deltapi

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[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I didn't feel that way about DS9, tbh. Voyager, yeah - but again, it was mostly episodic and you don't need to watch the shit in order to enjoy the good stuff.

If you skip any Disco episodes then you are missing story and/or character development.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Very cool, this was the result for me, so at least on android it seems to work as advertised. A picture of an app choice dialog after checking on a 'geo' link showing several map/location apps to choose from

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

While I get what you're saying here,

By the 10th episode,

That's an ask. That's a bit over 4 hours, and to me exemplifies one of the biggest problems of modern T.V. - you can't jump into it where it gets good without missing important stuff.

When I introduced my partner to TNG, we started with season 3, and they LOVED it.

Later on I was doing a rewatch and was part way through season one or two and they sat down on our couch "oh, nextgen. Nice." And was silent for about 15m and then said "what is this shit and why don't I remember it?" And later after another early episode and discussion "good thing you didn't try to get me to watch season 1, I would have noped out of the show before they got good."

I don't want to slog through 10 episodes of shit to get to the good stuff...and, for me anyway, discovery would do exactly that over and over. 8 episodes of shit and 2 or 3 good ones...and for me, needing to invest that much time into a show for such a poor reward is very... disenfranchising.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Maybe they need to look at haiku. :-p

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know who is down voting you, but yeah, you're right, split pea soup doesn't require blending. Maybe people use whole dried peas instead of split peas blend it?

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yep. Rewatched it, the enterprise 'wiring' had to be changed according to the chief engineer, which would take too long... I guess they decided from that point on that they could just flip between those configurations at will. Not that it helped when Frasier Crane left cheers and drove straight into their nacelle.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I seem to recall that the enterprise needed more time to restart the engines and they used Wesley's concepts to turn the tractor beam into a 'repulser beam' to gain a few more seconds from...a comet strike? Or something like that? I'll check later tonight.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (6 children)

In the naked now didn't Wesley 'invent' the pushing tractor beam?

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, I agree. I'm saying that the article posted here provides actual evidence that they already have the tools they need, therefore...

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Pentium II introduced the cartridge, then for the P2 celerons they went back to socket 370. P3 offered both slot and socket CPUs.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, what I'm saying is that this proves there's no need for chat control. Law enforcement can already get what they want by being sneaky.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Almost. More like they asked to use the bathroom then unlatched the bathroom window, left, and returned later through that window when the homeowner wasn't paying attention

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