Tregetour
@Tregetour@lemdro.id
- Comment on Where to start? 2 days ago:
Some advice for TNG. Don’t skip seasons 1 and 2. It’s popular but misguided advice.
To that effect, here’s an optimized episode watch guide for the first two seasons. Six episodes removed per season to save you 9 hours in total. Return to the skipped episodes later if you’re interested.
Watch Encounter at Farpoint 1x01/02 The Naked Now 1x03 Code of Honor 1x04 The Last Outpost 1x05 Where No One Has Gone Before 1x06 The Battle 1x09 Hide And Q 1x10 Haven 1x11 The Big Goodbye 1x12 Datalore 1x13 11001001 1x15 Home Soil 1x18 Coming of Age 1x19 Heart of Glory 1x20 The Arsenal of Freedom 1x21 Symbiosis 1x22 Skin Of Evil 1x23 We’ll Always Have Paris 1x24 Conspiracy 1x25 The Neutral Zone 1x26
Skip/defer Code of Honor 1x04 Lonely Among Us 1x07 Justice 1x08 Angel One 1x14 Too Short A Season 1x16 When The Bough Breaks 1x17
- Comment on Jonathan Frakes Talks Directing And Tawny Newsome Talks Writing For ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 1 week ago:
Didn’t it ultimately achieve its aim with the creation of Lower Decks?
- Comment on A patient gamer youtuber explaining why she only plays old games 1 week ago:
talking points like, “why don’t women look feminine aymore,” “why are characters designed for diversity/inclusion first before story,” “Concord sucks lol.”
They’re fair observations. Convergent, homogenous graphic design plagues vid-budget video game production.
Ubi is the sort of mob that could put out a title set in Georgian England and offer a cast that includes among others a queer ship’s captain, a Chinese bailiff and a Rastafarian archbishop. There’s a place for this, but done often enough and across so many genres, it becomes self-satirizing.
- Comment on Who was our worst Prime Minister and why? Any notable state leaders we need to add? 2 weeks ago:
My theory is Uncle Sam’s fingerprints are on high east coast gas prices. Giving it away for nothing has to put pressure on Russian’s LNG export income. The donkeys that head Origin, etc. are on board because they can gouge the home market as compensation, knowing Canberra won’t contemplate a reservation policy as part of the deal.
- Comment on “Bliss” is a remarkable story of forming bonds in challenging times. 2 weeks ago:
TNG 3x03 The Survivors. Trek works just as well when introspective personal drama gets priority over the science fiction.
- Comment on What's your favourite Star Trek theme? 1 month ago:
Every 60s show seems to be scored as though the camera could pan out any time and reveal whatever setting you thought you were in was in fact a black-tie ballroom party with a big band ensemble.
- Comment on YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads 2 months ago:
YT will likely attempt to play creators and viewers off one another. Similar to how hospitality does so with patrons and staff re: tips. You could see a FUD campaign aimed at anyone republishing their work on competitor sites.
- Comment on What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from? 2 months ago:
I haven’t logged in for nearly three years. Has TI been overhauled again?
- Comment on What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from? 2 months ago:
Dirty Bomb 2
- Comment on Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to the US 3 months ago:
Characters like him are targeted because they are both successful and anti establishment
- Comment on Chrome’s Manifest V3, and its changes for ad blocking, are coming real soon 3 months ago:
20352028: Browser content is piped to a local AI that filters junk and noise then feeds the result back into the browser for screen display - Comment on In just three months Bonza has collapsed and Rex is on the brink. What’s gone wrong? 3 months ago:
Articles like this come off as glib. Aviation is a dreadful industry for all involved.
- Comment on MediSecure reveals 12.9m Australians had personal data stolen in cyber attack 4 months ago:
These breach incidents all serve to highlight the lack of a solution for patients that want to retain ownership (ie. exclusive control) over their data. Currently the only effective way to do that is a non-solution - by not interacting with the service at all.
Imagine there was one copy of your health information, and it was encrypted, and it lived on a server/flash drive/device under your control. In order to receive treatment, the provider has to access that source and request your permission or authenticate in some capacity. That would be an enduring, user-respecting solution that showed people that each loss of data was more than merely a publicity nightmare for the abetting company. Managing personal healthcare like this isn’t for everyone, but it should be an option for patients with the means and inclination.
The fact that service providers neither want to co-operate with something like this, nor are required to by law, is a problem. There’s currently no individual agency permitted whatsoever in this domain and I’ve been fed up with it for a long time.
- Comment on Landlords Now Using AI to Harass You for Rent and Refuse to Fix Your Appliances 4 months ago:
AI as insulation from true accountability and responsiveness. I think we’re starting to see a pattern with its use.
- Comment on Youtube stopped working for me today when using uBlock Origin in Firefox or Vivaldi with anti-ad enabled. 4 months ago:
You make good points, but I still think what I envision would be able to attract enough people interested in specific hobbies, without achieving anywhere near Youtube’s scale. I’m thinking of a scenario where the video platform is more an extension of a web community, such an an old-school forum, rather than a straight video host where the primary aim is to gain any engagement whatsoever, and where (let’s face it) all engagement is generally fungible. It’d be something member-funded and run, like good torrent trackers, and the content is an interest ‘ecosystem’ - so not only fishing content, but fishing gear coverage, and camping and hiking stuff, and meat prep and storage, and boating, etc.
This couldn’t be any worse for either creator or viewer than what YT subjects them to. There would be no having to optimize for an opaque algorithm. The pressure to self-censor would be greatly relieved. Monetization scope and content guidelines would be accountably managed - ie. by the community itself. Creators would still have their Patreon/Liberapay/etc income streams. The platform can place the odd banner ad too, like 4chan.
I wonder how much convenience and (perceived) income security is a passionate creator prepared to sacrifice in order to start exercising power over Youtube by uploading elsewhere? We all know creators hate the place…
- Comment on Now we know how much it costs to make a $2,800 Dior bag 4 months ago:
If anyone’s interested in the worst behavior the fashion industry has to offer, search for ‘rolex authorized dealer’ on YT. Then follow that up with ‘I can’t wear my Rolex in public anymore’ results from the watchtubers.
- Comment on Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen 4 months ago:
Bell curve meme:
Grug: A file on my computer (/Desktop/passwords.txt) Zoomer-looking midwit: Cloud connectivity! Phone numbers! Biometrics! Just install the app! Less than a cup coffee per month! Backed by FAGMAN! The monk: A file on my computer (KPXC)
- Comment on Youtube stopped working for me today when using uBlock Origin in Firefox or Vivaldi with anti-ad enabled. 4 months ago:
scale
Who does scale really benefit, though? I don’t see how it matters from the audiences’ point of view. Say I watch Youtube for fishing videos - all the competitor needs to do to attract and keep me is offer fishing videos. I don’t really care that I can’t watch music videos on it, or cookery, or make-up tutorials, etc.
The preoccupation we have with scale should be re-examined when it comes to video distribution. A combination of user-friendly banner advertising, modern codecs, and P2P hosting should go an awful long way. If I knew ad placements provided material funding for a video site/community I loved, I’d whitelist the URL.
Video needs fragmentation.
- Comment on Youtube stopped working for me today when using uBlock Origin in Firefox or Vivaldi with anti-ad enabled. 4 months ago:
Ad blockers assert your belief in the web browser as user agent, not server agent
- We know you’re using an ad blocker. How dare you.
- Alphabet’s cross-subsidy, and the political value of controlling the Overton window, allows Youtube to remain publicly accessible.
- You can get double-penetrated with Youtube Premium, first on the subscription fee then on the usage analytics.
- Comment on Laws to ban live sheep exports by 2028 pass parliament following lengthy debate 4 months ago:
I’d like a phase-out of the data broking industry. Just like live sheep export, it’s inherently odious and shouldn’t be a thing, and is only capable of causing harm. But something tells me government won’t get around to that one. Weird…
- Comment on What's with all of these stories about beauty companies on ABC 4 months ago:
See also: the scare pieces on medical tourism.
- Comment on Ntfy.sh Protonmail notifications 4 months ago:
Context is king. If there’s vital/time-dependent correspondence you’re waiting on, notifications can matter. But email in 2024 is pretty darn transactional, in which case a daily check is enough for most. Notifications for something suggest that I need to drop what I’m doing and attend to whatever arrived. That just doesn’t apply for service provider marketing, purchase receipts, etc.
And then the opsec angle comes into play: axios.com/…/apple-google-requests-push-notificati…
- Comment on "Free Access! Just give us your email." 4 months ago:
Give me a mandatory field and I will give you a latrine.
- Comment on Ntfy.sh Protonmail notifications 4 months ago:
Notifications are overrated. I turn them off for the bulk of apps.
Devote one or two small time windows each day for life admin. Outside those windows it shouldn’t be seen or heard.
- Comment on Neo-Nazis Are All-In on AI 4 months ago:
The purpose of the piece is to smear public access and control of AI tools. It’s known as ‘running propaganda’.
- Comment on Neo-Nazis Are All-In on AI 4 months ago:
I’m happy with outgroup x being able to develop their own AIs, because that means I’m able to develop AIs too.
- Comment on US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement 4 months ago:
Staggeringly naive, tbh. Your profession will be made obsolete as a self-sustaining for-profit enterprise either way. The difference is that the tooling can either be owned exclusively by megacorp, or it can be owned by people.
It’s better to be a bard relying on the charity and small custom of others than a literal sharecopper wagecuck fueling Universal;s proprietary model for next to nothing. At least in the former case you’re free.
- Comment on The Delusion of Advanced Plastics Recycling 5 months ago:
I wouldn’t be surprised if the average consumer does more for the environment by reducing consumption by 10% and not recycling anything, than maintaining normal consumption and regularly recycling.
- Comment on [Meta] Did we drop the "what are you playing" monthly thread? Also, mods haven't been active for a while, should someone take over? 5 months ago:
Started playing Rain World (oh god)
- Comment on Australian Border Force searched phones of 10,000 travellers in past two years, data shows 5 months ago:
What is the total airport traffic over the same time? I’m interested in getting a sense of the likelihood of a search request.
In any event I’d buy a post office POS for the purpose and use an inflammatory password. Cuck those funts. Call it part of the cost of travel.