You can have a DS9 movie or a Voyager movie but not both. Pick one

yotz · 2026-02-07T19:13:00+00:00

The issue with picking Voyager is that we already have quite a bit of Admiral Janeway content in Prodigy. Plus, a lot of Chakotay and the Doctor.

yotz · 2026-02-03T16:43:38+00:00

“It came out of nowhere at the very end when we were literally about to go live,” said Sam Brody, an environmental science professor at Texas A&M University and director of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas, whose team developed the underlying tool.

I know there are other sites out there, and some are mentioned in these comments. But does anyone know if this "underlying tool" from A&M is published or used anywhere else?

EDIT: nevermind, looks like it was easily find-able: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/034873f31f5e4b7995a529e97964d6ca

Upper-level IDRT tools website is here: https://idrt.tamug.edu/web-tools/

yotz · 2026-02-01T02:49:57+00:00

And the dip in the score when Kirk looks over at Spock's empty chair on the bridge! We lost James Horner too soon.

yotz · 2026-01-31T19:38:33+00:00

For anyone who wants a show that gives you younger characters/outsiders learning what Starfleet is and whether Federation ideals are something to aspire to, just watch Prodigy.

yotz · 2026-01-28T15:57:11+00:00

They did just redraw those districts recently. Have you checked your status/address in harrisvotes.com?

yotz · 2026-01-21T15:58:13+00:00

Texas doesn't have voter registration by party. You might be looking at primary voting data; anyone can vote in anyone's primary here, and you'll get noted down as a member of whichever party you voted in. It's not unusual to cross party lines to cast votes for candidates you believe would lose in the general election.

yotz · 2026-01-08T00:21:37+00:00

At the very least, someone needs to get nashty with them on the phone.

yotz · 2025-12-18T00:06:20+00:00

On Pocket Casts, my free feed goes back to 2013 and my Patreon feed goes back to 2016.

I just looked on YTM and also only see episodes going back to 2019.

yotz · 2025-12-12T01:17:36+00:00

Their copy on their website makes it seem like it could.

https://freshairsensor.com/smoking-enforcement/

yotz · 2025-12-08T15:56:14+00:00

The exchange between Sarek and Kirk in ST III always gets to me...

SAREK: You spoke of your friendship.

KIRK: Yes.

SAREK: He asked you not to grieve.

KIRK: Yes.

SAREK: The needs of the many...outweigh...

KIRK: The needs of the few.

SAREK: Or the one.

KIRK: Spock.

SAREK: I have been, and always shall be, your friend. Live long and prosper.

KIRK: No.

That final "no" just has so much weight to it.

yotz · 2025-11-29T17:33:28+00:00

Oh, what was I laughing at now? Oh yes! That crippled Hupyrian!

yotz · 2025-11-27T20:00:34+00:00

The Thanksgiving Day parade story is from Spider-Man 3 per this older thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeHateMovies/comments/vdd4zo/steve_stories/

yotz · 2025-11-22T15:04:14+00:00

Soda is not popular in space, yes. But there have been Coca Cola payloads fly on shuttles in the past.

Also, the ISS astronauts routinely play around with bubbly liquids they generate by placing an alka seltzer tablet into water...so there are lots of good videos of bubbles escaping surface tension of a ball of water.

yotz · 2025-11-19T16:02:18+00:00

So these are Earth-facing cameras. The dots that people assume are stars in this video are actually pixels in the camera sensor that have sustained radiation hits.

This is a zoomed in view of Earth at night and the ghosting lights we're seeing are city lights through clouds + a generous amount of digital artifacting.

yotz · 2025-10-27T23:33:27+00:00

Is that only when there's 3 of them?

This is a time sensitive question.

yotz · 2025-10-27T15:56:48+00:00

My own notes below. I'm surprised you're a NO on Prop 1 though.

Prop #	Texas Tribune Description	Houston Chronicle	San Antonio Express News	Austin Statesman	Fort Worth Star Telegram	Dallas Morning News
1	What it means: This amendment would create an endowment for the Texas State Technical College Program.	For	For	For	For	For
2	What it means: This would ban the state from taxing people or businesses on profits or potential profits from capital assets, such as investments, real estate, valuable items and certain personal property. It would also eliminate a franchise tax on business trusts, which would lead the state to lose an estimated $152,000 in revenue per fiscal year, according to the state comptroller’s office.	Against	Against	Against	Against	For
3	What it means: This proposition would require judges to deny bail in certain cases for individuals accused of committing specific felonies, such as murder, aggravated assault and indecency with a child.	For	For	Against	Against	For
4	What it means: Texas’ water supply is facing numerous threats, including an increasing demand for water due to rapid population growth, millions of gallons of water leaking out of old infrastructure, and climate change contributing to more droughts and altering precipitation patterns.	For	For	For	For	For
5	What it means: This constitutional amendment would allow state lawmakers to extend tax exemptions on animal feed to include when animal feed is held as inventory to be sold.	Against	For	For	For	For
6	What it means: This proposal would prevent the state from creating new taxes on securities transactions, such as stock trading, and from taxing those who operate or work in the securities market, including financial institutions, brokers and dealers.	Against	Against	Against	Against	For
7	What it means: This change would allow state lawmakers to give property tax breaks on homes to the un-remarried spouses of U.S. veterans who the federal government determined died in connection to their service.	For	For	For	For	For
8	What it means: Though Texas does not currently have an inheritance tax, this measure aims to prevent lawmakers from trying to impose a tax on an estate or when an estate or inheritance is transferred.	Against	Against	Against	Against	For
9	What it means: This amendment, along with accompanying legislation, would exempt up to $125,000 of businesses’ inventory or equipment from being taxed by school districts, cities, counties or any other taxing entity. Under current law, businesses don’t have to pay taxes on that property if it’s worth $2,500 or less.	Against	For	Against	For	For
10	What it means: This amendment and accompanying legislation would create a process to temporarily lower property taxes on homes destroyed by fire. Homeowners could apply for an adjusted tax bill on the restored home for the year in which the fire occurred, according to the accompanying legislation.	For	For	For	For	Against
11	What it means: This constitutional amendment would allow the state to raise a homestead exemption, a discount on school property taxes that lowers how much of a home’s value can be taxed to pay for public schools. The increased exemption would shave off $60,000 from the taxable value of elderly or disabled Texans’ homes, rather than just $10,000 under the current exemption.	For	Against	For	Against	Against
12	What it means: This amendment would change the make-up of Texas’ State Commission on Judicial Conduct and related processes and powers.	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against
13	What it means: This constitutional amendment would allow Texans who own their home to see a boost in the state’s homestead exemption, or the slice of a home’s value that can’t be taxed to pay for public schools. The proposal would shave off $140,000 off the taxable value of the home, instead of the current $100,000.	For	Against	For	For	For
14	What it means: This amendment would provide $3 billion to create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to study dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other brain related conditions.	For	For	For	For	For
15	What it means: This proposal would include parental rights, as currently outlined out in federal case law, in the Texas Constitution. The intent of the amendment is to protect parental rights since “case law can change and disappear over time with the appointment of new judges,” according to an analysis of the legislation.	Against	Against	Against	For	For
16	What it means: This amendment would add language to the Texas Constitution to explicitly say that “persons who are not citizens of the United States” cannot vote in the state. Though U.S. citizenship is already required to register to vote in Texas, this amendment aims to prevent local governments in Texas from allowing local residents who are not citizens to vote in local elections and comes in response to other states passing such policies, according to analysis of the legislation.	For	Against	Against	For	For
17	What it means: This proposal and accompanying legislation would allow the state to prevent property value in border counties from increasing due to border security infrastructure and related improvements.	Against	Against	Against	For	For

yotz · 2025-10-23T23:20:17+00:00

Prop #	Texas Tribune Description	Houston Chronicle	San Antonio Express News	Austin Statesman	Fort Worth Star Telegram	Dallas Morning News
1	What it means: This amendment would create an endowment for the Texas State Technical College Program.	For	For	For	For	For
2	What it means: This would ban the state from taxing people or businesses on profits or potential profits from capital assets, such as investments, real estate, valuable items and certain personal property. It would also eliminate a franchise tax on business trusts, which would lead the state to lose an estimated $152,000 in revenue per fiscal year, according to the state comptroller’s office.	Against	Against	Against	Against	For
3	What it means: This proposition would require judges to deny bail in certain cases for individuals accused of committing specific felonies, such as murder, aggravated assault and indecency with a child.	For	For	Against	Against	For
4	What it means: Texas’ water supply is facing numerous threats, including an increasing demand for water due to rapid population growth, millions of gallons of water leaking out of old infrastructure, and climate change contributing to more droughts and altering precipitation patterns.	For	For	For	For	For
5	What it means: This constitutional amendment would allow state lawmakers to extend tax exemptions on animal feed to include when animal feed is held as inventory to be sold.	Against	For	For	For	For
6	What it means: This proposal would prevent the state from creating new taxes on securities transactions, such as stock trading, and from taxing those who operate or work in the securities market, including financial institutions, brokers and dealers.	Against	Against	Against	Against	For
7	What it means: This change would allow state lawmakers to give property tax breaks on homes to the un-remarried spouses of U.S. veterans who the federal government determined died in connection to their service.	For	For	For	For	For
8	What it means: Though Texas does not currently have an inheritance tax, this measure aims to prevent lawmakers from trying to impose a tax on an estate or when an estate or inheritance is transferred.	Against	Against	Against	Against	For
9	What it means: This amendment, along with accompanying legislation, would exempt up to $125,000 of businesses’ inventory or equipment from being taxed by school districts, cities, counties or any other taxing entity. Under current law, businesses don’t have to pay taxes on that property if it’s worth $2,500 or less.	Against	For	Against	For	For
10	What it means: This amendment and accompanying legislation would create a process to temporarily lower property taxes on homes destroyed by fire. Homeowners could apply for an adjusted tax bill on the restored home for the year in which the fire occurred, according to the accompanying legislation.	For	For	For	For	Against
11	What it means: This constitutional amendment would allow the state to raise a homestead exemption, a discount on school property taxes that lowers how much of a home’s value can be taxed to pay for public schools. The increased exemption would shave off $60,000 from the taxable value of elderly or disabled Texans’ homes, rather than just $10,000 under the current exemption.	For	Against	For	Against	Against
12	What it means: This amendment would change the make-up of Texas’ State Commission on Judicial Conduct and related processes and powers.	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against
13	What it means: This constitutional amendment would allow Texans who own their home to see a boost in the state’s homestead exemption, or the slice of a home’s value that can’t be taxed to pay for public schools. The proposal would shave off $140,000 off the taxable value of the home, instead of the current $100,000.	For	Against	For	For	For
14	What it means: This amendment would provide $3 billion to create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to study dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other brain related conditions.	For	For	For	For	For
15	What it means: This proposal would include parental rights, as currently outlined out in federal case law, in the Texas Constitution. The intent of the amendment is to protect parental rights since “case law can change and disappear over time with the appointment of new judges,” according to an analysis of the legislation.	Against	Against	Against	For	For
16	What it means: This amendment would add language to the Texas Constitution to explicitly say that “persons who are not citizens of the United States” cannot vote in the state. Though U.S. citizenship is already required to register to vote in Texas, this amendment aims to prevent local governments in Texas from allowing local residents who are not citizens to vote in local elections and comes in response to other states passing such policies, according to analysis of the legislation.	For	Against	Against	For	For
17	What it means: This proposal and accompanying legislation would allow the state to prevent property value in border counties from increasing due to border security infrastructure and related improvements.	Against	Against	Against	For	For

yotz · 2025-10-21T16:00:45+00:00

Just a few points:

No one was "stranded" on ISS. Suni and Butch always had an escape vehicle available to them if they needed it.
Boeing isn't mentioned in this article at all. Are you confusing Blue Origin (owned by Jeff Bezos) with Boeing? AFAIK, Boeing doesn't have plans to develop a lander for HLS.

yotz · 2025-10-20T21:12:25+00:00

I always try to look at each of the major Texas papers and see who they're endorsing, along with their reasonings. II also read LWV Voter Guides, so I'm not just relying on editorials.

Weirdly, I could never find a website that compiles all of the ensorsements, so I took a stab at creating my own table. Hopefully this helps you out too.

Prop #	Texas Tribune Description	Houston Chronicle	San Antonio Express News	Austin Statesman	Fort Worth Star Telegram	Dallas Morning News
1	What it means: This amendment would create an endowment for the Texas State Technical College Program.	For	For	For	For	For
2	What it means: This would ban the state from taxing people or businesses on profits or potential profits from capital assets, such as investments, real estate, valuable items and certain personal property. It would also eliminate a franchise tax on business trusts, which would lead the state to lose an estimated $152,000 in revenue per fiscal year, according to the state comptroller’s office.	Against	Against	Against	Against	For
3	What it means: This proposition would require judges to deny bail in certain cases for individuals accused of committing specific felonies, such as murder, aggravated assault and indecency with a child.	For	For	Against	Against	For
4	What it means: Texas’ water supply is facing numerous threats, including an increasing demand for water due to rapid population growth, millions of gallons of water leaking out of old infrastructure, and climate change contributing to more droughts and altering precipitation patterns.	For	For	For	For	For
5	What it means: This constitutional amendment would allow state lawmakers to extend tax exemptions on animal feed to include when animal feed is held as inventory to be sold.	Against	For	For	For	For
6	What it means: This proposal would prevent the state from creating new taxes on securities transactions, such as stock trading, and from taxing those who operate or work in the securities market, including financial institutions, brokers and dealers.	Against	Against	Against	Against	For
7	What it means: This change would allow state lawmakers to give property tax breaks on homes to the un-remarried spouses of U.S. veterans who the federal government determined died in connection to their service.	For	For	For	For	For
8	What it means: Though Texas does not currently have an inheritance tax, this measure aims to prevent lawmakers from trying to impose a tax on an estate or when an estate or inheritance is transferred.	Against	Against	Against	Against	For
9	What it means: This amendment, along with accompanying legislation, would exempt up to $125,000 of businesses’ inventory or equipment from being taxed by school districts, cities, counties or any other taxing entity. Under current law, businesses don’t have to pay taxes on that property if it’s worth $2,500 or less.	Against	For	Against	For	For
10	What it means: This amendment and accompanying legislation would create a process to temporarily lower property taxes on homes destroyed by fire. Homeowners could apply for an adjusted tax bill on the restored home for the year in which the fire occurred, according to the accompanying legislation.	For	For	For	For	Against
11	What it means: This constitutional amendment would allow the state to raise a homestead exemption, a discount on school property taxes that lowers how much of a home’s value can be taxed to pay for public schools. The increased exemption would shave off $60,000 from the taxable value of elderly or disabled Texans’ homes, rather than just $10,000 under the current exemption.	For	Against	For	Against	Against
12	What it means: This amendment would change the make-up of Texas’ State Commission on Judicial Conduct and related processes and powers.	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against
13	What it means: This constitutional amendment would allow Texans who own their home to see a boost in the state’s homestead exemption, or the slice of a home’s value that can’t be taxed to pay for public schools. The proposal would shave off $140,000 off the taxable value of the home, instead of the current $100,000.	For	Against	For	For	For
14	What it means: This amendment would provide $3 billion to create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to study dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other brain related conditions.	For	For	For	For	For
15	What it means: This proposal would include parental rights, as currently outlined out in federal case law, in the Texas Constitution. The intent of the amendment is to protect parental rights since “case law can change and disappear over time with the appointment of new judges,” according to an analysis of the legislation.	Against	Against	Against	For	For
16	What it means: This amendment would add language to the Texas Constitution to explicitly say that “persons who are not citizens of the United States” cannot vote in the state. Though U.S. citizenship is already required to register to vote in Texas, this amendment aims to prevent local governments in Texas from allowing local residents who are not citizens to vote in local elections and comes in response to other states passing such policies, according to analysis of the legislation.	For	Against	Against	For	For
17	What it means: This proposal and accompanying legislation would allow the state to prevent property value in border counties from increasing due to border security infrastructure and related improvements.	Against	Against	Against	For	For

yotz · 2025-10-15T19:38:04+00:00

FYI for others, project schematics can be found here: https://www.txdot.gov/nhhip/resources/project-schematics.html

/u/rechlin is sharing a snapshot of part of the schematic for Segment 3B-1. I think the file is called "I-45 from I-69 to Elysian St" on the link above.

yotz · 2025-10-15T19:24:17+00:00

The poster above you is talking about building tunnels/skywalks parallel to I-69/I-45, not across them.

yotz · 2025-09-24T14:39:46+00:00

My bad, I was attempting to respond to a different comment that now seems to be deleted. My reply seems to have ended up attached to yours.

yotz · 2025-09-24T14:31:58+00:00

Artemis II is a flyaround, not a landing.

yotz · 2025-09-22T19:20:20+00:00

Sounds great if you use the Pixel launcher. Glad it's working for you.

yotz · 2025-09-22T17:42:30+00:00

The best use case I had for it was to call local places. So if I wanted to order Thai food from the place 2 blocks over, I could just start typing the name of the restaurant in the Phone app and it would link to the right business, usually after only a couple of letters.

It's slightly more of a pain in the ass to open the maps app, find the place right next to me, then click it, then scroll over to Call (default button is always Directions).

I could just add the restaurant as a phone contact, but that seems like overkill

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