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  • Stamets@lemmy.worldOPtoGaming@lemmy.worldRiding that reputation
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    18 days ago

    It can be hell but if your product consistently is subpar even with client meddling then that’s not a problem with bad contracts and bad clients, that’s a problem with you. And it’s not like Marvel is known for being hands off so…

    As a consumer, their work is literally the only metric we have to judge them by. No one is reading quarterly reports for developers or researching into whether or not their contract went well with some publisher or IP owner. If you are consistently releasing mediocre to sub-par products then you’re going to be rightfully judged on that.












  • Stamets@lemmy.worldOPtoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.worksGlorious Science!
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    4 months ago

    Yeah but you’re not a trained engineer after years at Starfleet Academy and years of postings who is currently on the Flagship. If they had the shields up constantly around it, it might imply that they don’t trust their crew. Starfleet is all about trust and working together. If they shield the core constantly they’re not trusting the engineers they trained to work on it and fix it. Imagine you spend years at the Academy studying the best in warp mechanics and what have you. You finally get to serve and after years and years you find that no one is trusted. That despite all your training on how to deal with it, you’d need to apply for permission to gain access to the thing your department is dedicated to. Those feelings of being untrusted or babied can really get to you after a while.



  • Warp core can have shielding around it but typically doesn’t. There have been threats in the past from people firing at the warp core. A containment field can be raised (and iirc there was one raised in this scene) but it’s not always on. Would no need to be in an area as critical as main engineering. Only people with access to the area are people who wouldn’t typically fuck with it. Having a continuous forcefield would be a drain on ship energy systems and might even impact crew morale to an extent.


  • Not exclusively but they’re correlated to some degree. You’ll start on one topic which reminds you of another so you start talking about that one. That reminds you of another so you talk about the next. My roommate always says something when it happens, usually with me opening 14 youtube tabs and pausing videos to start another one.