outworlder

> I don't think an LLM should ever be having a two-way conversation with the player. It would be more suited to 2 npcs having conversations amongst themselves. All dialogue delivered to the player should be human written.

I don't agree. All -important- dialogue yes. Background NPC chatter? Even when studios spend a lot of effort crafting multiple lines, pretty soon you have seen them all. They also don't change based on player actions.

Ish.

When you just need a few parts to be made, it is sometimes very tempting to drop a chest, fill it up with parts, then go do something else, one of the 1000 tasks you have been neglecting.

Ok so.

Microsoft had an egregious cross-tenant vulnerability (really, how many cross-tenant vulnerabilities did other clouds have?).

Vulnerability was reported.

They fixed it - incorrectly. Reported again.

They fixed it this time... and broke the previous fix. So it's vulnerable again.

What a clown show.

So MSFT discourages employees from reporting vulnerabilities?

That explains a lot.

I can see 'Adama' pulling it off. But it is a different command style.

And yet... Earth would have been destroyed had they done that.

The main issue was his PTSD.

That's exactly it. It wasn't subtle either. He had some people in his past that he's neglected.

> rather than preaching the author's vision of morality/politics.

It's pretty much impossible to have that. You'll always have the author's worldview shaping the fictional world.

I would have ZERO issues with the wacky episodes if and only if we were back to the 20-ish episodes per season format. Then sure, do a puppet show. Musical episodes (for how much I HATE musicals, it was decently enjoyable, Klingon boy band was super unexpected).

But when you only have half a dozen-ish episodes per season, you can't afford filler.

The Inner Light begs to disagree. Plus his Borg summer camp.

But yes, those instances were a bit rare.

He was also a prop device they used to make many changes they had wanted for a while Troy's outfit, the fish tank - Patrick Stewart believed that 24th-century humans—who had evolved past cruelty and the subjugation of life—would not keep a living creature in a glass tank for mere display.

Don't forget all the rocks in the bridge.

That episode has some unique music, I can hear that in my head just by you mentioning it.

> The benevolent dictator always makes the right decisions. He's surrounded by his loyal band of perfect lieutenants, who apparently have zero desire to advance, and have no flaws at all. Any and all of them are willing to sacrifice themselves for the others. None do anything bad (unless it's a plot device with an explanation that absolves them).

That is an oversimplification and simply not true at face value.

'The original Star Trek', even less so! Very morally questionable at times. In TNG, you are watching the flagship of Starfleet, it's the most coveted starship. The crew are the best they have to offer. It's obvious that they would be the most professional. Even then, they make mistakes, often serious. Sacrificing themselves - if needed - is part of their job too.

Riker does spend a long time on the Enterprise, even after being offered command a few times. He does eventually move on.

Maybe they are a little too perfect, but I'd argue that's for the best. The moments where there's friction within the crew are much more memorable because of it.

Thats in contrast with some newer Trek which have more conflicts than Stargate Universe characters and would be considered way too unprofessional even if they were Lower Decks characters.

You need to ask the rats.