SARGE

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 51 points 17 hours ago (9 children)

In many English speaking places, "slept with" is an old euphemism for sex.

I always assumed it was because the couple stereotypically spent the night together and This way you can supposedly "preserve the innocence" of people who don't know.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 19 points 1 day ago

More like "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-s sir, please stomp on me harder with your big heavy boots"

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] SARGE@startrek.website 14 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I was going through some of my dad's old things recently and found a pack of blueprints from the 70s.

Sadly it's missing page 1 of 12.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago

Only if you participate in an instance that tracks such things.

I know startrek.website tracks individual comments and posts, but not overall. So I would have to go back and check each individual comment and add up the total if I cared to find out how many points I have accumulated.

I know some don't track any at all.

I know lemmy.world tracks at least comment votes.

I understand that a basic point system allows people to sort comments a little easier, but it really can reinforce echo chambers.

I am guilty of often sorting posts with dozens of comments by top vote ranking, but I try to just do oldest to newest comments.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

S3, ep 9 "Trusted Sources"

The crew of the Cerritos is performing their duties during "Project Swing-by" and upon checking in on the planet of Brekka, who had a drug-dealer like relationship with the Ornarans (TNG s1e22, Symbiosis), discover the population is almost non-existent, and the only lead are the Breen, who ambush the crew and Brekkian civilians.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 33 points 2 days ago

Last time I was near an apartment fire, the fire department didn't even waste time asking the crowd if anyone could move the car or figuring out if another hydrant was near, they just pulled in, lined the fire engine bumper up with the SUV, and pushed it fully out of the way of the hydrant. Tires all fucked up and one popped on the curb.

100% deserved. Don't park in front of hydrants.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 8 points 2 days ago

I am someone who is interested in rc planes, multirotors, and automation in general. Not an expert by any measure, but have some experience.

A hybrid quad-rotor/plane would be much better for this. They can VTOL, hover, do all the quadcopter stuff, but there's still the usual plane motors to push the whole thing forward. The wings provide tons of lift and reduce the overall power usage of the system. Have it circle above an area until you don't need the pop-up mesh network.

I've seen a few content creators like rctestflight make full solar planes, running ardupilot to fly way point missions and circle around for as long as possible.

Combining the two might reduce the overall efficiency when compared to either separately, I imagine the extra grams from the mesh radios would still allow for very long flight times.

So theoretically you should be able to toss a couple out that can circle overhead and act as super long line-of-sight relays and provide coverage over a huge area, all of which couod be deployed and packed up in minutes.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Whether you're right or not is irrelevant if nobody listens to you because of your tone.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, they mean department of defense.

The president and his cabinet don't arbitrarily decide names. There are actual procedures to go about doing so.

Alternatively if you feel like it doesn't matter since theyre all going along with it, I feel like the DOD and Gulf of Mexico are two of the very few entities it's okay to deadname, along with Twitter.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago

Always a good idea. You never know when surprise wish twists will show up.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I imagined it more like "the show is now your real life" but definitely didn't specify "not becoming an actor to play a part" but yeah.

Iwas envisioning something like Firefly, the Expanse (but less dangerous) or literally any game where the plot involves you being on a small cargo-capable ship with light guns and tons of questionable illegal mods.

Let's be honest, I was picturing the Millennium Falcon...

 

They aren't around anymore as of this morning, but they liked the hoodie and hat and I thought someone might like to see two doggos.

They were both good girls and I miss them.

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