[-] HobbitFoot 1 points 25 minutes ago

Yeah. From what I see, they generally self-medicate with energy drinks.

[-] HobbitFoot 4 points 28 minutes ago

Galaxy's Edge feels emblematic about the issues of design under Iger versus Eisner.

Eisner vastly expanded park capacity, but he didn't just focus on E-ticket attractions. He intentionally built some parts of the parks to entertain but cheaper to add capacity and give people a place to be entertained if they didn't want to wait in long lines.

In contrast, most of Iger's expansions were generally a lot more costly and didn't have the throughout of previous E-ticket attractions. This ended up pushing Disney into being a more premium experience.

[-] HobbitFoot 1 points 5 hours ago

The problem is that promotions were given to other characters off screen, including Admiral Harry Kim.

[-] HobbitFoot 2 points 15 hours ago

Earth has been known to keep Starbase 1 around for centuries and that space station has nowhere near the historic significance as Deep Space 9 did for Bajor.

I doubt it would have been kept as the space station serving the Bajoran wormhole, but I could see it kept in the system preserved as a historic ship.

That is of it didn't blow up due to the Burn.

[-] HobbitFoot 2 points 15 hours ago

It depends on if the station survived that long bring operational and if it survived the Burn.

I doubt that DS9 would be the main station serving the Bajoran wormhole even if it was preserved.

[-] HobbitFoot 1 points 15 hours ago

That Nog is listed as a lieutenant...

[-] HobbitFoot 1 points 15 hours ago

I feel like this is a symbol of the difference between the Eisner and the Iger CEO tenures. Eisner built out a massive expansion of the parks under his leadership, doubling the gates in Anaheim and Orlando while planning international expansion. Iger didn't, choosing smaller expansions with premium experiences over capacity expansions.

It is part of the reason that Universal has been able to grow so much, Disney doesn't have the capacity that it needs to meet high end theme park demand.

[-] HobbitFoot 3 points 18 hours ago

Storage units are great at generating revenue with little labor cost. You can run a giant multi story complex with a single person on site.

[-] HobbitFoot 13 points 20 hours ago

It is, but at least he was on and seemed to be a positive influence for the series. I can't recall a creative decision that he advocated for which wasn't an improvement of the character and the world.

[-] HobbitFoot 2 points 1 day ago

It depends on what you define infusion as. Three big theme of magic versus tech isn't that magic stops existing, but that tech radically changes the balance of power in how to use magic. To use a fire wizard as an example, the best use of a fire wizard is different between the medieval era and industrial era.

For the medieval era, the best use of a fire wizard is as magical artillery. Sieges are likely broken as the attacking army has enough fire power from their wizards to burn away defenders in a castle. You likely need these wizards to understand strategy, so they will likely be generals or kings. A fire wizard is going to have a high status in society.

For the industrial era, the best use of a fire wizard is as a replacement for coal. Weapons on the battlefield have replaced the need of fire wizards and some weapons have enough range to be a threat to the wizards, negating their need. Instead, a fire wizard is either used to melt metal or to power a steam engine because they are cheaper than using coal. At best, a fire wizard is going to be at the level of skilled labor in this society as their efforts are best used to be an energy supply.

That shift in power is going to have major ramifications on societies.

[-] HobbitFoot 20 points 1 day ago

Given the number of porn video websites now, I don't think the cost of video hosting is the major issue.

The bigger issue is likely having to moderate the site. Twitch focused on live streaming as a way to reduce exposure to copyrighted content and TikTok kept videos short enough that it could skate around fair use by not being able to air longer form copyrighted content.

[-] HobbitFoot 12 points 1 day ago

It is a show of its time. Seinfeld revolutionized a lot regarding what sitcoms could be, but it was still operating somewhat in the rules of the time.

Regarding the laugh track, every US sitcom of the era was filmed in front of a live audience. It goes back to the tradition of the medium where it was meant to be a remote viewing of a play which oddly stuck with sitcoms.

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Flying in Europe, it is about a 50/50 chance as to whether you get on the plane from a jet bridge or you take a bus to the plane parked on the tarmac. In contrast, most US airports have jet bridges, even when the plane is small unless it is a very small airport.

Why?

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The party will bake the pizzas once people start arriving.

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