True for most of the franchise, but the ferengi are eventually. Also, I’m not sure if the federation prevents member worlds from continuing to have their own internal economies that could be market based. My guess is that they don’t and the ferengi will continue to use money for a long time.
They were the reason I stopped watching when it first aired. I’m glad society is catching on.
It turns out that the real origin of the Borg was nanobots we made along the way?
Seriously. The equal buns made me groan, but growing up it was so marginalized that I’m still just happy for acceptance and visibility. Plus, there’s still lots of kids growing up with families who aren’t accepting or in areas like that and seeing these ads can help, even if pandering.
It’s super useful to know instantly if the messages are encrypted or not.
I remember a few friends using it in highschool around 2002, but wasn’t huge in my experience.
Super disappointed if they’re doing this off-device. If we’re getting more language model crap, at least make it local, please.
Now I want to suggest this trilogy: a private little war, the last outpost, “mugato, gumato”
I wanna say “the corbomite maneuver” from TOS. I think it’s one of the best episodes of all, but most people don’t so i think it’s okay from the its all downhill perspective. It has everything: Kirk mentoring, an extremely powerful alien of the week, solving problems without fighting, but still tense situations. Such a great and representative episode.
From TNG maybe First Contact. Good intro episode as you get intro to the federation through the eyes of an alien of the week. The alien-chasing woman may be not a good thing to show depending on the person you’re showing it to, though.
For DS9, in the hands of the prophets. Doesn’t require much backstory unlike a lot of DS9, great ep, classic ethical debate/social commentary, and the majesty that is Vedek Winn.
For Voyager maybe distant origin. Great ep, doesn’t need much backstory, also great commentary on society
Even though I didn’t enjoy the movie, I’m still sad that Paul McGillion wasn’t cast as Scotty for the 2009 film. He’s both Scottish and Canadian, so perfect for carrying the torch.
I almost bought an electric vehicle recently, but ended up getting one last stick car. I will be buying electric, but I will hate giving up my manual transmission.
Computer, activate the ECH pip pip pip pip
Newton MessagePad 2100. I used it daily from 2008-2011 (well after I had an iPhone) for office work and everyone thought I was crazy but I loved it. I still prefer the ui for calendar/contacts/note taking compared to everything else out there.
The rocks eat the eps plasma and turn it into console lights and computer food.
For whatever reason my brain ignored a bunch of words and immediately read it as “we’ll show you how to design lead” (with “lead” being read as the metal). I was extremely confused, but less confused than when I realized how it was supposed to be read.
I have dropped all sugar a couple times. It’s not easy, but also not terribly hard for me. That’s not to say that is the case for everyone, just me. I have seen people come out of addiction to a few different drugs and it was not at all comparable. To compare my experiences with sugar would be as insulting as OP describes, if not more so.
But humans are all different, so I wouldn’t be shocked if for some it is comparable.
The Parker jotter for me
My first card was that promo card (mew?) that they gave out when the first movie came out. My only other card is a sudowoodo, so it’s hard to choose a favorite. Nostalgia vs. a rock that camouflages itself as a tree for some inconceivable purpose. Actually, I think that description settled it. Fav is sudowoodo.
What language are you programming in? In swift I have found all models (including sonnet) next to useless. Tells me something wrong almost every question i ask, has made up macros and apis, etc.
For English I have found Claude models slightly better than the GPT 4 subscription I used to have. For anything in multiple (human, not programming) languages, gpt has seemed best for me.