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[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 10 hours ago

iOS has been getting a bit buggier for me these past few years, but iOS 26 is a whole other level of bad.

With what Google's been doing to AOSP, I just hope GrapheneOS and LineageOS can hold on just long enough until we can get some livable solution for Linux phones.

 

After months of my e-mailing with a known owner of the tape, we finally have access to a rip of the It’s Fun To Steal LP Sampler, including its Backstabbing Liar Demo. Here’s the raw rip here: https://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/monopuff/

Unfortunately, the rip the guy made is kind of crappy, taken with a 2000s-era tape backup machine with horrible compression and too fast tape playback.

Luckily, good ol’ Peter Gritsch has done a remaster to make the tape’s most important demo more listenable, at least until I can convince the tape owner to do a better-quality rip.

 

Also, hi. It’s been a while. I usually neglect this community, as I’m more active on TMBW Discord, but I like to post something every once in a while in case a BG fan stumbles onto Lemmy.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 3 points 20 hours ago

I like to use pythonz in this case; it’s a tool to manage Python installs, and it puts the installs in a directory under your home directory, not affecting anything in the system.

It does build each version from source, which introduces some quirks; I’ve found compilation for some Python versions works better with clang, and sometimes, you need to enable build options.

Still, I think this is a good way to do things; just start whichever Python version you want, and then create a venv with it.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 10 points 1 day ago

The year of Linux on the desktop was the friends we made along the way…

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, I don’t want to spend weeks to learn GDB inside-out, so I don’t have to search online for 15-30 minutes on an AI infested internet every time I want to use it, for each feature I’m using it for that day.

  1. Search “gdb cheatsheet” and bookmark it. This looks good, but you have plenty of choices. When you find one you like, you probably almost never have to go to the internet again.
  2. Unfortunately, you can’t avoid a search engine while programming; you’re not going to get very far. All you can do is develop your search skills to avoid the slop.
  3. If you’re using a statically typed language (C, C++, Rust, etc.) already, basic GDB is comparatively simple. For these languages, not knowing GDB is a bit like an electrician not knowing how to use a multimeter; it’s a matter of necessity rather than “gatekeeping”.

No, I don’t want to gatekeep Linux from “normies”, by making it as user-unfriendly as possible, so I can keep the Linux community a frat club for slur saying techbros.

For your sake, I must emphasize that insulting the people you want help from is not an effective tactic for obtaining help. There are certainly jerks in the broader Linux community, but effectively accusing anyone in this community unable to give you exactly what you want of being a “slur saying techbro” (unless I misunderstand you) is, no offense, an incredibly entitled view to have.

If you wish to make valuable use of internet forums, I would request you take heed of this: www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Anyhow, I wish you luck in your endeavors.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 15 points 2 days ago

In practice, Machine Owner Keys are a thing, though it depends on Microsoft still signing shim, I believe.

Having Microsoft in the chain of trust rather than a standards body is rather concerning, though.

Modern hardware absolutely should have an encryption processor; TPM just isn’t great.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 6 points 2 days ago

Eh, the Pegasus tattoo doesn’t look great; half of it is missing. Must be embedded in the skin or something…

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago

Yep. That's it's standard abbreviation in fandom. Other common ones you might already know:

  • TOS: The Original Series
  • TNG: The Next Generation
  • DS9: Deep Speace 9
  • VOY: Voyager
  • ENT: Enterprise
  • DIS: Discovery
  • PIC: Picard
  • LD: Lower Decks
  • PRO: Prodigy
  • SFA: Starfleet Academy
[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it’s just I’m a relative noob to build systems, but gosh, do I love Meson.

The documentation’s pretty okay - not perfect, but better than cmake - and it feels like I can actually learn it by example through looking at other projects’ setups.

I can live with using other build systems for other projects, but for personal projects, I’ll always choose Meson. I’ll always push for it if a project I’m working on needs to choose a build system.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I feel a bit insulted that Bashir didn’t even make Lieutenant Commander in his entire life in Starfleet, considering he was very young when we last saw him.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 5 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Interestingly, we see an okudagram in PRO that confirms prime Harry hit Lieutenant by 2384. Unfortunately, I can’t post it, as my instance is updating my image storage infrastructure right now.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 5 points 4 days ago

Actually, it could be a “great filter” situation; mostly only ensign Kims end up in situations where they end up accidentally switching multiverses. Lieutenant Kims are far less likely to end up in such a situation, thus the small sample size.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

In the recent IDW comics, I’m pretty sure Harry Kim tries to blow up the Tzenkethi home world while working for Starfleet Intelligence. Tom had left Miral with Harry, not knowing Harry would take the baby on such a crazy mission; Harry has an EMH in his secret hideout on the Tzenkethi homeworld to change diapers.

Edit: He also goes by the code name Kingsnake.

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Excerpts from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Fit 11 that pretty much summarize how the AI industry really works, so long as you swap a few words.

All aboard the AI Event Horizon train. 😭

EDIT: Sorry, I set my Gitlab permissions wrong. Should be able to view now.

 

cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/32667508

Alternatively, the whales' musical sequence from the 2005 film.

 

Alternatively, the whales' musical sequence from the 2005 film.

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EDIT: Switch link from icloud to gitlab.

I think they threw this on their BlueSky or something a few weeks back. If you’re a hard core TMBG fan, you’ve probably seen it elsewhere.

I moreso put this as a reminder this community still technically exists, but honestly, I’m much more active on TMBW Discord, and if you can stand Discord, I honestly recommend it as a very active TMBG fan community.

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cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/30091443

Note: I'm not casting all Republicans as a "skin of evil" here; I feel many of them are just people trying to make their way in the world whose daily struggles and fears have been amplified manipulated by the "skin of evil", an administration that constantly denies human rights and demonizes (as well as convinces its followers to partake in the demonization of) people who, for the most part, are also just trying to make their way in the world. I've known Republicans, and while the people they give their support to frighten me, most of the ones I've know aren't demons.

EDIT: To be clear, I’m not saying Republican voters did nothing wrong, that they don’t deserve consequences, or that we should avoid making them feel bad. In many ways, the “skin of evil” is their collective wrongs and the way they enabled the current horrors. The evil, however, is a subset of a person (sometimes almost the whole set, though), while the “skin of evil” is the set of evil. Also, I admit I feel a bit on the availability heuristic and that “most of the ones I know” isn’t the strongest evidence.

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Note: I'm not casting all Republicans as a "skin of evil" here; I feel many of them are just people trying to make their way in the world whose daily struggles and fears have been amplified manipulated by the "skin of evil", an administration that constantly denies human rights and demonizes (as well as convinces its followers to partake in the demonization of) people who, for the most part, are also just trying to make their way in the world. I've known Republicans, and while the people they give their support to frighten me, most of the ones I've know aren't demons.

EDIT: To be clear, I’m not saying Republican voters did nothing wrong, that they don’t deserve consequences, or that we should avoid making them feel bad. In many ways, the “skin of evil” is their collective wrongs and the way they enabled the current horrors. The evil, however, is a subset of a person (sometimes almost the whole set, though), while the “skin of evil” is the set of evil. Also, I admit I feel a bit on the availability heuristic and that “most of the ones I know” isn’t the strongest evidence.

 

In the minute possibly that a TOS continuation were to happen, where should they start from?

Would they go from end of TAS in 2270, or would they start from end of TOS in 2269, overlapping in time with TAS?

In the latter case, I would hope they do it so it’s in-between star dates of TAS to avoid bungling the chronology.

This also opens up the possibility for retelling some TAS episodes; I think most TAS episodes best belong in TAS, with the TAS camp and overall continued TOS storytelling conventions being fundamental to their charm. Live action remakes of a lot of these episodes would probably serve just to strip them of their soul rather than add anything.

The main exception I can think of might be “Yesteryear”; I think having an “extended version” as a full 50 minute episode or even possibly a 2-parter could allow them to add more depth to the story in a way that doesn’t severely break canon, showing more of Spock’s family life and school life as well as Vulcan society in general. I think this is a big story well-suited to newer Trek’s more dramatic storytelling style.

I think the biggest difficulty might be how they would handle young Michael Burnham in this episode. I think the easiest thing to do would be to just say Burnham’s parents were killed in December 2236 and “Yesteryear” happened in January 2237 a couple weeks to a month before Sarek took in Burnham. While I don’t necessarily hate the idea of young Burnham, I think Spock dealing with suddenly having a new adoptive sister would unnecessarily convolute the plot, so my solution works around that. I don’t want Yesteryear to be turned from a coming-of-age and being different story to one about sibling bonding. Then again, maybe they can pull it off and make something good.

What are your thoughts on this? Any other TAS episodes you think could benefit from being adapted into a live action episode?

 

cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/29610115

For the two people on Earth who are both Trekkies and Team Starkid fans.

If you don't get this reference, fix yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrxKX44qBJ0

 

For the two people on Earth who are both Trekkies and Team Starkid fans.

If you don't get this reference, fix yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrxKX44qBJ0

 

Well, I just finished DS9 for the 3rd or 4th time, and to offset the despair of the finally, I've turned to an emotional coping rewatch of Lower Decks.

However, I don't necessarily enjoy a lot of the season 1 episodes; thus I often start at S1 E8 "Veritas". I feel like it's one of the first truly good episodes of LD, as its narrative structure is a comedic version of Star Trek's general experimentation with alternate narrative formats a la VOY:"Final Witness" or DS9:"Rules of Engangement", and the humor just generally starts to get better. I also find a bit of genius in the foreshadowing that Tendi is more than she lets on with her combat scenes.

Also, the S1 episodes after that are some of the strongest episodes of the seasons.

What are your thoughts? Where do you tend to start on an LD rewatch?

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