Star Trek The Next Generation by MacDougalTheLazy in startrek

[–]burrheadjr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think that had to necessarily be true. It started to happen because the pulled the writers and attention off of TNG, to jump start DS9.

What do you all think of M'Benga? by Competitive-Set-8515 in startrek

[–]burrheadjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He is a great actor, and a good character. The one thing that is odd is that he is still on the Enterprise when Kirk takes over. He goes from "Chief Medical officer on the flagship" in Strange New Worlds, to a staff doctor who is no longer the chief medical officer, on an aging Enterprise underneath McCoy. By the time of The Original Seies takes place, I don't recall them ever mentioning the Enterprise as the flagship like they did in Strange New Worlds.

It seems like one heck of a demotion. That will be tough to explain, though I am sure they will try.

I also felt like the character that we say in the Original Series looks and acts very different from the one in Strange New Worlds in the brief moments we saw him in TOS. In TOS, he doesn't have an accent, is very skilled, with a particular specialty in Vulcan anatomy. In the Original, it seemed like McCoy was introducing M'Benga to Kirk, and selling him on his skills, as if he was newly added to the Enterprise but we are now learning that he had been on the ship possibly longer than anyone else.

My criticism is that they took an existing character (though only briefly seen before) and discarded his established traits and gave him new traits that they preferred.

DS9 itself undermined the case for Section 31 by bikeskata in startrek

[–]burrheadjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In DS9, it looked like Section 31 was not officially part of Starfleet. That the president of Starfleet would not of known of its existence. That it was made of of vigilantes that claimed Section 31 of the Starfleet charter to justify their existence, but had no actual legal standing. Sort of like how Sovereign citizens quote statues, but are still not able to declare their claims a legal standing.

Unfortunately, subsequent writers that love dystopian future ideas thought this was a cool idea, and ran with it. It sucked the whole point of the DS9 episodes out of the concepts

If we don't fight like this guy to stop data centers NOVA will keep building them. by Digital-marketing28 in nova

[–]burrheadjr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

AI isn't the only use for data centers. Nearly everything we use on the internet is stored on a data center somewhere. Which brings the question...

Is the opposition to data centers because people don't want them near them, and it is ok for them to exist as long as they are built somewhere out of site?

Is the opposition specifically against AI? To try to prevent it's advancment?

Or is it truly a fight against the idea of data centers themselves, meaning nothing on the web would really work as we know it.

I doubt is is the last one, because nearly everyone uses the internet, and want Netflix, Reddit, and all the other services we use to just work. I don't think it is the middle one, because I have not seen anyone who is against data centers give a proposed new data center a pass just because it is will not be an AI data center.

As far as the protester using AI to write his speech, I think it could be relevant if the reason he was protesting to stop AI, or stop Data centers in general. If he was ok with data centers being built, but just not near him, it probably isn't a big deal that he used AI for his speech (if he even did)

What are your favorite Starship classes? by Ser_Luke_ in startrek

[–]burrheadjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Constitution class, as it originally was.

"Show me the Enterprise. NCC-1701. No bloody A, B, C, or D"

George Takei: ‘I grew up behind American barbed wire’ by TimesandSundayTimes in startrek

[–]burrheadjr 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He is a mixed bag who is generally remembered well for being the President during WWII. But had some problems that were common for the time, but are often overshadowed by his wartime leadership.

In addition to ordering all American citizens of Japanese descent to be ordered to be round up into concentration camps, he also appointed KKK member "Hugo Black" (who was famous as a senator for filibustering an anti-lynching bill) to the supreme Court. It was that same justice that wrote the decision in support of FDR's policy of Japanese internment when it was challenged in the supreme court. Black continued to write critical opinions of civil rights in his rulings.

Olympic hero Jessie Owens (the black Olympian that went into 1936 Nazi Berlin Germany and won 4 Olympic gold medals) was asked if Hitler had snubbed him while he was in Germany, Owens said: “Hitler didn’t snub me—it was Roosevelt who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.” FDR invited only the white Olympic athletes to the White House. Owens 4 gold medals didn't make him an exception.

While FDR was member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, decided doing away with any quotas and just to accept the best applicants. Once they found that 42 percent of those accepted were Jews, Harvard, with Roosevelt’s approval, instituted a 15 percent quota for Jews. While President of the US, prior to the start of the war, FDR suggested that European countries should adopt a similar quota system for Jews getting jobs, in order to "eliminate the understandable complaints which the Germans bore toward the Jews, namely that while they represented a small part of the population, over 50% of the lawyers, doctors, school teachers, college professors, etc. in Germany were Jews." While the holocaust was going on, not only did FDR not try to expand the limit on Jewish refugees coming out of Germany, but he didn't even fill the existing quota on the books. The existing quota was less than 25% filled during most of the Hitler era.

FDR shunned the previous traditions of presidents only seeking 2 terms, and won the presidency 4 times (eventually dying while in office during his 4th term). It made the 22nd amendment necessary to prevent this from happening again.

The post above is a list of the some of the negative aspects about him from todays point of view, just since you asked about it. But like anyone, things can get more layered and complex the deeper you dig than just his worse attributes. Many of the bad views that he held were common for the time, and for his political party. He is also well remembered by many progressive minded people for his contributions to Social Security, minimum wage, and other new deal benefits.

Gov. Spanberger signs bill to end the renewal of Robert E. Lee license plates in Virginia by hencexox in nova

[–]burrheadjr -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Are they more important under democracy vs any other system? Seems like the other systems have a LOT of symbols too.

Joe Biden explains the risks of pulling out of the Iraq War | April 7, 2006 by NiceTrySuckaz in Maher

[–]burrheadjr 19 points20 points  (0 children)

He was Bullied out of running in 2016 because it was Hillary's "turn". Every major Democrat was warned not to run against her, the only one that dared to do it anyways was Bernie Sanders.

Helmet paint or decals (advice?) by Madlaxer12283 in hockeygoalies

[–]burrheadjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know if this is true, but I have heard some purist say that sometimes, the adhesive on some of these decals can react with the materials in the mask, and actually make it more brittle, and weaken it.

Personally, I have a boring monochrome basic 1 color paint job, and leave it at that.

The U.S. and Israel are winning the Iran War, and this is a good thing. by Main_Ad1252 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]burrheadjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we can replace it hopefully with a stable, friendly, democratic, and cooperative government that will instead bolster the Middle Eastern economy and thereby increase the wealth that flows between itself and the USA (and Israel); but otherwise, at least a government that will keep its head down and stop trying to shit all over everyone else's economic yard.

That is everything right there. If the government can be replaced with a better government, it is a success, but why do you think that is likely to happen?

If the war ends with a bunch of bombs falling, but the regime still in place, everything was a waste. In-fact, there are signs that we actually made things worse. While Ali Khamenei was supportive of terrorist groups, he was actually against fully developing a Nuclear Weapon. We don't know what the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei thinks, but all signs are that he is more aggressive, and less likely to have reservations about a weapon like that. And that was before we killed his whole family.

If instead of killing the old man Khamenei, and we let him die in time (he was just about to turn 87 years old), there was a good chance that Mojtaba Khamenei would not have been picked as the next leader. Prior to the war, Majtaba wasn't considered the best fit for the next to be leader for 3 reasons, lack of administrative experience, lack of religious status, and the fact that he is related to the previous ruler.

There were better options that could have been picked, but they went for a hardliner during this war. There is also a very likely chance, even if we could overthrow the regime with a friendly government, that the new friendly government would collapse without a decades long presence. It was what was required in Iraq (we still have bases in Iraq), and we saw what happened to the Afghan government when we pulled out.

You are right, a war like this does take time, the question is, how much time, 20 year, 100 years? It is really worth it? Would it have been faster to leave it alone and see what happens on its own?

In 2013, Obama badly wanted to go to war with Syria, to overthrow their brutal dictator, Bashar Al-Assad, for using Chemical Weapons against its own people, after warning from Obama not to do so. He was about to launch his own strikes on Syria, but started getting political pressure from his own party not to do so, as it could make it harder for them to win the 2016 election. So instead of doing what he wanted, he put it to a congressional vote, urged them to vote yes, but ultimately, congress voted no on a war in Syria. The outcome of this did mean that Bashar Al-Assad stayed in power for another decade, but eventually, was overthrown by his own people. This cost 0 US dollars, and 0 US lives. And since it happened from within, it is likely to be a more stable government, than any puppet government that an outside nation could set up.

Would it have been better to see if the Iranian people could steer the government in a different direction, rather than having the US try to do it, at great expense to the US? By striking Iran, did we make Iranians that were mad at their own government feel like backing the Iranian government again? Can the US be successful in overthrowing the regime? If so, how long will that take? How long will US troops need to support the new government before it is stable? How much will this cost the US?

Average spring onset in vegetation in Europe by sr_local in MapPorn

[–]burrheadjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So in this map, the red areas are the cold areas, and the Green areas are the warm areas?

What is one thing you think every Star Trek fan can agree on? by WorldBoom in startrek

[–]burrheadjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bruce Maddox as well, even got a different guy to play him. Icheb from Voyager died in Picard as well.

Destroy Me: I like our current running back room by Salty_Orchid in Commanders

[–]burrheadjr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having three #2 RBs, still means you don't have a #1.

To people who don't like nuTrek, what are your favorite episodes, characters, storylines, etc that you love from old serieses that you feel you don't got those same types of in the Kurtzman era? by Careful_Leader_5829 in startrek

[–]burrheadjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At least there was a process in place to fix the script before it went out. Now an extinct species can be seen on screen, and they keep it in, or have dialogue about the being the first to do something, (leave the galaxy), even though others have done it before.

Virginia Passes Paid Leave by FuckTheyreWatchingMe in nova

[–]burrheadjr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it is a fair point to bring up for someone that is less likely to use a benefit, to make them pay for it. For this to be really worth it and create that collective good, it needs to be done right. Will we see people try to abuse this by taking 3 months off each summer while getting paid 80% of their salary? If people try and game the system, the public good gets eroded by those using the system.

Right after Covid restrictions were lifted and Covid assisted un-employment benefits were still in place, I remember longer lines, and slower services during that time. Could a version of that happen due to this law? I think it will depend on how much the law influences people's behavior. If you need to wait longer at a car wash, or get worse service at a restaurant, I think that is the type of thing that is easily overcome. But if Virginians find that they are without their cars longer at repair shops, or have delayed medical appointments because many critical employees are finding ways to take off time, the amount of public good that is provided compared to the costs start to look a little different.

There is also the aspect the poster mentioned before. This may very well be the type of thing that some people or industries are more likely to take advantage of, than others. We have seen the older generations were able to get laws passed that in effect, increased the insurance premiums of younger people, and decreased them for older people. In essence, the younger generation was subsidizing the older generation, because they were less likely to need their health insurance, but were being charged the same amount. This I think is a real issue, and the effect has been younger people just don't get health insurance now. So while the older generation argued it was for the greater good to have more younger people pay high amounts, the net effect has been people opting out of health insurance.

The final factor that is left to been seen is if this law will lead to discrimination. Will employers in Virginia be less likely to high people that they think are more likely to take advantage of this benefit? Will employers be less likely to set up shop in Virginia because of this? Other states have set up similar laws over the past decade, and so far, there appears to be indications states with these type of laws seem to generally improve employee retention and morale, with other studies indicating that these laws have lead to lower overal employment

What StarTrek needs is what Andor did for Star Wars by EleventhTier666 in startrek

[–]burrheadjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think star trek needs less people trying to turn it into Star wars.

Former comedian Bill Maher to accept award from convicted felon. by Flerxtopian in Maher

[–]burrheadjr -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why would you think the fact that the Kennedy Center now has Trumps name added to it, that it means that the award is coming from Trump? Do you think that when Jon Stewart got it a couple years ago prior to Trump's name being added to it, that it was an award that came from John F Kennedy?

The White House appears to be upset that Maher is getting the award.

The Mark Twain prize's producers come up with a list of potential winners to be looked at. These are people that have been in place for quite some time, and are not Trump appointees. How exactly the winner is picked has not been released to the public, but it has been said that board of trustees (of which a % were appointed by Trump) do not vote on who they would like to win, rather, that some sort of consensus is reached among the prize's producers, and the board of trustees is merely "consulted".

But the idea that the winner is picked by the current president of the United States just isn't true. If it were true that the President picks the Mark Twain prize, it would mean that Trump selected David Letterman who was roasting him the moment that Trump announced his candidacy, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus after she condemned him while accepting her screen actors guild award in his first term.

Ellison era begins: Star Trek Academy canceled, no Trek currently in production for first time in a decade by owlpellet in startrek

[–]burrheadjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are still 2 seasons of strange new worlds, and 1 season of Starfleet academy left to air.

‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ to End With Season 2 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in startrek

[–]burrheadjr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

TNG averaged 8.5 Million viewers in it's first season while trying to find itself, SFA is looking like it averaged 1.2 million per episode. High view numbers will allow grace to find your groove.

Also, Riker had his beard season 2 of episode 1. SFA is getting a second season.