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  • I quite disliked this episode. Yeah, I get it, the good message and character redemption is in there at the end, but I find high school drama trek really boring; at least episode 1 was mostly back story, episode 2 had interstellar diplomacy and a somewhat brave change of status quo (the Federation command being built on Betazed).

    Still, this show really makes it seem as Starfleet Academy is failing: every meaningful lesson is learned by disobeying; the captain of the school team is chosen by who can shoot the best side-by-side, instead of who has better leadership skills, and the try-harder understands the other try-harder is a better captain only during a clandestine match; in the first episode, the ship is saved by Caleb only because he already dealt with the pirate in the past, all the other cadets and officials stood there getting injuried; the only thing they learned at school is how to grow a plant and their rector telling-not-telling them to use empathy and patience to prank the other school. Where is the discipline, the team-work, the diversity that makes the whole more powerful?

    Oh and really? College mascots? Team jersey? Lasertag? Did we forget this show is set in the 32nd century? Do we have to believe that the main academy of an insterstellar institution, the most powerful of the galaxy at some point, is operating like a 1990’s US college? I get that imagining the far future is difficult, but at least try. Baseball in DS9 already felt out of place, and that was only 300 years in the future, now it’s like expecting every university in the world, in 2326, to run the same way as medieval Oxford University was when first founded. Discovery did a better job setting up the far future in its 3rd season, I don’t know why they reverted, TNG and DS9 felt more futuristic in the settings than this show.



  • I partially agree and partiallt disagree with the article.

    While it’s true that’s easy to ignore the contribution of Europe to technology as a whole (remeber that ASML, the most advanced litography machines that allow the 7,5,4nm production, is a dutch company) and you may very well call it a success.

    However, it’s also impossible to ignore that those USA companies still dominate our world. Sure, universities use linux and many open standards, but they also use Microsoft 365, in some cases in the entire infrastructure. Android without Google is almost impossible to imagine for 99% of people. Everyone and their dog buys so much stuff from Amazon.

    And that’s a problem, because one country holds our life by our ballss basically. If microsoft collapsed, thousands of companies and institutions would cease to operate. If amazon collapsed, millions of europeans good would be unsold.

    Europe has contributed a lot to technology, but to make then truly relevant, they must be used by everyone, not the tech entusiasts. I only know of a few people who use OpenStreetMaps and they are all techy like me.

    I think we nees to regain that power, if not for European sovereignity, at least to have competing products that avoid enshittification.







  • It’'s not political only if it’s about politician, systematic inequalities are also a political matter.

    Btw, from the rules. I think this qualifies as a comic about how the world sucks today. Lemmy is full of it (rightfully so most of the times), some of us need a safe space so we do not constantly consume negativity.

    • No political comics. This generally includes anything referencing whatever bullshit Trump is up to, but also includes the megacorps. Essentially if the comic is about how the world today sucks, it doesn’t belong here.



  • We had two stray cats, one was confirmed FIV+, the other not, they didn’t really get any recurring infection, but they both started having the same neurological symptoms: they lost control of their back legs and sphincters, had trouble walking straight and cleaning themselves so we had to do it.

    I don’t know if this is a regular outcome of FIV, or if it’s even related at all, but you might want to look for gradual problems with walking and balance. Not much you can do unfortunately, but what I can tell you is they don’t get any less loving, actually, they probably get more. His last days one of the strays went from barely staying close to a human unless being fed, to purr, pets and constant headbutts.

    Good luck with your little fella, glad he could find a caring home.