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The static on old CRT TVs with rabbit ears was the cosmic microwave background. No one in the last 25 years has ever seen it.

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 58 points 2 months ago

I can't unsee her as Saw ever since seeing that post yesterday.

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“We see these officials and the Maduro regime basically fleecing the Venezuelan people for their own gain,” the US official said. “You have people who can’t even afford a loaf of bread there and then you have the president of Venezuela jetting around in a high-class private jet.”

Um. Hypocritical much?

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I’m on my umpteenth rewatch of DS9, and I"m in season 6, when it really gets goood. And, as you are all aware (It’s a fake!).

I often listen to TNG or DS9 or VOY as I know many of us do to fall asleep, but once again, I couldn’t close my eyes for “in the pale moonlight”.

I think it's a work of art on its own, but when you bring in the holier than thou morality of the federation, mixed with the horror of seeing all those names on the casualty lists, it really brings Star Trek to its knees - in, as usual, a major crisis of morality: the needs of the few, or the needs of the many?

That question of doing something bad, something that goes against one's morals, and yet will save thousands of lives of people you care about, is quintessential star trek. For me, this is when ST really gets good (and I’m a TNG zealot).

I think that I have wanted to write this on every re-watch and have never managed to do so because I’m a stupid ass dumb fucking idiot. I’m sure that many ST fans have written volumes on this very famous episode, but regardless, it deserves to be brought up over and over again, and should serve as a reminder of how incredible this episode was. This is the shit that makes ST great.

Sisko was out of options. Garak could open alternative options and Sisko asked Garak for what he needed, even if he didn’t realize it at the time. He was angry when he got what he asked for. And then…

So I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all, I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again, I would. Garak was right about one thing. A guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant, so I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it. I can live with it.

Even better, the episode didn’t treat us like children with showing a callback to the beginning of the episode, but I will fall on that sword… From the first scene:

GARAK: It would mean calling in all my favours, Captain. To do what you’re asking would use up every resource I have left on Cardassia. And it may be a very messy, very bloody business. Are you prepared for that?

SISKO: I posted my fourteenth casualty list this morning. I’m already involved in a very messy, very bloody business. And the only way I can see to end it is to bring the Romulans into the war. I am prepared to do whatever it takes to accomplish that goal, but I can’t do it alone. I need help. Now, are you in or out?

GARAK: I’m in.

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 60 points 5 months ago

A real classic!

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 49 points 6 months ago

Did they get their money back? I didn’t read the article.

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 43 points 6 months ago

The "counter-protestors" all wore black hoodies and white masks.

This was not a reaction to violence from the Gaza side. It was planned by the attackers.

So we've got people in favor of IDF being violent against peaceful protestors. I can't even begin with the irony of that.

We've also got police who were called immediately but did nothing to stop the violent attackers (some of those that work forces...).

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 63 points 10 months ago

Great! Now do President.

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 74 points 10 months ago

So it’s treason then?

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been buried multiple times for trainings. When the dog finds you they are absolutely ecstatic. This is a game for them. The best game.

When they dig you out enough to get in, you start praising them nonstop and you have a high value toy that they want, so you just play tug of war and praise them like crazy for a minute or two.

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Large movie won't scroll (startrek.website)

https://lemmy.world/post/6565352

Can't scroll if starting with finger on the movie. And becomes major issue when video is large enough to fill entire screen. Iphone 13.

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Aside from the few that found a very still pond and figured it was worth looking at.

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 46 points 1 year ago

Once most societies decided to use a base 10 counting system, evolutionarily it just made the most sense to have a corresponding number of digits to help with maths.

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[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 56 points 1 year ago

Ever notice how there's no such thing as a liberal hate crime?

"We are all domestic terrorists".

How much more do we have to put up with before we do something about this? Sadly I'm guessing it's a lot more.

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 64 points 1 year ago

Why would anyone use Reddit?

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This would be helpful in making it more obvious which account I'm using.

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Anyone who votes for a party that supports racism, banning books, and trying to make it harder for people to vote is not "nice enough".

They are an evil piece of shit who is making the country a miserable place to live.

[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just switched yesterday after learning more about why I should here in Lemmy.

The last time I tried FF (many years ago) it was incredibly slow, so I went with chrome. But the FF of today is actually noticably quicker.

Also, FF offered to import all of my bookmarks, autofills, passwords, history, and even my extensions (if a FF version exists of course, almost all of which did) and did so seamlessly. It was the easiest software switch ever.

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