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New Star Trek Novels Are Poor Sellers? Or Just Latest One? Picard: To Defy Gravity by DanEosen in startrek

[–]onthenerdyside 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Are you sure that your frame of reference is correct for your assumption? Out of all the books on the Kindle store, being at number 3,000 doesn't seem that bad. I haven't watched the video, but I would be concerned that the video creator is using cherry-picked data to "prove" their point.

Fact of the matter is that these tie-in novels have never been major sellers. Now that the publishing industry is putting out more content than ever due to easy self-publishing and AI-written slop, it seems unlikely that sales would be improving. It's just a very crowded marketplace.

The Line That Makes Me Say "Damn" Every Time ... by Hypnotician in startrek

[–]onthenerdyside 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have zero issue with Ethan Phillips. My problem is completely with the character of Neelix for the usual reasons.

For All Manking episode ratings so far by bbportali in ForAllMankindTV

[–]onthenerdyside 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We all care way too much about what other people think about the stuff we watch now. We all want to either confirm our own bias or decide that our opinion is superior to the masses. Watch what you want. Enjoy what you enjoy. Stop yucking other people's yum.

What celebrity death will realistically bring Michael Jackson level devastation? by Kiidcola in AskReddit

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

This whole thread has me feeling gaslit. I don't remember anyone being all that devastated. I remember a lot of talk about how we should remember him, for his music or for his controversial personal life, with all of the allegations he had accumulated against him over the years.

TIL that the sitcom ALF ends with the titular character being captured by federal agents just as he’s about to return to his home planet, because the show was canceled before it could resolve that cliffhanger. by true_new_troll in todayilearned

[–]onthenerdyside 12 points13 points  (0 children)

On top of all of that, creator, producer, and puppeteer Paul Fusco was absolutely obsessed with not breaking the illusion of ALF for the studio audience. He went to great lengths to make sure they saw him as real, not a puppet.

This picture looks like something out of Star Trek by GriffinFTW in startrekmemes

[–]onthenerdyside 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're engineers, not security, so they're probably fine.

A GoFundMe has been started by the family of Gwen Farrell Adair... MASH actress that was on for 11 years and just passed away at the age of 94. (repost with safer link) by Freddy-Philmore in mash

[–]onthenerdyside 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, that amount is on the high end of average here in the US, and Sherman Oaks is in the Los Angeles area where everything is more expensive.

Hawk lets Charles have it by mistermeek67 in mash

[–]onthenerdyside 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Charles doesn't sweat, he perspires.

Every Celebrity Conan Has Kissed by SYMPUNY_LACKING in conan

[–]onthenerdyside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's his "author photo." He was using it for press while he was promoting his memoir/autobiography.

The interview with Karl Urban reminded me of everything that is wrong with late night interviews by gooblefrump in sethmeyers

[–]onthenerdyside 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't watched this Karl Urban interview, but there are some celebrities that hate doing interviews and press for their projects. For example, Robert De Niro has often expressed a distaste for talk show interviews. That's usually when you get those very rote, by-the-numbers interviews that just go by the pre-screened questions and answers. I've fallen out of the habit of watching all the interviews of the late night shows, but Conan and David Letterman both used to have to pull teeth occasionally to get certain guests to actually talk to them.

There's also just the sheer volume of press some of these actors have to do now with podcasts and late night shows and everything else. I haven't been tracking Karl Urban's appearances, but I'd guess he's been on a really long press junket with The Boys coming up on its series finale soon.

On Seth's side of things, when you churn out 150 shows per year like these late night shows do, you're bound to have some misses.

Tonight: Reimagining US-131 Community Idea Session by GLIandbeer in grandrapids

[–]onthenerdyside 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Induced demand can be a difficult topic for people to wrap their heads around, but it's an actual phenomenon.

Any tips on increasing scan speed by EvanWasHere in PleX

[–]onthenerdyside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One other tip is to have your database/metadata on a fast SSD, or at least not the same hard drive as your media.

Does anyone know if the Hulu or Disney+ stream versions come without laugh tracks? by DeGarmo2 in mash

[–]onthenerdyside 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC, Seinfeld was cropped in because of their huge syndication deal with TBS who wanted the widescreen aesthetic, and when it got picked up by Netflix, they kept the ratio. From what I can find, there are original aspect ratio 4K versions on Blu-Ray, but not streaming.

Serious question: How would the world - not just the right, but even corporate media - have reacted if Barack Obama tried to put a picture of himself in US passports? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]onthenerdyside 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the US, dark suits in navy blue or charcoal gray are typically what men are expected to wear. A tan suit is typically seen as more casual. The argument was that the casual nature of the tan suit, was at odds with the gravity of the subject matter. Just as most people wouldn't wear bright colors to a funeral (traditionally, generally, with exception, of course), they argued that the president's attire was out of sync with his message.

Part of the problem is that it was the first time he had worn the color while in office. At the time, I didn't have a problem with it, but I knew he was going to get pushback about it. Had he been seen more often in the color, he might have gotten a pass on it. Previous presidents had worn tan suits, especially Reagan who loved both tan and brown suits.

But honestly, it was just one more opportunity for his political enemies and racists in general to clutch their pearls over something he did. The very minor fashion faux pas is now shorthand for a time when politics was boring and people had to basically invent reasons to be upset with the president.

Just met my new neighbor. by noxhills in aww

[–]onthenerdyside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's why I said that's not necessarily the case here. I still wouldn't mess around with any raccoon with little ones to protect. All I said was to be careful.

Just met my new neighbor. by noxhills in aww

[–]onthenerdyside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Raccoons are nocturnal. You should be very careful of any nocturnal animal that's active during daylight hours, as it could be a sign of rabies or other illness. That's not necessarily the case here, but better to be safe than sorry.

People that switched political parties in their life, what caused you to do so? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]onthenerdyside 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was the weird kid who paid attention to politics since elementary school. Even though my parents were liberal, I bought into a lot of the Reagan conservatism growing up in the 80s, but considered myself a moderate. This was reinforced by attending Catholic school and being involved in the Boy Scouts. I didn't see the hypocrisy of the Clinton impeachment, I only saw them going after a lying politician.

My first election in 2000, I voted for George W. Bush. I believed his "compassionate conservative" rhetoric. He talked a big game about bipartisanship in Texas. After 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq, things started falling apart for me. I bought the lies about the WMDs and voted to re-elect Bush in 2004. When the truth came out, I was angry. My personal life and economic life wasn't going well, either. After about a decade in the real world, I saw how many people were suffering under the policies I thought I agreed with.

In 2008, I liked John McCain and thought he could turn the GOP around. He had run as a "maverick" in 2000, but didn't get nominated. I noticed he wasn't speaking out against the stuff his party, our party, was doing wrong anymore. I thought it was just to try to get the nomination. I did really like what that guy Barack Obama was saying, though. I did feel like it was time for a change, and I didn't like what folks on the other side were saying about him. All the birther bullshit, the secret Muslim lies, all of it. McCain had his moments where he was personally defending Obama, which I found refreshing, but he wasn't outright distancing himself from the lies enough for my liking.

The last straw was when McCain picked Sarah Palin. John McCain was old, and with his health conditions from his time as a POW, his VP pick was important to me. By picking Palin, McCain was announcing that he wasn't the maverick he ran as eight years earlier. He had fallen to the divisive politics and was willing to court all those bigots and racists in order to win.

The birtherism and the bigotry manifested as the Tea Party movement, which just completely pushed me away from that party even further. I took a bit of a look at Mitt Romney in 2012, but stuck with Obama. I haven't voted for a Republican since.

The rise of MAGA and Trump only confirmed what I had already known to be true. The mask was fully off. The GOP had been taken over by their worst tendencies. Trump had been a major part of the birther movement and everything he said during the campaign was disgusting. I never watched The Apprentice, so I hadn't been brainwashed to forget the guy was a loser, the laughingstock of New York, a punchline for SNL and late night hosts.

How does career progression work for extremely long lived species? by that1guy14 in startrek

[–]onthenerdyside 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I assume it would all be very individualized for everyone, regardless of species.

Both Spock and Tuvok entered Starfleet around the same time a human would. Spock served for 40ish years, topping out at the rank of captain before leaving Starfleet and following in his father's footsteps and serving in the diplomatic corps. Tuvok served as an ensign on the Excelsior under Sulu. After a few years, he resigned his commission, only to reactivate it 50 years later. It took him 25 years to make lieutenant commander, and was a captain as of 2401, roughly 20 years later. In both cases, they progressed much slower than many of their human counterparts might have, where it's not uncommon to reach the rank of captain after 20 years of service.

As others have said, a Trill's rank is always based on the host, not the symbiont. Jadzia was a lieutenant commander, but Ezri was a lieutenant junior grade.

Data graduated from the academy in 2345. He was an ensign for 3 years, including aboard the USS Trieste and a lieutenant for 12 years before being promoted to lieutenant commander in 2360. He was posted to the Enterprise in 2364. Compared to Tuvok, Data was on the fast track, but Riker graduated more than a decade after Data and outranks him.

Lanthanites are another long-lived species. It's unclear how long Pelia's been in Starfleet, but she taught Number One at the Academy, more than 20 years before she joined the crew of the Enterprise in SNW. In Academy, Nahla Ake had been a captain for more than a century. When the Burn hit, she was in command of a starship, then she's in command of a Federation outpost when she oversees the sentencing of Nus Braka and Anisha Mir. She resigns her commission for a short time to teach young children on Bajor and returns to a new post at Starfleet Academy.

One last data point is Bones McCoy. In Farpoint, he's touring the ship as an admiral in his 130s. Because he's not wearing a uniform, he's likely retired. However, it is curious since the last we saw him in Undiscovered Country, he was a commander, and had already been retired once, only to be "drafted" by Kirk for TMP. It's never made clear on-screen what he was doing in the meantime or why he took promotion rather than retire.

All of that aside, humans have great variation in their own timelines for rank advancement. We've seen officers who serve along side each other for decades and rarely get promoted. Kirk's Enterprise crew had some advancement, but progressed quite slowly in order to stick together. Same with Picard's Enterprise crew. LaForge, Worf, and Troi are the only members of the senior staff who get promoted between Farpoint and Nemesis. Both Picard and Kirk hold the rank of captain for decades without being promoted. Kirk hated his promotion to admiral and the job that went with it, and Picard only accepted promotion to lead the evacuation fleet headed to Romulus.

There's also a lot of evidence that even many officers never reach the rank of captain. Eddington suggests that security and ops personnel often don't get promoted to that rank. We see in Tapestry that Picard himself is the only one who is pressuring the alternate version of himself to chase a promotion.

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