MimicJar
@MimicJar@lemmy.world
- Comment on If the 2028 United States presidential election was held today, who would you vote for? 3 days ago:
To quote Jeopardy host Ken Jennings,
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Since we’re stuck with the two parties at the moment it’ll need to be a Democrat.
Mark Kelly has mentioned interest and seems to be willing to fight back, so I’m leaning towards him at the moment.
But it’s early so I’m open to candidates who meet the first requirement.
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 5 days ago:
See exactly! That’s what I think is happening here. Earl Grey is a solid tea, but someone being a bit snooty would absolutely look down on Picard and his choice of tea.
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 1 week ago:
Kelrec’s tea fetish is setting us up for some kind of Picard/Earl Grey joke… But I don’t know how yet. The most straightforward joke being that he finds it too basic/unappealing, but admired Picard and is trying to emulate him.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux" 1 week ago:
This episode started rough with the gym lens flare being so strong I couldn’t even look at the TV. The War College gave up a little easy, but I expect them to be back harder and stronger, I hope they get a big win just to help even things out.
Also something I appreciate is all the security this episode and the previous episodes have had. So many Star Trek plots would have been fooled with even the most basic of security, so seeing someone need proper authorization or cloning an eyeball is surprisingly new for Trek.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
It’s deceptively worded, because it kinda happened (at least according to Clarke).
From ew.com/…/game-thrones-finale-interview-emilia-cla…
“What, what, what, WHAT!?” the actress recalls thinking. “Because it comes out of f—king nowhere. I’m flabbergasted. Absolutely never saw that coming.”
“I cried,” Clarke says. “And I went for a walk. I walked out of the house and took my keys and phone and walked back with blisters on my feet. I didn’t come back for five hours. I’m like, ‘How am I going to do this?’”
She never says she dislikes the script and makes it clear that she found the story surprising and emotional. Which is true, the story is surprising (not in a good way, but it is surprising) and for her character it is full of emotion.
- Comment on 'Backtracking Development Again Was Out of The Question' — Nintendo Says Metroid Prime 4's Open World Hub Was a Victim of The Game's Lengthy Development 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think it’s so much Nintendo in this case as Retro Studios.
Nintendo EPD co-developed “Metroid Dread” with MercurySteam and they fucking nailed it. Retro Studios developed the original Prime trilogy, so in theory they should have been able to figure out Prime 4. Maybe there is backroom drama, but Nintendo gave the original developer of the three original games the go ahead for a forth in the series and they ultimately delivered what they did.
Sometimes studios just change too much.
- Comment on "i can hear the difference" 4 weeks ago:
The cable is fiber optic, which is to say light. Light don’t care about gold and silver. The highly polished lens but is probably also bullshit, but at least light cares about lenses.
- Comment on That boy is all right 5 weeks ago:
Evil Hank says, “Taste the heat, not the meat!” as he burns you alive with his propane flamethrower. You can’t burn a man alive with charcoal.
- Comment on Paul Giamatti Ranks His Favorite Star Trek Shows and Talks Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 5 weeks ago:
I skimmed the video, but given the choices of TOS, TNG & DS9, Giamatti chose DS9, TOS, then TNG.
- Comment on ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’ 1 month ago:
Nothing has been announced as far as Baldur’s Gate 4 goes yet. It looks like Hasbro is being a little bit smart and are going to try and make (“make”) a handful of other smaller games, like the recent Warlock game announcement.
But at some point Baldur’s Gate 4 will be announced, but Hasbro isn’t going to be willing to invest properly into it in order to make a good game.
- Comment on ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’ 1 month ago:
Re D&D,
It’s because Hasbro gutted the D&D division and burned their goodwill with Larian. pcgamer.com/theres-almost-nobody-left-ceo-of-bald…
Hasbro could have done nothing and made a bunch of money, but they chose temporary short term gains. Baldur’s Gate 4 will arrive far sooner than you think, and it will be terrible.
- Comment on I watch the first Star Trek Discovery episode, I didn't like it. 1 month ago:
post-DS9 show.
If you haven’t seen it the DS9 Documentary, What We Left Behind, can give you at least a tiny hint at where the writers would have gone, maybe, possibly.
- Comment on I watch the first Star Trek Discovery episode, I didn't like it. 1 month ago:
I tell every Star Trek friend I know to watch The Orville and they never do. Compared to Star Trek it leans more heavily into comedy, especially at first, but it’s easily the best Trek since 90s Trek.
- Comment on I dunno 2 months ago:
RPN or Reverse Polish Notation is a notation for calculators to be less ambiguous. The last numbers use the operator to their right, repeat.
- 2 5 8 5 - × +
- (8 - 5 = 3)
- 2 5 3 × +
- (5 × 3 = 15)
- 15 2 +
- (15 + 2 = 17)
- 17
- Comment on Gaming Pet Peeves 2 months ago:
To add, give me some way of tracking these collectables.
If I’ve collected all of the trinkets in a given area, mark that area in some way. If there are 100 trinkets, number them and give me a list. Give me a map, hints, thing that beeps, something.
I don’t need any of the above to be unlocked from the start. You can add it in the post game or after I’ve collected some percentage of them or make it a side quest.
It’s annoying going online and someone has posted “I found 99 of 100 things, where else to look?” and basically no one can help them. It’s annoying being that person, to be so close and yet so far.
- Comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January 2 months ago:
In order to receive full congressional pension benefits you need to be a member for 5 years. January is her 5 years. (She isn’t old enough yet to retire and collect those benefits, in her case that happens at 62, or about 11 years from now.)
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 2 months ago:
Just so it’s not forgotten to time I want to recommend AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake). It’s basically what if Metroid 2 was made in the Super Metroid engine.
I’d recommend any of the 2D Metroids, but if you’re going to play Metroid 2, that’s the version to play.
- Comment on 🚣 🚣 2 months ago:
No, the man in the rowboat is on his way to fix door hinges so it’s basically the same thing.
- Comment on challenge 2 months ago:
A new house! Just think of all the new doors with hinges that need adjusting.
- Comment on challenge 2 months ago:
Yes. I can spend those two hours watching door hinge repair videos on YouTube, I was going to do that anyway.
- Comment on Had to look this up 2 months ago:
I know this is just a meme but isn’t this scene of Seamus Finnigan a movie only scene?
There are plenty of reasons to shit on JK Rowling, but shouldn’t this one be on the director? (Assuming it was done on purpose.)
- Comment on [Technology Connections] I was right about dishwasher pods, and now I can prove it [41:26] 2 months ago:
A 40 minute video about dishwasher soap is either,
- A, Incredibly boring and will put her to sleep.
- B, Incredibly exciting and meant to shared.
Win. Win.
Tap for spoiler
Also it’s B. Great video.
- Comment on TrekMovie.com - Rick Berman And Brannon Braga Defend The Controversial ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ Series Finale 2 months ago:
I mean it is a cool idea. It’s not a cool idea for a last minute series finale, but it’s a cool idea.
- Comment on Why did Thanos, with the power of all the infinity stones, never think to try doubling the amount of resources in the world? 2 months ago:
The psychological scarring is an interesting point, but that only works if you know why the snap happened.
By the end of Infinity War most of Thanos’s army and underlings have been defeated. Thanos then (within a few days/weeks) goes into retirement. So he’s not spreading word of his accomplishments or reasoning.
Carol mentions at the start of Endgame that a lot of other worlds need her help. So she could spread some information on what happened, but I’m not sure it’s going to really stick. You need the trauma of Thanos actually showing up (or his underlings and then the Avengers filling in the gaps).
- Comment on Halo: Campaign Evolved | The Silent Cartographer Trailer 3 months ago:
Yes, but that was lazy remake, this one they put effort into, probably.
FWIW I did enjoy this remake, but it did have some janky looking cutscenes.
- Comment on Great Depression: Part Deux 3 months ago:
It’s not “real cheese” it’s “Real Cheese™”, it really tastes like cheese.
- Comment on American public transit 3 months ago:
Define “walkable”. The side of the road is considered “walkable”.
- Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Official Trailer | Paramount+ (NYCC 2025) 3 months ago:
True. And Holly Hunter will probably be a great captain. But Picardo is who brings me to the table.
- Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Official Trailer | Paramount+ (NYCC 2025) 3 months ago:
I’m just here for Robert Picardo.
The show dies look that great based on the trailer. However of our characters start of terrible and grow, this could work out well. I’m just not sure that’s the show we’re getting.
- Comment on Mary Wiseman’s Tilly Will Be In ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,’ But Not As Much As Expected 3 months ago:
Weird. I assumed this was going to be her spinoff show. I thought it was a weird choice, but I was willing to see what they wanted to put together.
I hope whatever this is now is something good.