killed (or imprisoned) Bradward and took his place on that Cerritos for mysterious Section 31 reasons.

That Boimler even says, “nobody deserves to be replaced by their own double.”

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

EDIT: I forgot to add a screenshot. Here it is.

While re-watching DS9 S1:E19 "Duet", I noticed this okudagram around 6:21 and got a bit curious.

Some of these images just look like aliens they would have already had pictures of. However, two stand out as potential easter eggs - the picture on the middle left looks unmistakably like Spock, and the human on the bottom left looks like they could be a production worker or a favorite musical artist.

However, Memory Alpha and a simple Google Search don't seem to turn up anything. I'm intrigued to know what history, if any, is behind this graphic.

 
 

Is Federation sun screen just that good? Does the standard Federation checkup include un-tanning? I am at a loss for any explanation.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I pick it up again every once in a while. I just had a slate of particularly miserable emeritus short losses, including one where 9 of the 13 Klingons left were in one sector. I was docked in a Starbase adjacent to that sector, and I could have sent an armed probe. Instead, to not get any more planet loss points, I decided, "I'm just gonna take em with phasers." I got killed immediately.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Note that Bashir is not yawning, but doing that weird wall shuffling-screaming thing that no one understands, probably not even Siddig or the director at the time of filming.

Now MOOOOVE ALOOOOOONG HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEM! (Whacks those weird wood sticks together.)

 

What are your favorite songs off Factory Showroom? I personally enjoy:

  • Spiraling Shape
  • The Bells are Ringing
  • 'Til My Head Falls Off
  • Sing Like a Girl
 

Moral of the story: don't disregard the fire laws.

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