I quite disliked this episode. Yeah, I get it, the good message and character redemption is in there at the end, but I find high school drama trek really boring; at least episode 1 was mostly back story, episode 2 had interstellar diplomacy and a somewhat brave change of status quo (the Federation command being built on Betazed).

Still, this show really makes it seem as Starfleet Academy is failing: every meaningful lesson is learned by disobeying; the captain of the school team is chosen by who can shoot the best side-by-side, instead of who has better leadership skills, and the try-harder understands the other try-harder is a better captain only during a clandestine match; in the first episode, the ship is saved by Caleb only because he already dealt with the pirate in the past, all the other cadets and officials stood there getting injuried; the only thing they learned at school is how to grow a plant and their rector telling-not-telling them to use empathy and patience to prank the other school. Where is the discipline, the team-work, the diversity that makes the whole more powerful?

Oh and really? College mascots? Team jersey? Lasertag? Did we forget this show is set in the 32nd century? Do we have to believe that the main academy of an insterstellar institution, the most powerful of the galaxy at some point, is operating like a 1990's US college? I get that imagining the far future is difficult, but at least try. Baseball in DS9 already felt out of place, and that was only 300 years in the future, now it's like expecting every university in the world, in 2326, to run the same way as medieval Oxford University was when first founded. Discovery did a better job setting up the far future in its 3rd season, I don't know why they reverted, TNG and DS9 felt more futuristic in the settings than this show.

1. doing things you are not supposed to do is fun
2. thinkering with electronics in fun
3. we are sacrificing our freedom to megacorporations that continously tell us what to do, what to think, what you can and can't do with devices we own and enshittify them. Taking back some of that freedom feels good

That is one case, which is the reason why it's usually culturally/genetically frowned upon. The other reason I guess is to prevent abuse in a parent/child relationship, where it's different because there's a power difference

Windows 11 refusing to install on hardware it can absolutely run on.

IP rating on smartphones so there's seals and glue everywhere and opening them up is a fucking nightmare.

Please don't make it a generic US high school drama. There's already enough US-defaultism in Star Trek.

Also, the image is glossy, it feels like AI generated

Unfortunately that was common even before LLMs. I've ancountered at least half a dozen websites that mirror Stack Overflow questions, along with answers and comments, in a blog-like presentation.

Unfortunately the exploitation in the porn industry is so high, it's entirely possible that one of these women didn't really want to be in any video, especially if you consider that those kind of video are mostly filmed in low-income eastern europe country, so it's either a localized cultural feticism, or just a place where it's easier to find vulnerable girls.

Have been to Los Angeles for a short time with friends and of course we tried several fast foods. We decided to go to Hooters just for fun, but the food was surprisingly the most decent of those we tried, and also reasonably priced. Of course we could see a lot of creepy around us and it was a little unconfortable seeing some ~~clearly underage~~(apparently >18 yo) girls just being there for their boobs.

The US really is a weird place...

Not a good choice for a name, at first I though it was just another linux phone that would be useless for 90% of people.

Very cool project instead, hope this can lead the fondation for a 100% open source mobile OS.

Man, nobody can put "a target" on you for something you say on a public forum that people get mad about.

You guys want freedom of speech? Freedom of speech is also getting shit on online for something you say. You have a right to speak, not a right to be liked.

It's not "a" tourist, it's "a milion" tourists they don't tolerate

The most annoying thing is it blasting "battery low" every 30 seconds when the battery gets below 20%, making them absolutely unusable. At least Sony lets out a ver short beep to let you know, and only twice