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  • No! Why did you make me aware of this one?! Now I have to acquire it!

    Honestly, this might be the best one they’ve ever made; before, I was quite partial to the Janeway one, which I gifted to my mother.

  • libvirt VM not getting IP
  • I’m pretty sure by default, virtual networks are not enabled automatically if you’re not using virt-manager GUI.

    To make it run automatically, run the following: virsh net-autostart default

    If it’s not that, just to make it easier to find information, what’s your host distro? I’m guessing by mention of Kickstart files that it’s something Red Hat related, possibly Rocky 9 based on your choice of guest.

  • Federation be like...
  • The bridge crew of the Dauntless/Voyager A would like a word.

    (Just pretend Ascensia’s not there)

  • What else to run on a RPi?
  • Weird. It must be that my taste is very indie/alternative. You can always also check if the artist has their own shop.

    That’s how Jonathan Coulton does it. They Might Be Giants does it as well (in addition to a Bandcamp), but most of their stuff from 1990-1996 is stuck on their former label, so they can’t sell DRM-free audio, only vinyl and/or cassette.

  • Captain Kirk Is Back from the Dead in New Star Trek Comic ‘The Last Starship’
  • I got midway through season 4 of Disco, though I plan on finishing eventually. I think season 3 had its ups and downs, but the setting it introduced could have been really interesting. I was just underwhelmed by what they were doing in season 4 instead of the natural plot threads the 32nd century opened.

    I agree on SNW, and LD and PRO have earned a special place in my heart.

  • "With great mustache comes great responsibility"
  • Let’s transporter clone, Genesis planet, Black Mountain etcetera George Samuel so he can live past 2267.

  • Star Trek and Profanity
  • Though typically partially bleeped, but yes.

  • Pipewire improved its accessibility, allowing for screenreaders to start much earlier
  • Do you have FluidSynth installed? I had similar issues recently - I just have a script that restarts pipewire automatically on login.

  • Captain Kirk Is Back from the Dead in New Star Trek Comic ‘The Last Starship’
  • You must be quite behind on Trek. They sort of just gave up on Kelvin and returned to the prime timeline with Star Trek: Discovery back in 2017. They eventually canonized that the Kelvin timeline is just an alternate reality existing in parallel to the main timeline.

  • The Riker Maneuver vs. The Picard Maneuver
  • I recently found hidden in my CD collection a copy of the soundtrack to The Tune.

  • Gamepad desktop controls
  • PS5 controller also works.

  • Shh shh, this is the good part...
  • And then there’s an entire universe of memes just from the episode where Dal and Janeway bodyswap - already seen several.

  • My brother just sent this to me
  • An xkcd classic - didn’t even need to look at it. That’s a good reminder.

  • Shh shh, this is the good part...
  • Yes! Finally! Someone else doing some Prodigy memes, especially crazy Wesley ones. Here’s some of mine (previously exclusive to c/risa):

    (Note that last panel is meant to convey my excitement at Wesley’s reappearance.)

    And another Prodigy meme, conveying what I love about Trek:

  • My brother just sent this to me
  • This is in the first 50 Google Image Search results for “DS9 meme”.

    A classic, but one I’ve seen before.

  • Just wanted to show off the lowest end hardware I ever ran Linux on
  • I booted Buildroot with kernel 5.17 on a Pentium II laptop off a CD I burned once - I needed to dump a drive once and that was the only hardware I had on hand that could dump 2.5” IDE drives and had a working CD drive so I could boot something other than the operating system installed on the drive:

  • Ghostty in review: how's the new terminal emulator?
  • Honestly, I rather like the default XFCE terminal. In fact, I was using it even before I used XFCE back when I was just playing with the default GNOME in VMs before I daily-drove Linux.

  • LA be like...
  • Unless we go for the SNW retcon/Temporal Cold War shenanigans, in which case we still have a chance.

  • Better safe then sorry.
  • I have a pair of socks and pants with this on it.

  • Your profits have no honor!
  • Why does that look like Alexander Rozhenko but middle aged and with a drinking problem spurred by his traumatic childhood?

  • Too Many Reposts

    Hi. Normally , I enjoy the original (or at least lesser-known) memes on here.

    Lately however, I’ve noticed that despite the anti-repost rule on here, way too many posts recently have been reposts; many of them very well might literally appear in the first results of an image search for “[insert series] memes”.

    Personally, I feel that the purpose of any Trek meme community should primarily be to explore strange new memes; while occasionally reposts commemorating seasonal events (as well as the occasional tastefully-timed time loop meme) are acceptable, I think they should never dominate this community. I am hoping we can reduce that frequency and return to our primary mission.

    Thank you for your time in listening to my concerns. Glory to you and your house.

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    You Probably Get That A Lot

    cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/22902299

    > Original by Doohan on TMBW Discord server: > > ! > > Title a reference to their song "You Probably Get That A Lot", music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anWrcmKsYI8 > > I know that this one's been tackled twenty thousand million times and you're probably tired of seeing time loop memes by now, but like the urge to stick Gowron eyes on everything in the universe, I couldn't resist this intrinsic urge.

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    You Probably Get That A Lot

    cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/22902299

    > Original by Doohan on TMBW Discord server: > > ! > > Title a reference to their song "You Probably Get That A Lot", music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anWrcmKsYI8 > > I know that this one's been tackled twenty thousand million times and you're probably tired of seeing time loop memes by now, but like the urge to stick Gowron eyes on everything in the universe, I couldn't resist this intrinsic urge.

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    You Probably Get That A Lot

    Original by Doohan on TMBW Discord server:

    !

    Title a reference to their song "You Probably Get That A Lot", music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anWrcmKsYI8

    I know that this one's been tackled twenty thousand million times and you're probably tired of seeing time loop memes by now, but like the urge to stick Gowron eyes on everything in the universe, I couldn't resist this intrinsic urge.

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    Got a copy of S-E-X-X-Y recently

    Someone was selling a bit from their collection off the TMBW Discord. I'd been wanting "We've Got a World That Swings" and "Sensurround" for quite some time, so I snapped it. It came with the hype sticker, so I took a scan of it. It was a bit beat up, so after some post-processing, I intend to upload it to the wiki along with the inner box art, which the wiki is missing.

    !A hype sticker saying, "Contains 2 mixes of S-E-X-X-Y plus Sensurround and 2 tracks you won't find anywhere else", with the Elektra catalog number 2-63995 at the bottom.

    P.S: Speaking of the TMBW Discord, honestly, it's an awesome place. I know many of us (me included) are FOSS hipsters me on Lemmy, but I'm actually more active there. It's a pretty hopping community - join link on TMBW if you want to check it out.

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    How do you guys protect your FLP case singles?

    I recently got a rather pristine copy of They Might Be Giants' 1996 single S-E-X-X-Y, mostly for a few bonus tracks unavailable on streaming. Like, it was in shrink wrap with hype sticker, albeit shrink wrap on its last legs - good enough that the rest of it was still in near mint condition, but too damaged for it to be worth keeping on, so I took a 2400 DPI scan of the hype sticker and removed it. Don't worry - I kept the hype sticker.

    I want to keep it very fresh - I ripped the CD to my PC and plan on never taking it out of the case again. For now, I have put a zip lock around the case to prevent it gathering dust or getting fingerprints from handling.

    However, since it's an FLP case, I am more worried about the case being crushed than a typical jewel case. While I don't plan on getting too ruff with it, I want something a bit harder.

    Thus, I was wondering if any of you guys have any particular strategy for this case?

    I've looked into CD display cases, but am otherwise having trouble finding results that aren't just CD jewel cases. I was thinking maybe something like the anti-theft containers retailers keep video games in, if they ever made a CD-sized version.

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    To his credit, Tom Kenny has done good stuff for Trek before

    cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/22464055

    > I'm usually not one to beat a dead Reman horse being, but I had to point this one out. > > As it turns out, besides also playing background characters in every episode Quimp appeared in, Tom Kenny also played Mariner's ex Malvus in "An Embarrassment of Dooplers", D'Onni in "We'll Always Have Tom Paris", the Ferengi antagonists of "Mugato Gumato", and several background characters in each of those episodes.

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    To his credit, Tom Kenny has done good stuff for Trek before

    I'm usually not one to beat a dead Reman horse being, but I had to point this one out.

    As it turns out, besides also playing background characters in every episode Quimp appeared in, Tom Kenny also played Mariner's ex Malvus in "An Embarrassment of Dooplers", D'Onni in "We'll Always Have Tom Paris", the Ferengi antagonists of "Mugato Gumato", and several background characters in each of those episodes.

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    How was T'Ana able to recognize the era of Earth by smell (or did she)?

    In LD S3 E8 "Crisis Point: Paradoxus", the holographic version of Dr. T'Ana was able to recognize they were in late 20th century Earth, seemingly by a single sniff.

    I am assuming this is a reflection of T'Ana's actually ability rather than mere cinematic indulgence, for two reasons:

    • We do see T'Ana has enhanced olfactory senses in S2 E10 "First First Contact", as it implies she is able to track Tendi by scent, as well as in S4 E5 "Empathalogical Fallacies" when she hunts the Betazoids.
    • Considering that Crisis Point was built off private logs, while the plot points may be ridiculous, crew abilities and limitations tend to be mostly accurate. We see this in the original Crisis Point, for instance, when Rutherford has to do the magic transport instead of Billups - simulated Cerritos crew members won't do what the real them would thing is impossible.

    Anyhow, it makes me wonder if Starfleet Academy has some sort of sensory training courses for species with certain stronger senses. For instance, T'Ana might have had the option to take a course working with smell samples that they are likely to encounter in their Starfleet Career with other species that have enhanced senses.

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    Why did they revive Nova squadron in the 2380s?

    In Prodigy, Nova Squadron has been revived by the mid-2380s.

    This feels like a very terrible idea for a multitude of reasons. Besides the initial incident, I would think Starfleet would hesitate against elite cadet groups even further after both the attempted Red Squad coup and the USS Valiant incident.

    Also, I have two takeaways from the LD Nova Fleet incident. One, Locarno feeling the need to “revive” Nova Squadron suggests that it didn’t still exist in 2381, meaning the revival must have been relatively close to 2384. Second, I feel like the coming back of a former “elite” cadet to bite them would further make Starfleet wary of establishing an elite cadet group again.

    Overall, it just seems every time the Academy does this, they just produce a group of arrogant cadets very susceptible to manipulation and/or recklessness. Even 2384 squadron seems this way - we see their elitist attitude towards the former Protostar crew matching that of Red Squad and such.

    So why did they do it again?

    Perhaps Nova Squadron is a long-held academy tradition, and despite the initial fallout of the 2368 incident, that’s overshadowed by its long history of outstanding cadets, a legacy the academy didn’t want to suddenly erase.

    Still, I feel like they could have turned Nova Squadron into an honors society that recognizes students without the special treatment rather than resurrect what seems to be the original format.

    Honestly, I hope (big emphasis on hope) the new SFA show elaborates on this and overall fleshes out the Academy as an institution, at least before, as I predict will happen, our “cadets” will be starship officers in all but name by the end of the season and will barely get a proper academy experience.

    I kind of wish we had an academy show either early 24th century (lost era Monster Maroon) or a chill (post-PIC) 25th or 26th century setting that just followed a normal group of cadets without weird stuff like an early commissioning.

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    Interesting Observation of Ferengi Gender Roles in Nagus Rom Era

    Edit: When I say "Center Right" I also mean relative to Ferengi society.

    A small addition to my post, Gender and Sexual Orientation in FERENGI society from a few months back.

    I caught this frame in the background of LD S4 E6 Parth's Ferengi Heart Place, depicting an unclothed Ferengi woman.

    This provides an interesting insight into the Ferengi social/political landscape of the Nagus Rom era. It suggests a center right that is fine with women traveling in public to some extent (maybe with limits, like it can only be with husband or father or out of necessity), but not them being clothed. This doesn't seem to be that common, as most Ferengi women we see in this episode (including on the television in Boimler's apartment) are clothed, but it seems to be a position that exists.

    Honestly, I'd be interested in a novel (perhaps written from the perspective of an autobiography) or something about how Nagus Rom and Leeta survived leading Ferenginar the first few years and adjusted to such a different role from his engineering days. We could learn a lot about the Ferengi political system.

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    I think this format has a lot of potential.

    cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/21461844

    > From LD S4 E4 "Something Borrowed, Something Green". > > In response to a meme I saw comparing Nog and Wesley. > > I've uploaded the source SVG: https://gitlab.com/dexcube/random-assets/-/raw/main/wesley_meme.svg

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    I think this format has a lot of potential.

    From LD S4 E4 "Something Borrowed, Something Green".

    In response to a meme I saw comparing Nog and Wesley.

    I've uploaded the source SVG: https://gitlab.com/dexcube/random-assets/-/raw/main/wesley_meme.svg

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    FYI: Audio Crackling Bug with Pipewire 1.4.1 + FluidSynth in Debian Testing/Unstable and Work-Around

    In case anyone is using Debian Testing/Unstable and experiencing audio issues, I thought I'd share this.

    Until the bugs get fixed, there are two workarounds:

    1. Uninstall FluidSynth
    2. Add systemctl --user restart pipewire to your session startup; this eliminates the problem.

    As I want FluidSynth, I went with the latter.

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    Will SNW (or any future Trek) Retcon Mojave, California?

    In the pilot, they depict Mojave, California as being very terraformed from a desert to a lush parkland.

    However, I find this a bit antiquated... this seems to be very much rooted in an atomic age scientific idealism that thought of how we could make the world work for us and bring it to more western standards of natural beauty.

    I think this is in conflict with the TNG solar punk aesthetic and the general respect for nature implied by the Prime Directive - notice how there's no desert bushes in sight as if they wiped them out. This seems to be insane damage to the ecosystem.

    I wonder if they'll ever revisit Mojavo on-screen, and whether they'll retcon this so that Mojave is a gorgeous desert town where they solved the problems of drought and extreme heat plaguing the southwestern US while working in tandem with and even boosting the local wildlife, rather than just razing everything and plastering grass and non-native trees over it.

    I'd bet we probably only have 3 seasons for it to happen, considering that 5 seasons has tended to be the length of most recent Trek shows (except poor old Prodigy). The only thing giving me hope is that SNW seems to be a decently successful series.

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    They Might Be Giants - Why Did You Grow a Beard - Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 Fan Music Video

    cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/21256834

    > I just threw this together. I felt it was a very relevant song, though I also could have put Riker clips to it and had it work just as well.

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