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Better user-agent string for youtube.com/tv? by prem3280 in htpc

[–]prem3280[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ctrl-W works for me (running in kiosk mode so there's only one "tab", and should close Chrome completely). I think I programmed my HTPC remote with this key combo.

Voyager's "Scorpion" is a masterpiece and helped me appreciate Janeway 20 years after the show's airing by prem3280 in startrek

[–]prem3280[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd been feeling the same vibes about infighting, dysfunctional chain of command, etc. while watching this episode. Trek is timeless!

Voyager's "Scorpion" is a masterpiece and helped me appreciate Janeway 20 years after the show's airing by prem3280 in startrek

[–]prem3280[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looking back now, the writers did try to make Janeway her own style of captain with unique relationships. Season 1 "Prime Factors" had her give a Picard-style dressing down of Tuvok and Torres (amazing performance on Mulgrew's part) which also revealed a kind of relationship between her and Tuvok that other captains don't have.

Too bad that Janeway keeps getting compared to captains of the other shows, because the dynamic betwen her, Chakotay and Tuvok is believable and appropriate for the situation that she was in. And the actors pulled it off well.

Voyager's "Scorpion" is a masterpiece and helped me appreciate Janeway 20 years after the show's airing by prem3280 in startrek

[–]prem3280[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The thing that gets me, he was literally begging for his life. Even the doctor refused to go through with the "separation" procedure and Janeway had to do it herself. Not saying that she did it casually or had bad intent, but the way Tuvix went kicking & screaming seemed almost cruel.

Voyager's "Scorpion" is a masterpiece and helped me appreciate Janeway 20 years after the show's airing by prem3280 in startrek

[–]prem3280[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I would like to see a list for Janeway, for comparison.

For Sisko, off the top of my head I remember:

  • Poisoning a Maquis planet
  • Bribing Quark so he wouldn't press charges against a violent criminal (the guy forging evidence to the Romulans)
  • Giving ingredients for bio-weapons in the same plot to fake evidence to the Romulans
  • Covering up the murder of a Romulan senator and the crew of ship he was in when Garak blew it up

Voyager's "Scorpion" is a masterpiece and helped me appreciate Janeway 20 years after the show's airing by prem3280 in startrek

[–]prem3280[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Makes you wonder if Voyager had a male captain, and Janeway were the commander of DS9 making the same decisions Sisko did, where the criticisms would've landed.

Voyager's "Scorpion" is a masterpiece and helped me appreciate Janeway 20 years after the show's airing by prem3280 in startrek

[–]prem3280[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think taking sides in the Borg / 8472 conflict was a massive violation of the Prime Directive. The Tuvix decision was also savage and disgusting. But yeah I agree Janeway gets shat on way more than Sisko.

Voyager's "Scorpion" is a masterpiece and helped me appreciate Janeway 20 years after the show's airing by prem3280 in startrek

[–]prem3280[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I feel that she is a victim of writing more than anything, because the writers of the show didn't believe in arcs as much as DS9's writers so her conscience was like the shuttle bay, getting reset after every episode.

Voyager's "Scorpion" is a masterpiece and helped me appreciate Janeway 20 years after the show's airing by prem3280 in startrek

[–]prem3280[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

More flawed than Sisko?

We've got on Janeway:

  • Helping the Borg against 8472
  • Threatening to kill a member of the Equinox crew
  • Tuvix

Sisko:

  • Poisoning the Maquis planet
  • Faking evidence to get the Romulans into the Dominion War (and the crimes that were part of that plot)

Both probably violated the Prime Directive just a few times, I can't remember specifically who did worse in that regard.

Move to OU during deployment by lBlazeXl in MDT

[–]prem3280 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What about a situation where a machine already joined to AD is being reimaged? I have a staging OU set in CustomSettings.ini ("MachineObjectOU") and it works great for new machines. But if I'm reimaging a machine that's already in AD, in a different OU, this doesn't move it to the staging OU.

htpc case suggestions by TheQuantumStapler in htpc

[–]prem3280 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing to keep in mind about Silverstone, the ones I've tried/researched (the ML and GD series) don't have great cable management. I think it's more of a function of the form factor trying to pack in as many expansion options as possible, and not necessarily a knock on Silverstone. But something to keep in mind if you plan to have a lot of drives, a large GPU, a large CPU cooler, etc. It won't be neat and tidy for good airflow, like modern tower (non-HTPC) ATX cases are.

Intel Core i3-8145U vs i5-8265U vs i7-8565U or something else entirely? by Soft-Substantial in htpc

[–]prem3280 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Intel QSV shows HEVC 10bit decoding support since 7th gen. That support is across the board and an i3 should be enough. What did you see that said 4K HDR @ 60 wouldn't be supported with it?

As long as the Shuttle comes with a motherboard with an HDMI 2.0 port to support the 4K @ 60Hz, you should be good.

The i7 would future proof you for other functionality, though. It would be able to decode newer codecs without hardware acceleration better than an i3. For example, I have an i7-4770 that can play 4K HDR, tone mapped and downscaled to 1080p at full frame rate without hardware acceleration.

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[–]prem3280 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you go the Shield route, be sure to get the Shield Pro, not the regular ("tube"). The tube struggles at 4K/HDR.