Nog has been more highly regardrd outside of the wall than on it. He was considered to be capable as a captain both in STO and even in DS9 when they had some future episodes.

I’m just noting the goddamn wall.

The problem is that promotions were given to other characters off screen, including Admiral Harry Kim.

Earth has been known to keep Starbase 1 around for centuries and that space station has nowhere near the historic significance as Deep Space 9 did for Bajor.

I doubt it would have been kept as the space station serving the Bajoran wormhole, but I could see it kept in the system preserved as a historic ship.

That is of it didn’t blow up due to the Burn.

It depends on if the station survived that long bring operational and if it survived the Burn.

I doubt that DS9 would be the main station serving the Bajoran wormhole even if it was preserved.

That Nog is listed as a lieutenant…

You have to watch out about that. Star Trek loves the Klingon like they love the Vulcans.

Given the number of porn video websites now, I don’t think the cost of video hosting is the major issue.

The bigger issue is likely having to moderate the site. Twitch focused on live streaming as a way to reduce exposure to copyrighted content and TikTok kept videos short enough that it could skate around fair use by not being able to air longer form copyrighted content.

That’s typical for most construction projects.

If I’m going to build a building or a bridge, the number of people required to build is far more than the number of people required to maintain.

It looks like we’re starting to hit the same issue with websites. You need a maintenance staff for websites, but no where near the level of staff required to build the thing.

The person is writing from a business prospective. If people are replacing their phones less often, it means that fewer phones are being purchased each year. If your company makes phones, that means adjusting to a shrinking market no matter what your company does.

In this case, private equity isn’t the only villain.

Print journalism has been decimated over the last generation as it has become the expectation that the articles should be free. The money that used to support journalism is mostly gone.

The writer is focusing only in their own experiences, but the industry as a whole can’t support many people who blog as is it is their job.

Amazon, like a lot of other tech companies, has also been cutting product lines as increased interest rates has put a cost to money and a push to profitability.

That said, there is likely some use to AI, even if it is error prone.

Yeah, but you also put together an argument that addressed the key issue.

You’re right, it has gotten worse. Thanks for providing the appropriate evidence.

I described a shift over time and your rebuttal was arguing over a single point in time.

I feel more like we’re in a golden age where people can express their stupidity with a larger microphone they were ever given before.

And as much as people complain about the stupidity of people, the population is probably the most literate and productive in human history. We’re just seeing people use a new tool poorly when that use would not have been recorded previously.

Windows 10 reset a lot of UI from 8 to 7 that a lot of users wanted. Some changes were added, but the muscle memory learned since 95 could be used with little modification. Windows 11 broke a lot of those workflows without providing anything better on the higher end of usability.

I agree that 10 started adding things that people don’t like about 11, but 11 actively broke things that people liked about 10.

Taylor Swift is also one of the top pop artists of all time.

It is also important to note that Taylor Swift has a very different relationship to her marketing department compared with other artists.

Most artists have agreements with existing agencies and may not have full control over their work. Taylor Swift, in contrast, built a marketing group with the some focus on marketing her. Taylor controls her marketing team entirely, and with that control comes responsibility.

Which of their product lines could turn dev time into money?

Which makes it work really well for stealth layoffs. If you don’t have a manager willing to bend the rules for you, you either have to show up or the company has a reason for firing you.

And if you do have a manager willing to bend the rules for you, they now have the ability to recind that offer if performance drops.