I feel a bit weird stimulating that community myself, because I don’t live there any more. It was really nice to keep up with what was going on! And some people do post on Lemmy…but not enough.

Well said. Archer could have been such an interesting character who grows throughout the series, and I think that was much of the original plan, but I think the writers were straight up exhausted from TNG - DS9 - VOY for like 30 years and gave up trying.

9/11 allegory with the Xindi - I mean, it was a pretty big event and it’s only natural for America’s biggest sci fi show to try and tackle it. The Xindi arc was interesting and I think really good in some parts - but it didn’t feel like Trek to me. This wasn’t the show to try it on.

I feel so bad for Scott Bakula. This was going to be an absolutely defining role for him but he was given nothing to work with, and was cut loose right when the interesting stuff started showing up. I really want him to get another chance to shine, with some decent writing up to the calibre of Strange New Worlds at least.

I think there will be a lot of confused people trying to access Reddit. We might get a few stragglers but I think word of mouth is better for getting people involved - ie messaging them to come over.

Quality over quantity, absolutely!

I’m not from Melbourne, but it’s great to see Melbourne people using their Fedi alternative to Reddit. The Brisbane one is dead!

Thank you, this is great advice

Yeah if I had full warranty I would be happy taking a punt but not sure I should take the risk… probably better to wait for a sale

I think it’s going to suck. The city is going to collapse under the weight of it all - roads jammed, public transport breaking down. Call me a disaster monger but if something drastic isn’t done to the make the city better connected it’s done for.

Nothing else to say other than this is an interesting plan! I would really love to see the original cast return.

You’re right…I am thinking it would basically be a reboot. Or some kind of time shenanigans which change history. Not sure.

I’ve been looking for the Good That Men Do for a while, no luck yet…but I hear it’s good!

They kind of had to get up to speed quickly to even have a fighting chance against the enemy of the week. To be fair, when they went up against the Xindi it was pretty clear the NX-01 had barely any chance, it was in pieces.

Some of the best moments of the series was when they’d rig up something out of the primitive tech they had like the grappler and figure out a way to punch way above their weight in fights. So I don’t think they fully lost the scrappy underdog status.

This is super interesting. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for responding, appreciate it. I don’t really need a “NAS” so to speak because of my mini pc which stays on 24/7 - I just need a place to store stuff. I was thinking a RAID or similar hard drive enclosure might be best because I can find some cheap drives and shove them in. I never considered a single drive with a massive capacity.

Do you think something like this 18TB drive is a good shout? I’m not sure if it’s shuck-able…

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Is it possible they’re grabbing those hard to find books and putting them on private markets before they even get to the floor? Surely wouldn’t miss a trick to make a bit more cash and I’m guessing anything sci fi probably makes more money than generic fiction.

What did you get? Living vicariously through you tbh, I live in the UK now but used to love the bookfest.

It’s a great community and while I enjoyed it on Reddit, I always felt drowned out. This feels a bit smaller and I like it.

I’d probably bet that the people that have filtered through to Lemmy probably already have their own data storage already sorted - you’ve got less “casuals” as it were. I use Google Drive myself, trying to figure out an alternative.

Any good sci-fi finds? Saw some posts on Masto saying it was pretty dry.

More of a Datahoarder question, but my current setup is a 5TB external drive connected to a dedicated little pc just for running Plex. I need to upgrade my storage.

Where to from here? A NAS seems like the best option but really I’m looking for mass storage.

It’s easy to just rubbish (no pun intended) what the other guys are doing. Consensus is a sign of weakness in politics these days.

How the hell are all these people going to get around to these venues? Transit sucks, especially in the sunshine coast and in the Redlands (or anywhere outside of the CBD for that matter).

Whatever happened to the Eastern Busway? It gets as far as Coorparoo and then buses get released into the hellscape of Old Cleveland Road. The intersection near Carindale with the appearing and disappearing bus lanes feels like some sort of bad Cities Skylines edit.

Now is the perfect time to start building those regional connectors so we don’t get embarrassed on the international stage when all our precious olympic tourists get crammed into hired bus coaches.

We have food waste bins in my town in the UK and it’s a game changer. Keeps organic and general waste separate so my bins stink less, especially in summer, and the food waste goes to feed a big biodigester on the edge of town that creates energy.

I really think if they introduced food waste bins in BNE it could be a massive positive for the city. Just need to make sure they are possum proof!