Corgana
@Corgana@startrek.website
/r/StarTrek founder
- Comment on Top 3 episodes (all shows) for a newbie 6 days ago:
Happy to help! I would love it if you report back, we used to get 100 “How do I get a friend into Trek” posts/day on /r/StarTrek but very few follow ups on if it stuck!
- Comment on Top 3 episodes (all shows) for a newbie 1 week ago:
“Data’s Day” is actually a pretty great one to get someone into TNG, it’s fun, but most importantly, Data is essentially walking around introducing all of the main characters to the audience.
I typically recommend starting with TNG in general (I used to say because it was “modern” 😭) as it naturally leads into DS9 and VOY. That said if your friend doesn’t typically watch older shows but is open to them, then just starting with SNW or ENT is an excellent intro to the rest of Trek.
- Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US? 3 weeks ago:
Which ones? Searched and couldn’t find anything.
- Comment on Brave CEO rants about "lefties," "glowies," George Soros 3 weeks ago:
Urban dictionary says it’s a term that refers to when an undercover government agent fails to blend in with whoever they’re trying to blend in with.
- Comment on Is there any counter AI bots in the fediverse 3 weeks ago:
Absolutely, if you’re seeing propaganda, it’s because it’s allowed on that instance. But the presence of propaganda has nothing to do if an account is an LLM or not.
- Comment on Is there any counter AI bots in the fediverse 4 weeks ago:
Moderation on the Feviderse is different that commercial platforms because it’s context-dependent instead of rules-dependent. That means that a user accout (bot or otherwise) that does not contribute to the spirit of a community will not be welcomed.
There is largely no incentive to run an LLM that is a constructive member of a community, bots are built to push an agenda, product or exhibit generally disruptive behavior. Those things are unwelcome in spaces built for discussion. So mods/admins don’t need to know “how to identify a bot”, they need to know "how to identify unwanted behavior".
- Comment on Which shows are worth watching? 4 weeks ago:
People are saying that Renegdes is actually the only canonical Star Trek
- Comment on Which shows are worth watching? 4 weeks ago:
When the show with the Black lady aired a lot of “”“longtime fans”“” and YouTubers decreed that it was “not canon” because of XYZ…
- Comment on Sokath, his browser’s eyes wide open 4 weeks ago:
you can skip the signature part (i signed it with a fake name cornelius flycatcher)
- Comment on Sokath, his browser’s eyes wide open 4 weeks ago:
Well I do agree to it as written lol. I didn’t realize this was a matter of opinion.
- Comment on Which shows are worth watching? 4 weeks ago:
You won’t get this meme but trust me it slaps
- Comment on Which shows are worth watching? 4 weeks ago:
I know DS9 is considered the “dark stories” one, but it’s still bursting with optimism compared with the majority of scifi out there.
- Comment on Sokath, his browser’s eyes wide open 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Sokath, his browser’s eyes wide open 4 weeks ago:
Perhaps if you gave an example from the TOS to illustrate what you mean by “enabling bullshit” your position would be more clear?
- Comment on Sokath, his browser’s eyes wide open 4 weeks ago:
They are just covering their butts legally against someone suing them for typing a URL into the URL bar.
- Comment on Why aren't all rooms holodecks? 4 weeks ago:
Surely The Year of The Holodeck Desktop would arrive eventually?
- Comment on Why aren't all rooms holodecks? 4 weeks ago:
This is a fun thought experiment and I’m kind of surprised Discovery didn’t do something like this with holodeck tech in the “future” since the writers weren’t afraid to do other tech-taken-to-natural-conclusion like tiny phaser transporters (or whatever those were).
Semi-related but I always thought it would be cool to see a Star Trek future where things have advanced so far that it would appear to someone like Picard like he and the Enterprise appeared to the Mintakans.
- Comment on Restoring a Trashed Star Trek Control Panel (YouTube) 5 weeks ago:
This was really cool, it’s nice that fans are saving smaller less famous props and things from the show that could have easily been thrown out. Thanks for sharing.
- Comment on chat is this real 🤔 1 month ago:
“Always test your prototypes on the intended final target well in advance just to be sure”
- Comment on I'm finally going to the 🪩DISCO🪩 1 month ago:
I was not a fan of seasons 1-3 pretty much at all (3 was ok), but 4 was one of my favorite seasons of any Trek and 4 is also very good. I would be interested to read a follow up post when you’re finished!
- Comment on chat is this real 🤔 1 month ago:
- Comment on I'm finally going to the 🪩DISCO🪩 1 month ago:
In another thread @ValueSubtracted@startrek.website described this plot as “Extremely TOS” and I went from not-hating-but-not-loving it to having much more positive feelings. Is it silly? Yes. Is it humanist? Also yes. And what’s more Star Trek than that?
- Comment on Just Finished Lower Decks 1 month ago:
I just did earlier this week!!
- Comment on Just Finished Lower Decks 1 month ago:
I did too! Watched it on initial release but skipped the finale, then watched a second time with the finale. Like a lot of Trek it is even better the second time, there is a shocking amount of attention to detail for a silly cartoon.
My favorite aspect that LDS really nailed was that it regularly turned a Trek trope on it’s head, and the “twist” in so many episodes turned out to be a positive well-intentioned misunderstanding instead of an ulterior motive.
- For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you had never considered... Charting the unknown possibilities of existence.startrek.website ↗Submitted 1 month ago to risa@startrek.website | 9 comments
- Comment on Sam Whited on Mastodon: "I gave myself a dedicated "Picard" button that I can reach over and hit any time a company tries to make me use their new LLM." 1 month ago:
Instead of predicting the future they are trying to force one upon everyone.
- Submitted 1 month ago to risa@startrek.website | 3 comments
- Comment on Warp Five: The Lower Decks Cast on the Cerritos' Future 1 month ago:
Same, I’ve already finished a second watch through
- Comment on Here's Some Parliament Class Love 1 month ago:
The deflector on the nebula class just always looks like a dumb little mouth to to me
- Sam Whited on Mastodon: "I gave myself a dedicated "Picard" button that I can reach over and hit any time a company tries to make me use their new LLM."social.coop ↗Submitted 1 month ago to risa@startrek.website | 3 comments
