Corgana
/r/StarTrek founder and primary steward from 2008-2021
Currently on the board of directors for StarTrek.website
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Favorite Trek episode that's not in the usual top 57 lists?English
2·1 month agoTo be fair, the list was made for the 57th anniversary of Trek three years ago.

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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Favorite Trek episode that's not in the usual top 57 lists?English
4·1 month agoData’s Day is the episode I usually recommend people use to introduce TNG to newbies since Data literally goes around and introduces the crew. I’m shocked it wasn’t on Variety’s list!
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Favorite Trek episode that's not in the usual top 57 lists?English
3·1 month agoGreat example! I had forgotten that one. I guess that’s a sign it’s time for a Voyager rewatch.
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•Which instances have the most ban-happy moderators? Analysis insideEnglish
3·4 months agoI think the current methodology skews the data; consider that an instance federated with say, Hexbear, is probably going to have significantly more individual and community bans than an instance who only made 5-6 bans before recognizing the pattern and blocking the instance.
If the goal of this study is to see which places most aggressively moderate their content, you’re actually getting somewhat of the reverse.
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Adam Savage Unboxes Star Trek's USS Enterprise Refit Model!English
3·4 months agoWow this looks incredible
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•Which instances have the most ban-happy moderators? Analysis insideEnglish
73·4 months agoVery interesting stuff! Defederations should count as a ban of all instance users, imo.
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•Fediverse Challenge: Prove there's still good in the worldEnglish
62·7 months agoMore mods and admins on Fedi need to step up and take bolder action, imo. Whether intentional or not, a mods inaction will often set the tone for a given community more than their actions.
Imagine the community you mod meets in person and someone is being obnoxious and disruptive. A new attendee is not going to speak up, they’re going to look to you for guidance. If you allow unwelcoming behavior to persist, then attendees learn that being loud is how to get noticed, and if they don’t want to be loud (as many of us don’t) they’ll just stop going.
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•The complete guide to building your personal self hosted server for streaming and ad-blocking powered by Plex, Jellyfin, Adguard Home and Docker.English
2·11 months agoI do know the addons (not the same as integrations) need the full OS yes. I have it on a Pi but you could do a virtual machine for HAOS (there is an official virtual machine image on their website, also make sure to pass through your matter/zigbee/etc USB adapter).
You could also just run the container Home Assistant version, and run any “addons” as other docker containers within CasaOS or Yuno host, and point the integrations at those. I imagine it would take a little bit of extra configuration but shouldn’t be too hard.
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•The complete guide to building your personal self hosted server for streaming and ad-blocking powered by Plex, Jellyfin, Adguard Home and Docker.English
2·11 months agoSorry just seeing this, looks like there is a Home Assistant addon yes. Yunohost is very similar but seems to be more popular, so I’d say try both and see what you like.
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Is Star Trek Discovery that bad?English
01·11 months agoYou didn’t say Discovery villains didn’t “have nuance and development”. So no, I didn’t say that either.
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Is Star Trek Discovery that bad?English
0·11 months ago• Nihilistic, apocalyptic future
Do you have any examples of the Nihilism? I’m struggling to think of any… In fact Season 3 was about maintaining optimism and faith in the strength of the Federation against unbelievable odds.
• Bad guys that are just bad, they’re evil, don’t ask questions
Khan, Gul Dukat and the Clown from Voyager were all in Discovery?
• One principal star of the show that is the focus of nearly every episode
I agree that there was a main character, but I also enjoy a lot of media with a main character so I don’t see that as a bad thing.
• No attempt to explain things with any veneer of science
I suggest you avoid watching TNG and TOS because they do the same thing!
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•Can we please stop arguing about whether Bluesky is decentralized?English
252·1 year agoI haven’t seen much arguing, it is unquestionably centralized and for profit. There truly is nothing unique about it.
I’m not an expert with the AT protocol but it really seems like what Dorsey and co have made is a super complicated protocol that (under specific conditions that cannot exist in the real world), has the potential to be federated in a meaningful way. That way they can steal all the talking points of the fediverse and muddy the meaning of words.
There are also a lot of people on Fedi who will seek out threads like these to explain how line 2532 of the AT protocol handbook explains how having 100% of users on a single server is actually decentralized but I’m sure they’re all authentic accounts.
Exactly. Block and move on. Don’t twist yourself into knots appeasing people, focus on keeping the users you want happy.
Not trying to victim blame or anything, but I find it hard to believe that someone operating a low-moderation instance would truly expect people who don’t like moderation to stay away.
Don’t get me wrong I agree with your sentiment and dislike that behavior, but what I’m saying is that asking or expecting users not to go on witch hunts or to behave in a certain way is a fool’s errand that will always lead to burnout. A more sustainable approach for admins and mods is creating space for what they want to host and not trying to control what they don’t.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish governmentEnglish
3·1 year agoI will be dead in the cold cold ground before I ever type “/s”
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Technology@lemmy.world•Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish governmentEnglish
81·1 year agoI know it sounds insane but I swear to god BlueSky has astroturfing accounts on Lemmy. Every conversation (including yours here) about BlueSky is met with countless Sealions either saying it “will be federated soon” or asking “Why does federation matter?”
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•[PSA] If things start feeling too toxic around here, remember that the 'block' button is your friend and always there for you.English
4·1 year agoEverything now is rage-bait designed to get more clicks
IMO the greatest strength of the Fediverse is the increased number of mods and admins looking at everything. Don’t want rage bait? Join an instance that has rules against it.
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•[PSA] If things start feeling too toxic around here, remember that the 'block' button is your friend and always there for you.English
142·1 year agoAdditional PSA to admins not running a “universal free speech” instance- if you see someone someone being obnoxious it’s probably annoying your users just as much as is is you. Don’t put the onus fully on users to curate their experience. The Fediverse needs our adults in the room!
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•Pixelfed: "groups" are coming and they will be compatible with Lemmy (who knows if they will also be compatible with Friendica)English
3·1 year agoHealthy for Lemmy, totally catastrophic for Pixelfed.







Yes! We have that too. It’s so addicting to get sucked into every time I come across it.