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_NetNomad

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  • Torpedoes fired

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  • honestly, people are right when they say the similarities between trek and wars are superficial because trek is heady scifi and wars is space opera, but both do ultimately deal with the struggles and pitfalls in creating a better galaxy world and shit like Deep Space 9 and the Zahn SW books (hell, and SG-1 and Babylon 5) show that special things happen they try to meet in the middle

  • What should the subset of the Fediverse that is Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed be called?

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  • i think threadiverse is the move. partly because it's already in regular use and partky because it's very self-explanatory. forumverse could have some legs to it now that more traditional forum software like nodebb and soon flarum support federation now, maybe it could refer to the broader category containing traditional forums and the threadiverse, but i feel like leaving out the "fedi" part kinda defeats the point (threadiverse at least partially maintains it by being a pun on it). maybe fediforums is the way to go?

    it's a whole 'nother can of worms but ironically in my experience the "verse" part of threadiverse is more offputting than the "thread" part because people think "metaverse," but that's just anecdotal and the term fediverse itself already has too much momentum to easily fall out of fashion

  • This dren is getting out of hand

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  • having cameron not be crichton is still the funniest thing in the world to me

  • What do office workers actually do?

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  • you spend most of your time "hopping on a quick call," replying to an email reiterating what you said last time, and doing the needful

  • Game Boy clone maker Anbernic suspends all shipments to US

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  • calling these "game boy clones" isn't quite right because they don't take physical cartridges, but this is a real shame. companies like them and Miyoo and Retroid have been carving out a nice niche of gaming devices between a fully locked down console and a Whole Ass Personal Computer but this tariff situation is gonna kill them in their tracks stateside

  • Trip vs T'Pol

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  • trip is best engineer because he does acrobatics like sliding down the stairs and climbing on the warp core

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  • I'm reminded of that onion article, "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made An Excellent Point." on one hand, as an independant musician who has many friends in different artistic fields, we all agree IP law is a net negative for us all. the threat of wrongly being accused of copyright infingement and being punished for it is very real, whereas the threat of having our work stolen is non-existant and wouldn't matter anyway because we're making fuck-all money in the first place. and the fact that we can't legally iterate on existing music the way humans have for as long as we've had music until very recently is just criminal. it makes me absolutely sick

    on the other hand, if IP law exists to protect small creators but in actuality protects corporate interests, and suddenly corporate interests think IP is bad, then we should be very worried. i said earlier that the threat of our work being stolen is minimal because we're not making money, but with all this generative AI bullcrap, they're using our art as raw fuel to displace artists entirely and burn the planet to a crisp. it makes me even more sick

  • ♬ I love you just the way you are! ♬

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  • at the time the green screens were what probably made it look so advanced to kid me- it's funny/sad how those effects aged like milk but the practical effects from TNG and DS9 aged like wine

  • ♬ I love you just the way you are! ♬

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  • And yes, I will count ENT as the tail-end of the "golden era,"

    i remember seeing ENT reruns as a kid and thinking how it made TNG look ancient by comparison. all these years later with the newer series to compare to, all that stands out is the uniforms and CGI (the latter of which is also all over VOY)

  • What efforts would it take to strip the name Americans from the folks inhabiting the US?

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  • i definitely agree with the sentiment, but "USians" looks very awkward and "youessians" is even more awkard to say. i'd rather get rid of the name america altogether, both for the country and the two continents, and use indigenous names for everything instead of honoring someone involved in early colonization. granted there are many indigenous languages between both continents so finding something that works for and respects everyone might be difficult but if we could it's two birds with one stone

  • Does Anyone Else Find the Sega Genesis' Sound Annoying?

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  • i'm personally the other way around- i live for FM soundtracks and can't stand how muffled the SNES sounds compared to even other sample-based systems. beauty is in the... ear? of the beholder

  • Most under-utilized consoles?

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  • despite my love for the Saturn, there's no denying that between it's bizzaro architecture and short lifespan to make way for the Dreamcast, it ended up leaving a lot on the table. thankfully the homebrew community is picking up more and more speed

    if you'll stretch the definition of console to include computers, the MSX Turbo-R is another example. it was an 8-bitter but with a souped-up, faster z80 meant to at least give it a fighting chance against the onalaught of 16-bitters, but the few games it's known for are all RPGs that look great but don't exactly flex the speed of the new processor. and while the MSX homebrew scene is massive and still pumping out games by the dozen, the Turbo-R is a rare target for new games with it still commanding 1000+ USD prices. someday!

  • What If History Had Taken a Different Path?

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  • as i understand it prices varied widely because ROM size was a huge factor, so a massive jrpg and a smaller superfx game could cost the same amount. i'd be very suprised if any developers just ate the cost of it considering the chip shortages of the mid 90s

  • What If History Had Taken a Different Path?

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  • it's a shame that this period of chaos at SEGA ended up giving console add-ons such a bad name. people were willing to shell out for add-ons in the cartridge, with how well SuperFX games did even though you were essentially buying the same upgrade over and over. people were and still are happy to buy mid-generation refreshes too like the DSi or the Master System even though if they already had the system they had to essentially buy it again. add-ons like this are more consumer friendly and more environmentally friendly

  • Happy First Contact Day?

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  • best case scenario is we're one of those "gotta break the prime directive here because jesus fucking christ" scenarios

  • BAFTA Crowns Shenmue "The Most Influential Video Game Of All Time" In Surprise Result | Time Extension

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  • at least with influential you can argue that Shenmue influenced a lot of major games in the pop culture even today (although none quite as popular as Minecraft) even if it itself is a bit obscure. last year they declared Lara Croft the most iconic video game character or something like that and that one i can't quite figure out from any angle

  • Real Starfleet Heroes: Invisible Wheel Turning Guy

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  • i guess this was before stem bolts were self-sealing

  • Project Genesis

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  • that's what brings the Genesis device to 32X the speed of light

  • Almost finished Gold and looking forward to starting Emerald.

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  • while i wouldn't go that far, there are people out there who would call the 3DS remakes retro now