Giamatti has the talent to take what would sound cheesy and make it work. It is a fine line to walk.

Also, I must be the sole person who neither hates nor loves it, I thought it was a fine addition to the canon with some episodes being above average to great. It was better than I expected going in.

Oh so this is what his stuff on social media was about…I guess it’s better than nothing.

41, came to Lemmy during the API thing.

I think I’m pretty rare on Lemmy: I use Windows on my PC (although I’ve dabbled in Linux) and I don’t work in a tech field at all.

That may be true in this case, I’m thinking more of small content creators on YouTube or elsewhere. No class solidarity.

I don’t understand when someone who is creative in one field uses AI to generate something in another field. Like, how would Rush feel if some visual artist used AI to make crummy knock-off Rush songs with their own art?

So this season has definitely had its downs and weird choices, but this was an excellent episode. I want to especially call out the music - it was stirring in a way that very little of other TV Trek’s ‘musical wallpaper’ is.

My only hiccup was a weird undercurrent I picked up on in the trial that is admittedly my own projection. With everything going on in the world I totally get Nus Braka’s anger and desire to just burn it all down, which probably says more about me than I’d care to admit lol. What I really don’t like is the ‘haves’ (the Federation; the billionaires; the wealthy countries) essentially lecturing the ‘have nots’ (the worlds failed by the Federation; us normal people; the struggling countries that have been abused by the wealthy countries) that they can’t be angry at them and the situation; they just don’t understand the burden they carry. Even with Nahle’s reframing of Braka’s situation, we know there are worlds that the Federation has failed badly, and they need to understand that for every Braka, there will be more angry people with legitimate grievances and you can’t just tell to ‘calm down’. I’m not talking about what Nahle said to Alisha, more about her lecture toward Braka at the end.

I know that wasn’t their intention but I can’t get it out of my head and it leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

Oh those end credits were awesome though!

Wow I do not remember Beverly’s hair ever looking like that!

You know what, I had you tagged as ‘obnoxious’ in my Lemmy client (I don’t remember why) but I’m removing that tag now. Anyone who fights against AI slop is a-ok. :-)

It’s ok, I just love them so much.

Ha and I’m looking at an AMD Radeon R5 M330 and Intel® HD Graphics 620 combo Lenovo right now I found on Craigslist. Why do you say to avoid it?

I love the idea of this, but I actively go out of my way to avoid conversations with anyone, even friends if I am emotionally exhausted. The life of an introvert.

It’s ridiculous and should be illegal. I hope you get it figured out!

https://www.howtogeek.com/avoid-paying-for-microsoft-365-copilot-downgrade-to-classic/

There is a way to downgrade to Office Family Classic that removes the co-pilot features and is cheaper.

Combination of parts of my first and last name that a friend used to call me.

Jedi Survivor. Runs okayish, chews through battery life though.

Some are speculating it wasn’t CBP at all, which would track with the lack of procedure followed:

https://x.com/86_raine/status/2027640833126572315

Did find this: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1305

Although they were only supposed to ‘seize’ it to ‘await the judgement of a district court’.

Yep they should have sent a notice of seizure to the consignee: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-19/chapter-I/part-12/subject-group-ECFR496c45e0cbbd09d

(e) All cases in which articles have been seized pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1305(a) should be referred to the U.S. Attorney, for possible institution of condemnation proceedings, within 4 days, but in no event more than 14 days, after the date of Customs initial examination. The referral to the U.S. Attorney should be initiated simultaneously with the mailing to the importer of the seizure notice and the assent to forfeiture form. If the importer declines to execute an assent to forfeiture of the articles other than those mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section and fails to submit, within 30 days after being notified of his privilege to do so, a petition under section 618, Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1618), for remission of the forfeiture and permission to export the seized articles, then the U.S. Attorney, who has already received information concerning the seizure pursuant to this paragraph, may proceed with the condemnation action.

I work with importing and Customs as my day job and I’m pretty sure pornographic material is prohibited from being imported, although I can’t find the exact regulations in a quick search. The agent may have seen ‘adult game’ and that was enough.

It’s not the first time I’ve seen someone try to import something prohibited without doing a lick of research first.

Is there any way someone could order them?