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I have greatly enjoyed almost all of The Trek -- but my favorite series in the franchise is absolutely the underdog: DS9.

DS9 was also the first Star Trek to lean into a more serialised story telling thanks to the popularity of Babylon 5 at the time.

Apparently, this isn't entirely accurate. I recently stumbled upon a documentary behind-the-scenes thing on Prime Video... while the Star Trek producers were, as you suggested, accused of copying Babylon 5 with DS9, that isn't the real origin story of DS9's overarching plotlines. In fact, the studio initially rejected the overarching stories championed by the chief story writer, as they wanted something more episodic and easy to digest. It wasn't until those "upper management" types at the studio became distracted with Voyager that the producer relaxed and finally allowed the story writers to go all-in with their original plans; that's when they really pulled out all the stops for the Dominion war storyline. Turns out, DS9 was way ahead of its time, as it's arguably the most bingeworthy series of the entire franchise, today.

It was a truly fascinating documentary, by the way... it's called "The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek" if you want to look it up. It forced me to toss aside a number of my previous misconceptions about the series. Chief among those misconceptions: In spite of the tremendous popularity of the franchise, the success of the movies, TNG and all of the subsequent shows was never a sure thing... behind the scenes, the franchise was almost always just on the cusp of being cancelled altogether for one reason or another!

Don't forget to go back a week out and verify that your deleted comments didn't mysteriously reappear. Seems like that's been happening a lot lately, according to various reports. (I haven't really had the heart to go delete all of my own comments. Yet.)

Consider adding Ars Technica to your list. They aren't specifically focused on Apple news, but a couple of their journalists do routinely offer some fairly balanced reporting on Apple affairs. Plus, their Android expert is constantly comparing Android devices to Apple devices... and he very rarely gives Android a total win in any given comparison. I think it's quite amusing to read, actually.

I'm glad you found your way back -- but here's a few little nuggets for the future: there are several different well-trodden shortcuts that can help you reduce the time it takes to get from one galaxy to the next. I have one save with base computers in every (ahem) accessible galaxy; once I got my stride, I think I was speeding through galaxies in as little as twenty minutes each or so. (Click on the spoiler below, if you'd like to read more about how to do that -- but be warned, those spoiler tags are there for a reason!)

There are also strategies you can use to reduce the repair costs of each jump. (Care for another spoiler?)

Totally get this. Regardless of the answer, try to think of knowing the answer as another tool in your belt to help you figure out solutions to your daily struggles. Of course, knowing by itself doesn't necessarily solve anything... but it'll at least help point you in the right direction.

Apple tech specs online says that it'll support up to 16GB -- but sometimes their spec sheets lowball the actual compatibility. At any rate, you can be sure that it'll accept at least that much. (Source)

And maxing out the RAM is always better for performance, regardless of whether you're using macOS, Windows or Linux. (This is doubly true with older hardware, such as what you've found.) The question isn't, is more RAM a good idea... it's, is more RAM worth the cost. And with a 16GB RAM kit for that system going for about $16 on Amazon, I'd personally say go for it. (Double-check that I've found the right link for you, of course, just in case.)

If it weren't so buggy, I'd absolutely use No Man's Sky; when it works, it's absolutely stunning in every way. Pulling my Multitool out from behind me and swinging it around in front of me in virtual space was one of my first real, "Holy crap, that's freaking awesome!" moments with VR.

Of course, there isn't actually a Quest native version of No Man's Sky -- you have to tether to play it. And tethering always carries a unique set of challenges based upon whatever mixture of hardware and software you're using on the PC... so pretty much any tethered game is likely as not to be a poor representation, in spite of the fact that the PC is going to be anywhere from two to ten times more powerful than the onboard capabilities of the Quest itself. It's actually a very frustrating trade-off.

I absolutely related to several of the elements of this video -- but there's one issue that I don't deal with quite as much myself, that I know my daughter struggles with: misophonia. I'm going to have to show this video to her, as I think that bit with the bird noises probably conveys a good sense of how she feels about certain sounds.

Depends on the sub: in my experience, some subs were just plain more picky than others, and the reasons didn't always map to a published rule. I was actually temporarily banned from one sub for posting something fairly innocuous -- or so I thought. That was my first and only attempt to post to that sub; I promptly unsubscribed and never went back.

As to whether or not lemmy is "better"... we can hope. But if we assume that the issue is caused by humans who are fallible, (or by code that humans wrote, which is by extension fallible) than I'm afraid the source of the issue isn't particularly likely to change with the platform.

In your case, I would assume that you're looking to actually use your iPhone 12 mini, after replacing the battery, as opposed to seeking out the actual trade-in value. Would it be worth it to you? Honestly, I suspect so. If you have a particular affinity for your mini, possibly because you just can't abide the larger form factors, then you're pretty much stuck with a 12 or 13 model, as there is no 14 mini and there almost certainly won't be a 15 mini; Apple has moved on from the smaller form factors. And given that an upgrade to a 13 would be a lot more money for a lot less relative value, I personally think you might reasonably find it worth the few dollars that it would cost to replace that battery.

Oh... but don't do it through Apple; do it through a reputable third-party. Way less expensive, and likely a lot faster.

Could be worse: Your office could be mandating (shudder) Microsoft Edge.