IcedRaktajino

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

There's options, yes. Ubuntu Touch is getting better.

AFAIK, the main bottleneck (aside from hardware support) is a working open source IMS stack. IMS is the IP Multimedia Subsystem that is responsible for things like VoLTE/VoWIFI, SMS/MMS, etc. The last time I looked at Ubuntu Touch, it only supported baseband (not sure if that's the right term?) calls and SMS/MMS. Basically those only work in "3G" mode and won't work if your carrier requires VoLTE.

Lack of an open source IMS is also problematic for some other Android distros as well (and why flashing a newer GSI ROM to an older handset won't necessarily give you VoLTE).

And don't even get me started on the complete fustercluck that is RCS 😠

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 35 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I work with several people who would think this is a good idea.

When they push it to prod, and our WAF goes 403 on every request, then suddenly it's my problem to "fix". Eye Roll

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The awesomely terrifying thing about tornadoes, compared to, say, hurricanes, is that hurricanes are like "fuck this city" while tornadoes can often be like "fuck you in particular".

As far as weather events go, tornadoes are a lot more personal and sometimes seem like they have a mind of their own.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That's not wrong, but in this case, PlatformIO isn't showing these ads, bit [dot] ly is. AFAIK, only bitly gets the ad money.

Until she crawls out for a presidential run in 2028...

"Nobody Knows" segment from QI

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Now, that's not fair. Come on!

They also protest-non-voted for:

  • Gestapo in every city
  • A federal war on transgendered individuals
  • Tariffs on everything and prices skyrocketing
  • Corruption the likes of which we've never seen
  • Firing a sizeable portion of the federal workforce
  • Cutting healthcare for those most at-risk
  • Gutting education and science
  • Rolling back environmental regulations and speed-running climate change
  • and more!
[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Was ST: Generations set in Space Mexico? I'm just now realizing that so many of the scenes are so yellow

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

It's the VSCode IDE that does it, it seems.

Ugh..

Whattt? You mean you didn't like it either when they turned it in to "We have Harry Potter at home" ?

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

always assumed that they were saying "I am the sun, I am the air." Y'know, cause they're magical.

In the original by The Smiths and the Love Spit Love cover (used in the show), the lyrics are both officially "son" and "heir", but the way they chopped up the song for the theme, they very well could have played on those being homophones such that the "theme" lyrics actually are "sun" and "air".

Basically backing up the premise of the show which was balancing magic and life.

I am the sun and the air [I'm magical]
I am human and I need to be loved [I'm also a person with a life]

At least that was always my take. Though I'd heard the original Smiths version before the show aired.

OTOH, The Craft ALSO used the Love Spit Love cover but without chopping it up, so maybe they assumed "sun" and "air" like most of us.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 points 3 days ago (5 children)

If Paramount doesn't pick it up, they should at least offer the idea to David Mack or one of the Trek novel authors. Would make a great series.

 

I see your "Remedy", call, and raise "The Remedy"

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Edit: Re-upload. Beltran should be facing the audience.

 

"Take Me Out to the Holosuite" didn't become my new favorite episode or anything, but I did enjoy it after years of skipping it because I got bored with the baseball plot the first time I saw it.

I also always skipped VOY: Initiations and had completely forgotten Aron Eisenberg was in that one until the last re-watch when I opted not to skip any episodes.

 

In a game that's all about decision-making aboard the U.S.S. 'Voyager,' of course players are going to be asked to tackle one of the most infamous decisions made in 'Star Trek.'

Last month, we were very excited to see the announcement of Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown, a new survival game from Daedelic Entertainment and Gamexcite that tasks you with charting the U.S.S. Voyager‘s journey home from the Delta Quadrant as you repair the ship in the wake of the event that flung it 70,000 light-years across space in the first place, and make your own decisions from the captain’s chair about where to go, who to fight, and who’s on your crew.

And yes, that means you will be able to decide whether or not there is justice for Tuvix.

...

Star Trek Voyager – Across the Unknown still doesn’t have a release window, but aside from being available to wishlist on Steam for PC players, it’s now been confirmed that the game is also coming to Xbox Series X and S as well as PS5.

Trailer


Edit: Me after seeing all the Robet Dalys in the comments:

 

Context: I always wondered what the mural in Quark's was. Have read through the first two books of Deep Space 9: Millennium, and the novel offers two different (non-canon) possibilities. Also, it's difficult to meme from TrekLit, but I'm trying here.

Personally, it looks more like a Tholian to me but I like the implications of the alternative.

Mild SpoilerGul Dukat procured it when he was in charge of Terok Nor. It was so large, the only place it would fit was Quark's Bar, so that's where it went. Dukat was proud of it, thinking it was a slain Tholian admiral. Rom laughs and later tells Quark it's actually a depiction of Tellarite genitalia and is used to denote pleasure houses in the red light districts of Tellar Prime. Quark doesn't know who is right, but he and Rom always salute the "Admiral" as a joke.

 

Edit 4: Color correction and trying to make it less dark. I also finally seem to have found the correct slider in GIMP to turn DS9 into a sitcom (or maybe a Mexican soap opera?)

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Sneakers (1992) (en.wikipedia.org)
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With Robert Redford's passing all over the news, figured I'd share my favorite movie of his (he's got so many, but this one remains my favorite).

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