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The numbered books tend to only have anything resembling continuity if the same author is involved. Peter David and John Vornholt come immediately to mind as ones to do that.

A Stitch in Time (By Garak’s actor) also gets referenced, but that book is an extra special case in the franchise.

Outside of the authors referencing their own work, sometimes New Frontier gets referenced: mostly in the form of Zak Kebron (The BEST character to ever happen to Trek) being Worf’s old academy roommate, or in the form of a major disaster hitting the entire quadrant and you get little cuts to various ships…

But never anything of substance.

I mean, the easiest way would be to read the novels by publication date… I don't think there's a short cut around that.

That said, having full context is… not always worthwhile. Sometimes just knowing that something happened in the past is more enjoyable than reading it in practice.

To add to this:

Hogwarts was well thought out and imaginative. The setting was practically a character in its own right.

But Harry Potter himself was unbelievably bland. He was nothing special, but was treated as if he were because of who he was related to or otherwise connected to.

Dunno if it’s true or not, but I remember reading that Picard brought being shaved bald to the mainstream. So like, folks younger than the thinning hair age would do it.

Again, can’t vouch for if it’s true or not, but if true, it would suggest it might be possible…

… that said, a cool character would probably have to wear one. And not just nameless background extras.

I'll just throw in my two cents and say, to a degree… I like the bot.

It provides us a diversity of topics that otherwise wouldn't come to surface.

The problem is that the bot isn't curated. Amongst the gold is a lot of fluff and repetitive content.

I mean, those are good ideas… but isn’t that already arguably covered by the FBI?

"In the absence of that sorely-needed action, the Office of Gun Violence Prevention along with the rest of my Administration will continue to do everything it can…”

Isn’t that basically admitting that this new department can’t do anything and just posturing?

Or am I missing something?

Edit: In retrospect, the biggest value this department might have is having it be under Republican leadership down the line. An entire department explicitly against gun violence may cause some in-fighting about reasonable measures… as opposed to the current status quo.

That is of course assuming the entire department doesn’t just get tossed and establishes itself as having some teeth.

The article is weird…

Fat tires are off-road tiers. If the bike isn’t primarily being used there then that shouldn’t be a consideration. Thinner tires are more efficient on flat surfaces.

The battery and motor specs are important—if you’re dealing with long distances and steep hills. I don’t know why the author is just skimming over that.

I’ve personally burned through no less than 3 bread machines, and I heavily used mine. (It’s the paddle. It’s always the paddle that dies.)

I find it’s significantly cheaper to pick them up at your local thrift store. They’re quite common and cheap there.

I think 2 and 3 are the same link

Does Lemmy have a concept of a moderator queue? It could strike a happy balance between the bot overwhelming the community and having a diversity of content.

Q’s involvement is from the computer game Star Trek: Borg. It’s a fun, if mostly linear, Choose Your Own Adventure type game shot on the Voyager set.

I liked the little look into the lower decks of the Orions, especially the plagiarism line; but the mysterious ship is getting less mysterious in the not-so-fun way.

Boimler and Rutherford are absolute dweebs. It was different having such a low stakes B-Plot. I feel like their story was missing a little something though. Still good fun.

Really enjoyed the A-Plot. Tendi does such a great job balancing being sunshine and rainbows and underworld assassin. I’m a little surprised her ride home wasn’t stolen/stripped for parts.

It was weird seeing T’Lyn, not just admit, but volunteer that she was friends with Mariner and Tendi. I don’t think we’ve ever seen a Vulcan do that. I mean, sure Spock and Tuvok have admitted they were friends with their respective captains, but only ever in some form of private non-sexual intimacy. But, as established, T’Lyn is a rebel, so it somehow fits her really well.

In general, I’m indifferent to the cyber truck’s Nintendo 64 design…

But in the application of a police vehicle… I don’t think the unfriendly angles will do anything to repair the damaged reputation of the keepers of the peace. The opposite in fact.

This one is from 1985. Check the date in the top right on the other posts. They’re different years.

Except that isn’t guaranteed. Unless I’ve got 7.5K+ in taxes I’m not getting a $7.5K federal discount. And even if I did, I still have to front that $40K bill until taxes hit.

If you have money, then 40K is nothing. If you don’t then it’s untenable.

I mean, I get the point you’re making, but 40K, even if it is the industry average, is yikes money.

Tesla specifically isn’t unaffordable.

Cars in general are unaffordable.

Who even benefits from this? Even Toyota is on the EV train.

It feels weird living in a timeline where a major ecological shift for the better was spearheaded in part by such an awful excuse of a human being.

I feel like this is some attempt at damage control, considering the sudden influx of Tesla trashing as of late.