IcedRaktajino

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I buy the jars instead of the packets and have started refrigerating them. May go ahead and start putting the extras in the freezer. Nice tip.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 12 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Old yeast?

Had a couple loaves do that because the yeast was old and only had enough oomph to do the first proof.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Lol. Their comment is like telling a depressed person to "just cheer up". Yeah, super helpful. Thanks so much.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Some of us don't have access to or live in a public transit utopia. c/FuckCars is that way ➡️

 

It's broadly understood that electric vehicles are more environmentally friendly than their counterparts that burn only gasoline. And yes -- that includes the impact of manufacturing batteries and generating power to charge them. But even then, such generalizations gloss over specifics, like which EVs are especially eco-friendly, not to mention where. The efficiency of an electric car varies greatly depending on ambient temperature, which is less compromising for gas-burning vehicles.

We now have the data and math to answer these questions, courtesy of the University of Michigan. Last week, researchers there released a study along with a calculator that allows users to compare the lifetime difference in greenhouse gas emissions of various vehicle types and powertrains from "cradle to grave," as they say. That includes vehicle production and disposal, as well as use-phase emissions from "driving and upstream fuel production and/or electricity generation," per the university itself.

What's more, these calculations can be skewed by where you live. So, if I punch in my location of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, I can see that my generic, pure-ICE "compact sedan" emits 309 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent (gCO2e) per mile. A compact hybrid would emit 20% less; a plug-in hybrid, 44% less; and an EV with a 200-mile range, a whopping 63% less. And, if I moved to Phoenix, the gains would be even larger by switching to pure electric, to the tune of a 79% reduced carbon impact.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dell Dimension 2400 or a descendant of that?

https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/en-us/product/dimension-2400/resources/manuals

That was THE computer to have in college when I went.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maybe one in 10 dream of owning an RV lol

Because that's me. I'd love to have a solar-charged EV-RV and just van-life life it across North America in my retirement years.

Looks a lot like the Pontiac Aztek to me.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I never got that. I mean, I got what they were going for, but the realist in me always sees what goes into a "digital afterlife" as being a copy with no continuity of consciousness. The copy could still miss her husband, though, and I wasn't even thinking about that TBH.

I guess the way I saw it was that "If there is an afterlife, that wouldn't have been 'her' in the machine and she'd have been able to have both.".

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Why would we? lol, we wouldn't. But when management says "Help Delores with her app problem", what are you gonna do?

The grammar pedant in me is annoyed they're not called "The Beverlys Crusher" lol.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

No/Low-Code: Letting people who don't know what they're doing half-ass things poorly without understanding the first thing about it and leaving them completely incapable of fixing it when something goes wrong and then pissing off actual developers when they have to go into the Playskool interface to fix it.

The elderly are still being shoved away in a simulation of their golden years, because I guess that is easier than trying to make room for them in the real world

Yorkie kind of had it bad in the real world her whole life. I can sympathize (though mercifully not directly relate). And I'd much rather San Junipero myself than live out my days in a nursing home. YMMV, obviously.

afterlife" still places everyone's continued existence at the mercy of real-world infrastructure that could decide to just turn them off at any time.

In a lot of ways, Upload is something of a sequel to San Junipero lol

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Sometimes the best thing you can do for a chronic PEBKAC is nothing and let them cross the finish line themselves.

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And this is AFTER I went in and disabled smart features and remove it as an app.

 

Ordered a set of rechargeable AA batteries and charger. They're well reviewed and a decent brand. Specifically wanted the charger since it has USB input rather than 120v so I could top the batteries off from my laptop / power bank as they'll be used for my wireless KB/mouse. The product description only said "USB input" and didn't specify what flavor. Being 2025, you expect USB-C.

Received them today, and they use micro USB input. Now I have to keep yet another cable in my bag. Day mildly ruined.

 

I just finished "A Stitch in Time" and started looking for some other Trek books.

Ended up buying the Millennium trilogy and the Destiny Trilogy.

Was going to start reading Millennium, but when I read the preview/prologue for Destiny before I bought it, it started out with Sisko and Jadzia discovering the derelict remains of the NX-02 Columbia in the Gamma Quadrant, and I was hooked and had to buy/continue reading that one.

Which ones have you read? Any other recommendations?

Oh, also, I'm gonna slightly plug ebooks [dot] com since they have a huge selection of DRM-free books, and all of the Trek books I was looking at were available without DRM. Saves me the hassle of jailbreaking an Amazon purchase or buying it from Amazon and pirating a DRM-free version I can actually use.

 

Preface: This post may include spoilers for "A Stitch in Time".

I started on a DS9 re-watch a few weeks ago but paused about halfway through the first season so I could read Andrew Robinson's "A Stitch in Time".

If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. I'll spare you the book report/review, but suffice it to say it puts every one of Garak's scenes in the show in a new light. While I'm aware the novel is not necessarily canon, there's nothing in it that contracts established canon, and nothing since DS9 has contradicted anything portrayed in it. So, that's good enough for me.

There's a lot to take away from the read, but the biggest are all the blanks that are filled in. For starters, Garak's entire affable demeanor is a carefully constructed mask based on training, self-control, patience, and cunning. He's definitely still a good man, honorable even (in his own way), but due to Cardassian culture and its ingrained sense of duty to the state, things get a little gray. And that's before his time with the Order.

Some other takeaways include:

  • A recount of his time as a gardener on Romulus which was only mentioned in the show as an offhand remark but you knew was a good story (spoiler: it is)
  • His history with Dukat and why there's so much animosity between them (and the reveal of Dukat's non-canon first name)
  • A more in-depth look at the emotional toil he was going through leading up to the invasion of the Dominion-controlled Cardassia as well as the lingering hostility toward him from the Bajorans. In the show, we mostly see this as his claustrophobia flares up, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
  • How he ended up in the Obsidian Order as well as some of his missions with them
  • Why and how he fell from grace with the Order
  • His early life and relationship with Enabran Tain and exactly how much influence Tain had over him from his early life and even after Tain's death.
  • The exact circumstances and what it was like when he was first exiled to Terok Nor (he was forced to be a tailor rather than choosing that as a cover)
  • How absolutely full of shit Dukat was when he described himself as benevolent toward the Bajorans. The show makes it clear he's not exactly remembering correctly, but the novel makes it clear he was "excessive" in his methods even by Cardassian standards. Marc Alaimo's extremely charismatic performance left you wondering if maybe there was some truth to the way Dukat remembered things, but the book puts that notion to bed.
  • And just so much more.

The whole novel added depth to an already deep character that had hidden depths and still left you wanting more. I think my only gripe with the novel was that it wasn't 300 pages longer.

So yeah, looking forward to continuing my DS9 re-watch with Garak's full backstory in mind.

Actual SpoilerOne curve ball that got me was that I was fully expecting "One Charaban" to be Dukat. The way he was described, especially with "the gruff voice" being his distinguishing feature, as well as the eventual betrayal, just seemed like he was setup perfectly to be Dukat (at Bamarren, the military school he went to, no one used real names, only designations). Turns out he wasn't, though he was associated with Dukat later in the book.

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