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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yet they immediately forgot again⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The enterprise c did have a battle bridge that they used mostly for saucer separations, but there were times when they used it saucer in place and there are some ships which have more protected configurations.

  Disregarding the IRL reasons of that’s just where it always goes, I believe the in universe reason is that starfleet at its core does not like to identify as a true military organization. It’s why the enterprise C is built like a cruise ship and why despite being a swift science vessel voyager is also very spacious and sleek and elegant on the inside. They do make plenty of starships that are top in class and capable of holding their own against anything else out there, but starfleet is not in the business of making warships. They overtly mention this in DS9 when it is mentioned that the Defiant is officially an “escort vessel” even though it is a very no frills combat vessel.

  Of course they can get away with this concession because generally the shields do most of the work when it comes to absorbing hits anyway. Once shields are down if another vessel wants to go for the kill it wont take long for it to tear through the hull. In theory the centralized location also means that the bridge can get additional protection by tilting the saucer away from the enemy(sorry lower decks).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yet they immediately forgot again⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  THEY DO HAVE THEM! Every once in a while a trek will show seatbelts and then proceed to forget about them later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yet they immediately forgot again⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When you consider that the bridge is on the top and center of the saucer section and a very enticing target the constant explosions make a bit of sense. It’s not that the enterprise got shot in the ass and it sent a current up to the computer that monitors shift rotations, no the high powered energy weaponry is aimed right on the other side of the wall. Structural integrity fields, shields, ablative armor, and other technobabble keep the the whole bridge from popping like a balloon when something bad happens.

  It’s like if your tv is plugged into a house with breakers and safely on a surge protector it’s not going to keep your tv from getting fried if zeus decides to target that outlet specifically and strike it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Totally not listening to it right now....⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It was a very controversial choice at the time too. It’s kind of funny how the internet has cooled off on the intro, in some cases even warmed up to it, but back in the day it got such a spicy reception.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You have no power here!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I love how theyre so buoyant they kinda wobble around the oceans. So many way more effective and mobile species get unlucky while these little guys just putter around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This may be the dumbest thing I've made yet. Sorry.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes an idea can be so dumb, it comes back around again as GENIUS. Congratulations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨linguistics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I find people who actually study language are more tolerant toward different pronunciations and informal speech and colloquialisms and less likely to be grammar nazis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah that does work as well, but I decided to give the open source front end a try as well and enjoyed the experience enough to keep at it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm Going To Build My Own Warp Core, With Blackjack and Hookers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I am Geordie please insert girder

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I know this is a silly meme but my issue with not wanting to pay for youtube is 3 fold.

  1.Theyre a monopoly. Google bought out the plucky streaming service on the rise(and honestly if it wasnt google it would have been someone else) and then continued to build up momentum and squash the competition. There is no competition. Daily motion and vimeo and peertube exist, but they dont really compete with youtube anymore.

  Google can complain all they want about how it’s expensive to host 4k videos from anyone who wants to upload and how all the global traffic makes their service unprofitable but given theyre a giant corporation, if it didnt bring them value they wouldnt be doing it and if it is a hole theyre putting money into then it’s an hole they dug for themselves.

  2.Google sucks at dealing with their creators. The lifeblood of the site is that it is the default platform for video content creators because its so big. Unjustified DCMA takedowns which ruin a persons livelihood and are difficult to appeal, their demonetization and essentially delisting from the algorithm of nsfw videos(which can happen if a key word is detected or a specific type of image, that recent issue with the big youtuber doxing another and getting a slap on the wrist, and the changes made to algorithms that hurt creators and shape content.

  Like how the comedy sketches and animators that were prevalent in the early days got squeezed out because the algorithm favored longer videos and a steadier stream of content. Or a case where a youtuber got his own song DCMA’d because another artist remixed his music. And thats not even getting into the poor compensation from ads that means creators need to use sites like patreon to get by. “Oh but if you pay premium your views count more” wow how nice of one of the biggest most valuable companies on earth.

  They also have no easy way for even decent sized creators with millions of subs to appeal or get a hold of them, let alone one in the 100s of thousdands or tens of thousands mark. All ai reviewed and ai resolved.

  3. The algorithm debacle. Its fickle tweaks have indirect impacts on creators and at worst it has been known to feed into conspiracy theories and red pill people into extremist pipelines and it took google way too long to address it. Even when it works well it can still push a lot of the same content. But its arbitrary nature an be a windfall on some seasons for one type of creator and tank another.

  4. Honestly even if all else failed and adblock stopped working I would probably just watch the ads. It’s like a 15 second clip in the beginning if you skip and a minute worth of ad 10 or 15 minutes later. Im not gunna say I love it but do you people not remember what watching tv was like or reading magazines, or have you ever had a bus drive by you? I can live with the minor amount of mostly skipable ads I’d get an hour especially if it means Im not paying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Since youtube has been starting to wage war against adblock I decided to try out using freetube and have been enjoying it. It does have some limitations but since its not tied to the algorithm it reminds me of how I used to have to browse youtube in the older days. Also I feel like the up-next option is way more valuable than it is with the algorithm. Instead of being based off of what I watch its like the old method so it might recommend more vids from the creator or channels like the creator.

  Instead of stuff that Ive already watched or am already subscribed to, or that one weird thing the algorithm is pushing for no reason that I keep ignoring but it keeps shoving at me.

  Discovery requires a little more creativity with searching and for some categories this can get broad, but the result is finding more teeny tiny creators as well which is neat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gargoyles Live-Action Reboot Officially in Works at Disney+⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if perhaps it’s because it’s a purely Disney product and theyre a little apprehensive of making an older skewing disney cartoon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gargoyles Live-Action Reboot Officially in Works at Disney+⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Gargoyles was made to go head to head with batman tas and they both did a great job of going right to the end of the line of what a tv-y7 could get away with(and probably couldnt get away with today). That said like Batman they both were designed to target kids and for all the brilliance there were episodes that skewed a little younger, and little touches like how shows of that era had to dance around words like “kill”.

  In addition to the usual stigmas surrounding animation I wonder if another factor in this is that it’s a pure Disney branded product. While they have plenty of edgier stuff in their back catalog that should let people know their cartoons arent just for small children, the rep is there and they may not be ready to put out a tv-14 or even tv-pg cartoon that targets young adults and teens. It was find when its some licensed anime on d+, or if it’s star wars or marvel, but this is a pure Disney badge.

  Of course theres also the usual explanation of cost. Good animation costs a lot of money to produce and while lord knows disney has the cash it might be cheaper for them to just shoot this series in front of the giant tv. I feel like a show with characters like the gargoyales would be counter productive to be live action since they regularly fly, and would need expensive suits or full cgi anyway to work, but I suspect they do the math and no an effects guy is cheaper than a team of animators.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gargoyles Live-Action Reboot Officially in Works at Disney+⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully its decent. Personally I would rather an animated reboot, but I imagine theyre going live action to target an older audience.

  Lately Ive kind of taken a bit of an indifferent approach to the onslaught of remakes, sequels, and series coming back from cancellation years later. If it’s good it’s good and thats neat. If not meh, I dont have to watch or engage with it and hopefully it dies a quick death. I kinda wish that Hollywood would focus more on new and original ideas instead of their focus on sequels, IP, and reboots, but that’s not going to change anytime soon.

  At least Gargoyles has been off the air for about 30 years so it’s not like theyre beating a dead horse here. If done well it could be interesting and would be very possible to provide a fresh take. That said it being live action doesnt leave me feeling optimistic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x07 "A Few Badgeys More"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah a little bit of a shame how inconsequential the pairings wound up being, but still a fun outing. Also I enjoyed how both A & B plots dealt with AI threats with one being silly but existentially deadly, and the other AI being superficially deadly but relatively harmless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[VERGE] Pixel 8 and 8 Pro review: in Google we trust?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine the 8a will probably be pretty attractive if it follows the last trend of same flagship chip at much lower price point(which is good because tensor is still behind the actual flagship chips)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uh yeah, totally.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Hot damn how is this so perfect?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Upstate New York city is Jonathan Archer from?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Upstate wouldnt have to be a city at all. Could be a town, hamlet village, unincorporated land, state park. Archer was young enough to have been around while earth was still rebuilding in theory.

  Upstate itself is also a very general location for the state. It’s most commonly used by people from the NYC metro area to refer to pretty much anything north of the bronx. This means upstate could in theory refer to anything from Westchester or Rockland county, to Watertown, to Niagara falls(though dont tell a western new yorker theyre from upstate they’ll throw a fit).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x10 "Hegemony"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah butts. Until I read your post I forgot that a writers strike is going to make the outcome of this episode up in the air.

  Pay your writers big corpos and stop trying to figure out how to reanimate actors corpses with Ai so you can use them forever !

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DS9 S2 "Second Sight"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My headcanon regarding the federations seemingly impossibly rosey outlook on psychological trauma is that they genuinely have good mental health treatments. That we have the ship’s counselor as a member of bridge crew in TNG is indicative of how important and useful they are.

  Between that and psychics existing, the federation is pretty good at dealing with trauma at least in a way that keeps things functional.

  In the case of inner light however I suspect the device was designed to have a dreamlike quality to it since it wouldnt be helpful for your knowledge spreading device to cause trauma to whoever it comes into contact with. You remember the important bits and major pieces of historical information but a lot of it kinda fades as just a dream.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slightly easier on the roof of your mouth than diamonds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Gorn dont have a lot of chewing teeth so it’s important for these to be easy on the pallet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flash Gorn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s kind of wild how terrifying this species has become as the series progresses. Like Enterprise mirror universe had some badass showings and then Strange New Worlds has them go all hr iger on us

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨who among us would not ask the same questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmmm being his grandma and former lover is quite the flexibility.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DS9 S2 "Second Sight"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I don’t think that I enjoyed any shoehorned romance with Picard especially…

  I didnt mind inner light but I guess since that involved him living an entire life in this kinda simulation thing that it wasnt quite shoehorned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Galaxy Class Starship⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Its such a great ship design. elegant and round

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He is fully equipped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Gives me police squad vibes.

  Cigarette? Yes it is.