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BIFL Community Discussion in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like the limit the amount of posts of vintage or antique items that are no longer in production.

YES. Thank you. This is the kind of community I've been looking for.

Any songs where it's amazing or perfect... except for that one part that sticks out like a sore thumb? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The Fall Out Boy remix of Hand Crushed By A Mallet by 100 Gecs (https://spotify.link/Vtwt9T0DhDb) is absolutely fantastic, a brilliant pop punk cover right up until the end when it's just melted into absolute fucking noise. I get it, it's Gecs. But just let it be a good cover - please.

Looks like they did get the message with their most recent album as it's a lot more listenable.

Next step in data storage in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just wanted to jump in here - I ended up doing as the commenter below me has said and bought a 20TB external hard drive. Well worth doing imo. I'm going to keep all of my important media that I want to save on the 5TB as a backup.

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Buying used drives from Amazon Warehouse (beehaw.org)
 

There's a great deal on a drive from Amazon Warehouse, but I'm a bit concerned about the quality of the drive and the fact I can't return it.

Anybody have any experience buying something like this?

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What would a modern Enterprise series look like? (beehaw.org)
 

Sometimes I feel like I'm part of the minority who actually enjoyed Enterprise. Sure, there were some stinkers but the world was incredibly interesting and in Series 3 / 4 I really felt like it scratched that Trek lore itch for me.

If Enterprise was to be rebooted for a series 5, perhaps on Paramount+ or another streaming service, what would it look like? I don't think Jolene Blalock would come back but I'm sure Scott Bakula could be convinced as well as most of the other actors.

I would really hope they keep the early 2000s aesthetic of the NX-01 and all of the retro low-tech gear, perhaps show a gradual transition into the aesthetic of Strange New Worlds. You could mix in some time shenanigans to explain why things look different than they did in TOS and make some fun callbacks, like In A Mirror Darkly.

There's a lot of room to move before the series finale happens - or you could just retcon it and present it as a deep cover-up. So many opportunities! I want to hear this community's opinions!

Why did you all take the job of becoming actors in New Zealand and imagining 'Australia'? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You got us. It's all an act - Australia is just a sham to stop you finding out about how nice New Zealand is. That whole "cute little lord of the rings island" thing? It's to make you underestimate us.

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Next step in data storage (beehaw.org)
 

Hi all. I currently have a SFF pc (HP Optiplex-like but smaller) running Plex and some other software. Happy with my software setup for the time being.

However - I'm stuck with what to do next on the storage front. I have a 5TB external HDD that's plugged into the little PC and that's basically what I use for all of my storage. This isn't enough (running out of space) and also doesn't feel very versatile.

Where to from here? I don't know whether to go the RAID route and buy an enclosure that supports it, or just get a bunch of drives and chain them together. A Synology NAS seems way too expensive. What should I do?

[@datahoarder](https://lemmy.ml/c/datahoarder) Oddly the daily Google Drive posts have dried up since moving to Lemmy? I hope this means people have found more sustainable storage. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

one way to get involved in your community: the repair cafe movement in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There's a local repair cafe that runs once a month near me - I should go next time it's on, at least to say Hi! There might also be a thing or too I can learn.

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Cities Skylines community? (beehaw.org)
 

Is there a Cities Skylines community out there? I'm a big fan of the game and with CS2 coming out I'd love to chat with others about it.

Does anyone here play idle games? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cookie clicker anyone? I play it on both android and PC. Wish Android had more features!