stargazingpenguin

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[–] stargazingpenguin 1 points 1 month ago

Interesting, I might have to check that video out when I have some time!

[–] stargazingpenguin 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I remember you mentioning your themed watchlists, this one sounds interesting! I don't recall noticing the different variations of the ship, but watching episodes back to back like that would definitely make those things stand out!

[–] stargazingpenguin 2 points 1 month ago

I did the same thing with my spouse right after we got married, except with DS9! They really enjoyed it, and we've gradually been working our way through the rest of Star Trek in between other shows.

It's been a little bit since I've seen it, but I remember Lower Decks season 2 being the point that I started enjoying it a lot more! It can be really good at times.

[–] stargazingpenguin 2 points 1 month ago

Still on my DS9 highlights watch, and I'm watching the new Lower Decks episodes as they come out.

  • LD 5x01 Dos Cerritos
  • LD 5x02 Shades of Green
  • DS9 4x19 Hard Time
  • DS9 4x23 To the Death
  • DS9 4x25 Body Parts
  • DS9 5x01 Apocalypse Rising
[–] stargazingpenguin 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For my main workstation and main laptop:

  • Cosmic themed GNOME - I just like the way it looks and works without any changes. The basic tiling functions are something I find helpful at times too.
  • Plasma 6 - It works pretty well and looks nice. I don't do a lot of customization, so it's not a big deal to me. For my other machines I'm currently using Cinnamon, GNOME, Budgie, and LXDE.
[–] stargazingpenguin 1 points 2 months ago

I enjoyed the episodes, hopefully the rest of the season is as good! There wasn't anything groundbreaking or amazing, but I got a few laughs out of them. T'Lyn's fake dismay at the state of the shuttle at the end of the episode was the funniest segment for me.

[–] stargazingpenguin 2 points 2 months ago

Good! I can't watch them until later today, but I'm looking forward to it.

[–] stargazingpenguin 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the Wesley character! I think the writers could have done a lot better. I like most of the Trek related media Wil Wheaton has done other than that though!

[–] stargazingpenguin 2 points 2 months ago

That's definitely is no fun. I ran into that with a couple of communities where my first comment never showed up. Some of them cleared up eventually, but if it doesn't you might need to make an account on another instance. Some instances have defederated from each other, so maybe that's part of the issue.

[–] stargazingpenguin 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, it's sad that it's ending. I'm looking forward to watching it though!

I had thought about doing a post for the episodes, but I wasn't sure how much interest there would be. I'm going to try it see what happens though!

[–] stargazingpenguin 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Those are good episodes!

[–] stargazingpenguin 3 points 2 months ago

Yes, there's an enormous amount of content there!

In most cases I don't like having other people in games either. It's very immersion breaking to have random people running and jumping off of things and who knows what else! Then you inevitably run into the person that just wants to ruin everyone else's day too.

 

Hello everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself as the new moderator of the community and give a general idea of what I'm hoping to do. Demigodrick was looking for someone to take over and I figured I would give it my best shot!

I've been a Star Trek fan since I was around 12 or 13, and I've watched quite a bit of it in the intervening years!

This is my current top five show list:

  • 1 - Deep Space Nine
  • 2 - Star Trek
  • 3 - Strange New Worlds
  • 4 - The Next Generation
  • 5 - Lower Decks

I like to collect models of the various ships, and I have a few other collectibles as well.

Over the next couple of days I'll be making some adjustments as I try to get things up and running again. I'm thinking of trying a weekly post asking what episodes people are watching and maybe another one or two depending on the engagement. Is there anything that you would like to see here? I'm hoping to revive the community and make it an interesting place!

 

We've got two big sales going on, and I'm currently deciding what I would like to pick up. I'm planning to get Expeditions: Rome since it's 60% off, and I'm trying to decide if I want to finally get Terra Invicta.

What patient games are the people here planning to pick up? Maybe I'll find a few that I "need" to try!

 

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/life-by-you-is-cancelled.1688889/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/paradox-interactive-completely-cancelled-life-by-you/

Kind of disappointed about this, I was hoping it would provide a little bit of competition to EA. At least Paralives is still supposed to released, and my copy of The Sims 3 still works as well!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/13730919

F/5.6 75.0mm 1/320s ISO-200

Here's a photo I took recently, and I'm just curious if anyone has any feedback on what they like about it or what they think would improve it. No editing other than some compression to lower the file size below my instance limit.

If I were to go back to it again I would probably try to use the stem of the flower to split the background between the bush and sky. Other than that I'm not sure, I'm still trying to learn!

 

F/5.6 75.0mm 1/320s ISO-200

Here's a photo I took recently, and I'm just curious if anyone has any feedback on what they like about it or what they think would improve it. No editing other than some compression to lower the file size below my instance limit.

If I were to go back to it again I would probably try to use the stem of the flower to split the background between the bush and sky. Other than that I'm not sure, I'm still trying to learn!

 

Canon T6 - Sigma 70-300 f/4-5.6

Photo is cropped a bit as I wasn't zoomed very far.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/10379978

I've started rediscovering photography again after a multi year break, and I've currently got a decision to make. I've started doing some more macro photography recently, and I'm to the point I would like to purchase a macro lens. However, I now realize that new DSLR cameras seem to be on their way out and mirrorless is what the major manufacturers are moving to. My current gear is a budget Canon DSLR with a kit lens, and a basic 75-300mm.

My question is this. Should I switch to a mirrorless camera before I spend more money on lenses? I don't have a huge amount of money invested so far, and whatever lens type I buy is most likely what I'm going to have to stay with for many years to come. My hard limit would be $1000 for the body, but preferably $700 or less. Since I would like to stay with Canon, that leaves me with the R100, R50, and RP at the very top end. I am open to other options however, especially if there are good aftermarket lenses and accessories.

Although I know there will still be new and used EF lenses available, I do worry a bit about future camera body upgrade options. I know I'm overthinking this a bit too much, but I'm just curious what other people think.

 

I've started rediscovering photography again after a multi year break, and I've currently got a decision to make. I've started doing some more macro photography recently, and I'm to the point I would like to purchase a macro lens. However, I now realize that new DSLR cameras seem to be on their way out and mirrorless is what the major manufacturers are moving to. My current gear is a budget Canon DSLR with a kit lens, and a basic 75-300mm.

My question is this. Should I switch to a mirrorless camera before I spend more money on lenses? I don't have a huge amount of money invested so far, and whatever lens type I buy is most likely what I'm going to have to stay with for many years to come. My hard limit would be $1000 for the body, but preferably $700 or less. Since I would like to stay with Canon, that leaves me with the R100, R50, and RP at the very top end. I am open to other options however, especially if there are good aftermarket lenses and accessories.

Although I know there will still be new and used EF lenses available, I do worry a bit about future camera body upgrade options. I know I'm overthinking this a bit too much, but I'm just curious what other people think.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/9031027

It looked like the fans on SS2 were excited to be there! Even watching it at home was great. I'd like to see more rallies with night stages in the future, it certainly adds some uniqueness.

 

It looked like the fans on SS2 were excited to be there! Even watching it at home was great. I'd like to see more rallies with night stages in the future, it certainly adds some uniqueness.

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