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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

So 46 episodes in total. Could have at least made it 47. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly the base Pixel 10 seems to have a telephoto lens.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Interestingly the base Pixel 10 seems to have a telephoto lens.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the chuckle. I needed it today.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's fitting that Lieutenant Woof isn't in the picture.

 

The episode has been posted on the official After Midnight channel:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raq300uiea8 (intro; no guests yet)

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq3cLmKeaL8

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3oRxysCoYs (+ Rebecca Romijn)

Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jt_8e4bsdM (+ Rebecca Romijn)

Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=970CAaBF0cQ

Part 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YHcWTOryFs

Part 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T60hiZIrhpM

Raise your hand if you knew the answer to the final question. 🙋‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (6 children)

"...nice hat."

[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The actual scene is very funny too.

SELA: Come in, gentlemen. Take a seat, please. (she continues working on a PADD) Excuse me, I'm just finishing up a speech. For you, Mister Spock. I rather enjoy writing. I don't get to do it often in this job.

DATA: Perhaps you would be happier in another job.

I always remembered TNG as being very stiff. But I've been rewatching several episodes with a friend lately, and I was surprised how many subtle jokes are in there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I mean, that's actually great advice.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Compact" is a bit of a stretch. But the size of the Pixel 9 and 9 Pro (non-XL) is pretty nice. I currently have a 7 Pro and while the "screen real estate" is nice, it's really on the upper end of what I'm willing to use. (Both in terms of size and weight) I bought my mom a Pixel 8 recently and I really liked the form factor when I set up the phone. It's large enough to fit everything on the screen but small enough to use comfortably. Since I really want a telephoto lens the non-XL Pro version seems like it's made for me. 😄

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thankfully TOS never did any fantasy stuff like galactic barriers, Trelane, massive green hands in space, or Abraham Lincoln. That wouldn't have been true to Gene's vision.

I'm not a fan of Disco either, but tardigrades and time bugs are really low on my list of complaints. Star Trek did lots of even whackier stuff over the last 60 years (or did everyone forget the "Fun with DNA" episodes of the 90s?). In fact, that time bug episode was probably the best 32nd century Disco episode. Which is a low bar, but anyway.

 

Just a throwback to one of the best teaser trailers ever. I get goosebumps every time I watch it.

IMO the only Star Trek trailer that comes reasonably close is the teaser trailer for the 2009 movie.

 

Excerpt:

Formula 1 says it is on track to hit its Net Zero targets by 2030 after the publication of its latest impact report that includes its carbon emissions.

The report currently includes figures from 2022 as F1 needs to await data from teams and other stakeholders from last year, but the first season that was not impacted by COVID-19 showed a 13 percent reduction in F1’s carbon footprint compared to the 2018 baseline. That’s despite the 2022 calendar featuring an extra race compared to prior to the pandemic.

The sport’s Net Zero target is a minimum of 50 percent emissions reduction versus 2018, leaving 37 percent still to be achieved by 2030.

 

For those who don't know the Roddenberry Archive: they're rebuiliding 3D modles of Starfleet bridges and other sets where you can freeroam, and sometimes even interact with consoles etc.

Last week I posted a thread about the bridges of the TMP Klingon Battle Cruiser and the USS Discovery being added. The official blog update is here.

What the blog update doesn't mention is that multiple existing locations have been extended:

 

That showed up on their Star Trek page.

The selections for DS9 and VOY are pretty good. Even though I wouldn't call all of them "the best", they're all above average episodes.

Meanwhile, the ENT selection of best episodes includes "highlights" like Acquisition, Carbon Creek, Marauders and Carpenter Street. Oh well.

 

Unless I'm mistaken, the Discovery bridge has been added only recently as well.

For those who don't know the Roddenberry Archive: have fun exploring. On some ships you can even leave the bridge and go to different areas of the ship (for example the shuttle bay or main engineering on the Enterprise D). Also, sometimes you can move or activate objects like consoles.

 

At least Verstappen can't win the title already in Japan this year. 🫠

 

The official F1 channel is really putting out some great content recently. I hope they keep this up for the remaining season. ^(Then at least the videos before the race weekend will be exciting, if the races themselves fail to provide excitement)

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