Watching Enterprise (currently on season 3), I’m not sure I can blame you, despite the plot getting interesting.
Each 90s series has their fair share of “I want to put Rick Berman in my trunk and [redacted]” moments, but Enterprise takes it to a bit of a disgusting level.
Like, with 7 in Voyager, you learn to tune out the unnecessary catsuit after a while and just enjoy an otherwise good character, but they take the sexualization of T’Pol’s character to such extremes that it interferes with her just being a person on the show.
I’m watching ENT because I’m a sucker for canon, but I totally don’t blame you if you skip it.
I use this image, which mostly just works (other than the need to throw model info and a made-up serial into a config.plist.
https://github.com/thenickdude/KVM-Opencore
I can’t say for 15.6, but mine is currently running 15.2 just fine; I usually fall a bit behind on updates since these days, I only really use it to upload They Might Ne Giants rarities to my cloud library via Apple Music.
The only annoyance with the VM is iPhones can’t connect over USB easily.
I don’t use Proxmox, but since it’s all libvirt anyway, I’ve frequently found someone doing something on it that helps me with my VMs.
For instance, my GPU passthrough Hackintosh VM is part based on some dude who made a tutorial for Proxmox that applies elsewhere.
I mean, that’s at least a grounded Anglicization that I could see someone in-universe coming up with. Pronunciation-wise, ”Fek’lhr” isn’t so bad either, but still incredibly stupid spelling-wise. 
Who the heck came up with “Fek’lhr”?! Like, it’s clearly it intended to be a Klingon word and not an Anglicization, but they failed miserably to actually follow the rules of the language.
It’s so bad it looks like Okrand had to fix it in one of his Klingon audio tapes - the official Klingon word is “veqlargh”, leaving the TNG onscreen versiob as a very weird Anglicization with a pointless apostrophe.
Funny, though honestly, I've always just used the instance website. I haven't seriously tried Voyager yet, and perhaps I should.
No.
I usually just use Bash; there’s a certain level of complexity where it begins to be more reasonable to just use Python.
Yes and no. I think connotation is important here; “stable” means different things in different contexts even within computing, and they both denote different but important things - kind of like free of cost verses freedom.
In the distro case, people need/want a distribution where they know a new version won’t come and break their config when they update at 2 AM and miss it in the changelog, and “stable” has been agreed upon as the term in that context. Of course, that can change, as all language does, but that’s just the current convention.
Also, Debian tends to make sure software is not unusable before stable is shipped (the Nvidia thing is an anomaly I’ll explain below); while they sometimes fail, as you’ve hinted, I find it quite rare that it actually happens. Also, the “static” of Debian isn’t absolute; if something really has a breaking bug or a security vulnerability that affects overall system usability (basically something that can’t be fixed by installing a Flatpak), they will put out a fix, like with the Linux kernel or a web browser (via the security repo, included by default in all installs).
Additionally, looking at this changelog, while the Nvidia situation is objectively a bit embarrassing, it looks like they were working on getting them updated, but just didn’t have much luck - I’m guessing a breaking change in the software that made it harder to package. Also, it’s in the non-free repo, which is on the back burner compared to the rest of the distro - something in the main repo will usually only be at most a few months behind at time of distro release.
Unrelated thing - just found out something funny.
Apparently, Torvalds himself uses a 580.
I’ve been on a bit of a button-making kick, and here’s my latest one.
Bonus: The earlier one I did for TMBW. It needs some work in the margins - I just haven’t gotten to it yet.
Someone else brought up Virt Manager here, which is my preferred; if you’ve ever used VirtualBox, you’ll probably be fine on Virt Manager. I like Virt Manager for using GTK3, as I’m in XFCE. I wouldn’t be surprised if both applications have similar settings, as they’re both LibVirt front ends, it seems.
Also, DistroBox, while a different sort of thing, is great for the sort of thing OP mentioned in that last paragraph. I usually just use command line, but there seems to be an unofficial GUI out there.
I enjoyed this episode much more than the previous one. It was quite fun. Sure, holodeck episodes aren't the most original idea in Star Trek, but they're almost always good, and I think this episode was worth the slight fudging of canon.
Also, seeing the "Last Frontier" bits and how well they captured the TOS feel makes me think, "Why do they need to make modern Trek so fancy? Why can't we have cheap-looking sets again?" Also, I think this is one of the better Paul Wesley performances in this show.
I was relieved to find they didn't go to far with the meta this episode. So many of the clips and dialogues of this episode I saw in the initial trailers made me worry this season was going to do a multiverse plot or venture a bit too far beyond the fourth wall.
The only thing is the Spock/La'an romance is driving me nuts. Neither is emotionally ready, and Spock STILL has a fiance. It's painful to watch it knowing that it's almost certainly doomed. I don't necessarily mind them acknowledging that they have feelings to each other, but I would have thought there would be a mutual desire to keep it platonic. In the end though, at least dancing isn't Vulcan neuropressure - as I get further into Enterprise, I kind of wonder how Rick Berman has evaded the trunk of my car for so long.
cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/26158084
I wanted a very 90s web-feeling GIF of a TOS science division badge(technically animated WEBP, but whatever), so I threw together the badge in Inkscape, then imported it into Blender to do animation and rendering.
I decided to make the border gold instead of the canon black, as it just looks every so slightly cooler during the spin animation in a very dumb way. I also went for metallic rather than trying to mimic embroidery because I was lazy.
I wanted a very 90s web-feeling GIF of a TOS science division badge(technically animated WEBP, but whatever), so I threw together the badge in Inkscape, then imported it into Blender to do animation and rendering.
I decided to make the border gold instead of the canon black, as it just looks every so slightly cooler during the spin animation in a very dumb way. I also went for metallic rather than trying to mimic embroidery because I was lazy.
EDIT: Accidentally duplicated post. Please see https://startrek.website/post/25896181 for all responses.
EDIT: The Harry Kim thing is more of a joke. This is less a question about Harry Kim and more about Nog.
Something about Nog's literacy history brings up a ton of weird questions in-universe.
Even for as class-based a society as the Ferengi, lower level workers have to have at least a little literacy to read instrument panels, repair ships, make sure they're carrying the right package, etcetera.
I think a key example here is Rom, who starts out a relatively typical exploited Ferengi - how would he read manuals to repair a holosuite without literacy.
I see two explanations. One, perhaps by "reading", they're referring to reading of a lengua franca like Federation standard - Nog has learned and is capable of reading the Ferengi language, but not another. When dealing with other languages, the general expectation is either a universal translator is used or they pick it up as they go.
Alternatively, it could be that it is expected in Ferengi culture that reading is just something you pick up on the job rather than in a concerted educational effort.
Of course, it is said and implied that after the school closes, Keiko teaches Jake and Nog one-on-one. Some education definitely happened off-screen.
Still, Starfleet seems to have educational requirements. In LD:"Something Borrowed, Something Green", Tendi mentions how she wouldn't have gotten into the Academy without having gone to high school, suggesting Nog needs the equivalent of a high school education to train to be a Starfleet officer.
It sounds a little ridiculous to go from being unable to read to a full high school education in less than three years, though that could be a bigger stretch than I'm making it out to be.
I'd say the simplest explanation is probably that again, Nog was more educated than we might interpreting being "unable to read" to mean.
It might be possible Ferengi also have higher-than-human-average neuroplasticity and simply adapt easier - this might even aid in the on the job theory.
So what are your ten cents? Also, it's been a while - glad to be back on Daystrom.
EDIT: Accidentally duplicated post. Please see https://startrek.website/post/25896182 for all responses and put future responses there. Also, I have more theorizing there.
cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/22902299
Original by Doohan on TMBW Discord server:
Title a reference to their song "You Probably Get That A Lot", music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anWrcmKsYI8
I know that this one's been tackled twenty thousand million times and you're probably tired of seeing time loop memes by now, but like the urge to stick Gowron eyes on everything in the universe, I couldn't resist this intrinsic urge.
Original by Doohan on TMBW Discord server:
Title a reference to their song "You Probably Get That A Lot", music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anWrcmKsYI8
I know that this one's been tackled twenty thousand million times and you're probably tired of seeing time loop memes by now, but like the urge to stick Gowron eyes on everything in the universe, I couldn't resist this intrinsic urge.
I recently got a rather pristine copy of They Might Be Giants' 1996 single S-E-X-X-Y, mostly for a few bonus tracks unavailable on streaming. Like, it was in shrink wrap with hype sticker, albeit shrink wrap on its last legs - good enough that the rest of it was still in near mint condition, but too damaged for it to be worth keeping on, so I took a 2400 DPI scan of the hype sticker and removed it. Don't worry - I kept the hype sticker.
I want to keep it very fresh - I ripped the CD to my PC and plan on never taking it out of the case again. For now, I have put a zip lock around the case to prevent it gathering dust or getting fingerprints from handling.
However, since it's an FLP case, I am more worried about the case being crushed than a typical jewel case. While I don't plan on getting too ruff with it, I want something a bit harder.
Thus, I was wondering if any of you guys have any particular strategy for this case?
I've looked into CD display cases, but am otherwise having trouble finding results that aren't just CD jewel cases. I was thinking maybe something like the anti-theft containers retailers keep video games in, if they ever made a CD-sized version.
cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/22464055
I'm usually not one to beat a dead ~~Reman~~ ~~horse~~ being, but I had to point this one out.
As it turns out, besides also playing background characters in every episode Quimp appeared in, Tom Kenny also played Mariner's ex Malvus in "An Embarrassment of Dooplers", D'Onni in "We'll Always Have Tom Paris", the Ferengi antagonists of "Mugato Gumato", and several background characters in each of those episodes.
I'm usually not one to beat a dead ~~Reman~~ ~~horse~~ being, but I had to point this one out.
As it turns out, besides also playing background characters in every episode Quimp appeared in, Tom Kenny also played Mariner's ex Malvus in "An Embarrassment of Dooplers", D'Onni in "We'll Always Have Tom Paris", the Ferengi antagonists of "Mugato Gumato", and several background characters in each of those episodes.
I second this. It’s basically just an extra TNG-era spinoff that fits really well after Voyager.
The first season is a bit rough (though you’ve got to watch it at least once - important info for the rest of the show’s plot) but then the show starts doing its characters really well and has a sincerity to it you wouldn’t expect from its genre.
When I first heard of the idea of an adult animated Star Trek comedy, I thought it was a terrible idea, but they executed it so darn well, and it’s my second favorite series behind DS9.