data1701d

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[–] data1701d@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago

The headline does not do the story justice - makes it sound like the judge didn’t respect Data’s hypothetical rights, when she in fact acknowledged them.

I overall agree with the ruling.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 23 points 3 months ago (8 children)

On an unrelated note:

Why do you have Teddy Ruxpin as your desktop background, and more importantly, why do I feel such reverence for it as a very non-stereotypical background for a Linux user?

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

For some reason, I have the impulse to put this in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkinoUGmKZ4

(Phish wanted Frakes to do a horn part for one of their tracks, but his skills were not up to the task. To honor the attempt, they made this track out of a bunch of the failed takes.)

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

"I like the bridge."

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago

I honestly forgot about that. It's been a while since I've watched Orville, but remembering that, I agree.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 16 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I have respect for how the Orville turned both Isaac and Gordon around from the most annoying characters on the show to some of the best.

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

I use Debian with XFCE, but while I love XFCE, it might not be everyone’s thing. If you do give it a try, make sure to use Whisker Menu instead of the default app menu, and also set keyboard mappings to your liking.

P.S: Ubuntu’s pushing for Snaps, not Flatpaks. Flatpaks are actually pretty good - makes it really easy to install a newer software version when the one in Debian repos doesn’t suffice.

Also, it’s not only Ubuntu pushing for Wayland - most distros or DEs either have it working or are working towards it (there are some exceptions). XFCE is still on xorg, but working on Wayland. The problem is xorg is on life support and not getting a lot of new features.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Currently running a campaign on 1st edition. May look into this.

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

I’lll taaaeek yoooo hooooooooeeeem, AGAAAAAAIN KATHLEEN!

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

Just being in Starfleet in general, honestly:

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 3 points 4 months ago

I feel like they could have done several things to make them more realistic.

One option might have been instead making it a form of matterless telepathic project, with a bunch of the crew having to awkwardly walk inside these projections.

Another option might have been to make it so the Doopler behaves sort of like a replicator and uses materials from its environment to build clones. At first, the Cerritos life support systems would be able to keep up, but then, instead of the risk of being crushed, it could have instead been the risk of oxygen depletion or something as life support struggles to keep up. Granted, that would have made beaming the Doopler emissary onto the star base even more sadistic than it already was, so you'd have to find a way to revise them.

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