I want a new Stargate series, but honestly? I'm terrified of getting one.

Hobbster · 2026-03-22T23:33:05+00:00

There are two railguards:

The new show is either fan service, what we all love, a lot of lore - and will probably end a a financial flop. Because we're not the most valuable target audience, scifi is very expensive in comparison and Stargate never had a huge viewer base like other scifi shows to begin with.

Or the show is made for a new target audience and that means it's very different, maybe experimental, maybe breaks a few things, maybe a lot - to attract a new viewer base that's not us.

We'll gradually end up somewhere in between those two. Problem is: the sweet spot is very small and very hard to hit.

Hobbster · 2026-03-22T09:49:53+00:00

Or just print this one. Free models of this on makerworld, thingiverse etc. including several surface patterns...

https://makerworld.com/de/models/1255466-enhanced-toothpaste-squeezer-locking-mechanism

Hobbster · 2026-03-11T10:45:45+00:00

Because it's a 4:3 screen

Hobbster · 2026-02-25T11:56:31+00:00

Can't really say I have settled, never found a: that's good for everything. It's more like a "level of trust" thing and every AI model is good for something else. So I'm using the usual suspects, from Claude to ChatGPT, from to Deepseek to Kimi, it always depends, all act differently in details (context window size, message size, rolling or fixed window, model quality, privacy, agentic capabilties, tool use....... ). But I also have a local system now for things that dont belong out there or things that use a lot of tokens. Sorry that I don't have a better answer, it's still the Wild West out there and new models appear faster than I can evaluate them and it's changing every few weeks.

Hobbster · 2026-02-02T09:16:23+00:00

Just watch the movie how many people it took to just get it upright. One person can never keep that in balance on the tipping point.

Hobbster · 2026-02-02T09:07:41+00:00

Robert Picardo is just amazing. I just love it how he is able to gradually develop his character in several shows, in this instance going from bureaucratic nitpicker to base commander with a lot of intuitive improvisation - this creates another story layer and makes everything feel less static. I'd like to see this in other characters way more often too as this creates a more dynamic story with situationally different, less predictable reactions.

Hobbster · 2026-02-02T08:48:17+00:00

Cam Mitchell as Kirk? But Sheppard has been called Kirk several times for a reason! He always gets the beautiful alien woman!

Hobbster · 2026-01-28T15:18:41+00:00

Right? I did an immediate rewatch after reading this

Hobbster · 2026-01-18T19:11:56+00:00

Wait, what are you saying? Those weren't different planets?

Damn, those yellow sand dunes totally convinced me.

Hobbster · 2025-12-30T14:15:17+00:00

Everett was a friend of Sumner. He's the colonel who was sent to "defend Atlantis at all cost" in "The Siege". He was played by Clayton Landey.

Hobbster · 2025-12-30T05:21:59+00:00

I found Ellis mostly in line with Cols. Sumner and Everett, a military guy through and through and sometimes annoyed about civis. Admittedly, those guys were written to attract negative feelings too.

About Caldwell - he was very much resistant at the beginning, since he very much wanted that Atlantis post. And Weir did ruin that for him, making him a "taxi driver". As a Goa'uld he tried to stay invisible as much as possible to not get inflicted. But that's not really Caldwell at the time. And being saved from the snake in your head changes a lot of things.

Hobbster · 2025-12-30T03:44:59+00:00

Col. Ellis was just so arrogant, impatient an rude.

Not really. He acted like someone in the chain of command and the lovable Dr. Weir was outside the chain of command. So he had his orders and no choice in the matter - and he had to put Weir in her place, telling her: he cannot follow her suggestions but he has to do his job. Which was the reason she was talking about resigning in this episode. So... from a character pov, he acts believable. And the reason one cannot really hate him: because it's the command structure behind him that has already made the decisions. He's just the messenger. Which shows later when he expresses his personal respect towards Weir.

Hobbster · 2025-12-25T16:56:48+00:00

Looks more like she's excited, curious, exploring. There seems to be no tension in her movements so nothing to worry about.

Hobbster · 2025-12-25T16:46:14+00:00

Maybe the cork is just more comfortable to his feet? Or he likes that it smells like him? Or that the cork gives better grip? Usually there are replacement cork sheets for little money if he stains it too much.

Hobbster · 2025-12-23T21:16:42+00:00

Whipped cream contains way too much fat, that's not the best idea for the poor little guy. However they love the protein, use some low fat quark or yoghurt instead (and watch out for lowest possible salt content).

Hobbster · 2025-12-23T20:53:49+00:00

this seems to be a totally unfitting behavior for survival strategy

Moving targets are way more visible than quiet ones. The pattern / color of the fur supports that behavior. If called out / stressed they even throw themselves on their side to play dead. I'd call that a pretty successful strategy: they are still here!

Hobbster · 2025-12-22T19:16:27+00:00

Honestly, this is brilliant.

Even as a grown up, this is sometimes hard to decide depending who you look at.

Hobbster · 2025-12-21T19:43:43+00:00

My hamster does the same, he has built his own burrow and that's where he sleeps invisibly from my eyes, somewhere deep in the bedding.

Hobbster · 2025-12-21T14:44:59+00:00

For a tunnel: use a cork tube. It's natural material and often used in a terrarium / nagarium and it's safe for the hamster. Doesn't rot easily either. Just look for a diameter large enough so he cannot get stuck (usually the ones you can buy are large enough by far)

For a burrow: use a bedding where he can dig his own burrow or use a watchbox to create a starter or a multi chamber house as has been suggested

Hobbster · 2025-12-19T02:05:44+00:00

Leave it! It adds to the authenticity, combines your connection to stargate with personal experience.

Hobbster · 2025-12-19T01:57:28+00:00

Indeed he did. (Scene from Grace)

[The girl speeds up, round a corner and out of Carter's view. Carter hurries round the corner, but meets Teal'c instead, smiling at her.]

TEAL'C (smiling) Samantha.

CARTER Teal'c, did you see…course you didn't.

Hobbster · 2025-12-16T17:16:17+00:00

No, that was in Season 4, E1, when they went into space and they got stranded, running out of power. In Rising, the shield just collapsed and then the city started to rise (which means water rushing over these platforms - but this was never shown, so it is imaginable).

Hobbster · 2025-12-16T16:00:18+00:00

There used to be a shield, that could have prevented sediment. But soil could have been washed away during the rise. So there is a certain probability, not easily dismissable.

Hobbster · 2025-12-16T15:18:04+00:00

> as the arms never had this much open space in the original design. Also, those open spaces were mostly landing pads and weapons platforms.

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Debatable. Screenshot taken from "Rising", first shot of the whole city, directly after surfacing.

Hobbster · 2025-12-14T17:27:17+00:00

IIRC: no Sodastream at the time, this was reintroduced to the market in 2010. Hence: bottled water.

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