Kirk

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website -2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Smaller budget than what? It's the original series.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 20 hours ago

Trekkies: "Why is Sisko bald but M’Benga is not??"

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 0 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

So TNG's bigger budget makes it acceptable to completely disregard the existing history, legacy and visual continuity, but DSC's bigger budget doesn't?

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 14 points 22 hours ago

Rooting for ya!

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I loved the way they were presented, and I immediately felt like the richness of the added details (like the differences between the great houses) made it the new "definitive" depiction of Klingon culture, just like how DS9 really added a lot to the Ferengi. I also honestly don't even feel that visually they were presented as radically different enough to justify an augment-virus-style retcon (but I wouldn't have complained)!

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

I haven't met a single person who disliked the look of the DSC Klingons and wasn't also a chronic complainer in general.

Also the answer to your question is clearly Robert De Niro.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago (10 children)

"Not respecting history" was a frequent talking point among the Twitter and Reddit accounts that also just-so-happened to complain about "wokeness" around the time DSC was released.

Obviously if someone genuinely gave a rats ass about visual continuity they would be upset by TMP and TNG Klingons too, but you rarely see that.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

Small nitpick- this project isn't Calibe-Web, it's a fork with extra features; the idea being that you don't also need to be running Calibre.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

That's a great way of putting it. I think in the future it will be helpful for when folks have some personal specific need. But for anything approaching even the simplest infrastructure it just doesn't work.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

CWA is the example I always point to as to why vibe coded software doesn't make sense for broad use. CWA updates are slow (but detailed) which inspires many folks to "fork" it with vibe coded apps, but since CWAs last update in Feb, several vibe coded "competitor" projects have risen and fallen.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He also lived to 93! The people who survived both bombings are called the "Nijyuu Hibakusha" ("twice bombed") and there is a few dozen known.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think it's an optimistic sign that a solar farm is more economically viable than a golf course (even if it's an old one).

 

For the older/younger/uncultured folks out there they are dancing to a cover of this song.

 
 
 
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