I'm a reasonably well educated human living on Earth. What's to stop me from replicating starship parts until I can make my own Starfleet?
  • charonn0 charonn0 2d ago 100%

    Your replicator is probably too small to replicate larger components, which would be a major inconvenience at best or a showstopper at worst. And industrial replicators are even harder to come by than starships.

    Then there's getting access to the replicator patterns for sensitive or dangerous components. Dilithium chambers, weapons, Mercassium composite for shield generators, etc. are classified by Starfleet.

    Then there are substances that can't be replicated, such as verterium cortenide for the warp coils. I don't think it's explicitly stated that VC can't be replicated, but we know that Voyager had to find some to refit their warp coils, they couldn't just replicate it. Also dilithium.

    And finally, there's antimatter. Building a starship won't do you much good if you don't have gas for the tank. Antimatter does not occur in large quantities in nature, and probably can't be replicated (or at least not safely.) So you'd need some sort of industrial base to produce it, further complicating your plans.

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    I yearn for the simpler days when the worst thing a Republican president might do is tamper with Medicare.

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  • Democrats See 103 Percent Increase in Pennsylvania Voters Leaving the Party
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    My intent was to point out how ridiculous the "103% increase" line is, not to suggest the comparison was valid in the first place.

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  • charonn0 charonn0 4d ago 80%

    In other words, it jumped from about 0.5% to 1.5%.

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  • What the heck is this trash shipping with firefox? about:compat
  • charonn0 charonn0 2w ago 100%

    Looks like compatibility hacks for various websites.

    Interventions - are deeper modifications to make sites compatible. Firefox may modify certain code used on these sites to enforce compatibility. Each compatibility modification links to the bug on Bugzilla@Mozilla; click on the link to look up information about the underlying issue.

    User Agent Override - change the user agent of Firefox when connections to certain sites are made.

    https://wiki.mozilla.org/Compatibility/UA_Override_&_Interventions_Testing

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearAI
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  • charonn0 charonn0 2w ago 92%

    Is the bullet OK?

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  • Trump election conspiracist Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison by Colorado judge
  • charonn0 charonn0 2w ago 93%

    May she die of an embarrassing and uncomfortable medical condition exactly 5 minutes before being released.

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  • charonn0 charonn0 4w ago 100%

    trekkies in their 40s for some reason. Pc technical, can use a pc well enough to understand above the basic concepts of the best buy laptop the general public use.

    I feel attacked, yet also acknowledged.

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  • US can’t ban TikTok for security reasons while ignoring Temu, other apps, TikTok argues
  • charonn0 charonn0 1mo ago 66%

    If social media companies exist to collect massive troves of personal info from users--and they do--then there is a valid national security concern over social media controlled by an adversary. This is distinct from the individual privacy concerns towards domestically-controlled social media.

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  • charonn0 charonn0 1mo ago 100%

    Oh, here you go. I believe that's all in order.

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  • Guess the Episode [Easy]
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    Urge to kill falling... falling... RISING! ...falling... gone.

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    Trial begins in alleged ‘Trump Train’ ambush of Biden-Harris bus in 2020
  • charonn0 charonn0 1mo ago 86%

    No it's not. There's no bail, for example, and no plea bargaining in civil cases; jail time isn't on the table, the district attorney isn't involved, the standard of evidence is lower, and the rules of procedure are different.

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    Trial begins in alleged ‘Trump Train’ ambush of Biden-Harris bus in 2020
  • charonn0 charonn0 1mo ago 100%

    First comes the discovery phase where both sides exchange evidence and the court settles any evidentiary questions. This phase can frequently take longer than the trial itself.

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  • Why was the genetic engineering research at Darwin Station in TNG 2x07 "Unnatural Selection" legal?
  • charonn0 charonn0 1mo ago 88%

    My headcanon is that the ban on genetic engineering is mostly an Earth law, rather than a Federation law. Which makes sense if the reason for the law is Earth's experience with augments, as Phlox points out that other species have used it without the same dire consequences. This jives with the fact that only humans living on Earth are ever depicted as being bound by the law. It's not a perfect theory, but it does explain why Bashir's father was imprisoned but the Darwin station researchers were not.

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  • Snopes: [True] Project 2025 Wants All **Public** High School Students To Take Military Entrance Exam?
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    I took the ASVAB way back in the 90's. IIRC it was mandatory then too.

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  • An elderly Catholic priest dies one night peacefully in his sleep after a long life of serving God, and finds himself standing at the pearly gates. "You were such a pious and holy man in life," began St. Peter, "that as a reward you can make one request of me before leaving behind your worldly cares and entering heaven." "Well," says the priest, "I'd like to read the original manuscript of the Bible." Even more impressed now than before, St. Peter grants the request and takes the priest to God's own private library, before leaving him to his studies. Shortly afterward, the priest lets out an unholy shriek. St. Peter rushes into the library and asks, "what is it? What's wrong?!" And through gritted teeth and streams of tears the priest cried out: "Celebrate! It says celebrate, not *celibate*!"

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    Odd that they never re-filled the whale tank

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    It would have included loops of Star Trek sound effects, but Paramount lawyers said no. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Satriani#Musical_themes Thank you for your attention, Bajoran workers. This mandatory cultural appreciation moment has been noted on your time cards and will be deducted from your food ration.

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