AClassyGentleman

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 8 months ago (3 children)

This post is a skill check for how terminally online you are.

And I passed. Fuck.

[–] [email protected] 166 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

One extra thing a lot of articles haven't pointed out is that the mod was locked behind a patreon paywall. Sticking mods behind paywalls has been a hot subject (to put it gently) in the community for a while now. Not to rush to the defense of the most profitable franchise in the world, but yeah that's absolutely gonna get you shut down.

[–] [email protected] 113 points 8 months ago (27 children)

Curious how it'll perform in real world conditions. Sodium batteries are supposed to have much better charging times and don't degrade the way lithium batteries do, both of which would be huge. Fingers crossed they live up to expectations.

(Also obligatory "expand and improve public transit damnit!")

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 84 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Is this article AI generated? It's absolutely awful. Ending with youtube-style engagement bait is just embarrassing, you're the journalist, you should be the one to reach out to a lawyer and get an opinion.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago

Yakuza/Like a Dragon sidequest.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Mello's the absolute GOAT. So stoked that he got on the soundtrack for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago

Honestly this is one of the things I appreciate about Trek. Things don't just automatically get better and better throughout human history. But in both Trek and real life, people want things to get better and will fight to make them better if given a chance. Past Tense might be my favorite episode of TV in general because while things might still get worse before they get better, the Bell Riots are one of the things that spurs people into action.

I think there's a lot to be hopeful for in that respect. We're seeing a resurgence of unions and labor action after they collapsed in the 90s, the development of an incredibly large anti war movement, and people are realizing things only change if we force them to.

Anyways, there will always be bad things happening in a capitalist society, but there will always be people fighting to make things better, and right now a lot of people are realizing they want to be a part of that group.

So yeah, shit sucks but there will always be people who want to fix things.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Lots of cast members ended up directing over the years. 90's Trek had a reputation for being a factory for directorial debuts. It's really neat, it brought a lot of variety and personality to the episodes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And you may find yourself living in a starship bunk

And you may find yourself in another part of the galaxy

And you may find yourself behind the helm of a large delta flyer

And you may find yourself in a beautiful holodeck, with a beautiful holo-wife

And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

And the answer is pretty simple, it was the caretaker.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

I love Lower Decks a lot. You can spot the exact moment the exec who was demanding "make one of them Rick and Morties with this old sci-fi shit we have" left the room and the writers all went "okay so we're gonna do a very targeted Star Trek comedy now, yeah?"

The DS9 episode was wonderful.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Going off 20+ year old memories so I've probably got some stuff wrong, but basically there was an evil guy literally named Hacker (who in my head was voiced by Christopher Lloyd?) who was trying to infect the program lady who was in charge of everything with a virus. The actual episodes were basically just "uh oh Hacker is up to some bullshit, time to stop him in some way that will involve math."

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