Ensign_Seitler

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Im pretty sure I saw this as a visual gag in a Muppet Babies comic book in the 80s! I think it was issue #13… I might still have it packed away somewhere

[–] Ensign_Seitler@startrek.website 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It’s definitely been translated into the most used languages, but there are a bunch more that are being worked on still.

Here’s an infographic on it from another org: https://www.wycliffe.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_Infographic-Large_EN.pdf

Looks like the way they calculate it, 80% of people in the world have access to a full translation of the Bible in their language.

Original sin: AI edition

[–] Ensign_Seitler@startrek.website 14 points 5 months ago

I think the controversy of Janeway's choice is largely due to the show's failure to address the orchid of it all.

As I see it, Tuvix is not "Tuvok + Neelix," but also isn't "something new." I maintain that Tuvix is primarily the orchid, which has subsumed the essence and personalities of two Voyager crew members and is asserting itself on board the ship.

All it would have taken is for Janeway to have maintained (or be convinced by another) that this was the case, and it would be the obvious choice to split them back up.

Of course that would negate the tension of the episode, but it could be left as "not everyone on board agrees that this is who/what Tuvix is, but Janeway believes it so that's why her decision isn't immoral." We could have the same kinds of "was Janeway wrong?" debates, but some of the rough edges would be smoothed out, I think.

Timothée Chalamet will have the slightest a hint of a British accent

[–] Ensign_Seitler@startrek.website 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

MechWarrior 2? Man, that takes me back…

[–] Ensign_Seitler@startrek.website 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Cool article. It looks like they only tested this with wasp faces, though — still inconclusive as to whether the wasps around my yard hate me personally.

[–] Ensign_Seitler@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

This is why they want us to return to the office.