This episode gave me such joy. I feel like Lower Decks leans a lot into the outrageous stories, like last week’s Evil Computer and Peanut Hamper thing. Those episodes are fun, but they lean pretty hard into that Rick and Morty humor.

This episode felt like a Star Trek episode. Mocking the over reliance on cave sets was a great premise, but from there we had a good episode showcasing several minor characters interacting with our main cast. It was a great way to allow them to branch out while sticking to the core relationship between the characters.

On top of that, the jokes were funny. I almost didn’t stop laughing at the subtle and not-so-subtle jabs at cave episodes throughout the years.

Personally, I’d like more episodes like this. It really showcases what is great about this show.

Oh wow, I didn’t realize how transparent and well run they really are, I was just basing that on vibes. Cool!

Thanks!

Random question that people may not know the answer to, but is calckey.world run by the same people that run Lemmy.world? I’ve been pleased with this Lemmy instance and the people who are running it seem to know what they’re doing, and if so I’d just sign up with that one.

I am very happy with every ASUS router I have ever had. I’m particularly happy with my current XT8/ZenWifi AX. I have a large, older house that requires two access points, and I found the advanced settings on the ASUS (particularly after installing the Merlin firmware) made balancing device transfers between the two access points very smooth.

Whatever your use case may be, I think you’ll be happy with the ASUS.

This looks like a great fit and $20 is very reasonable. Thanks!

This looks like it could be a good option, thanks for the info.

There is indeed a free iOS version and this seems like a great fit for what I need, thanks!

EDIT: Alas, it seems that, at least on iOS, you can’t do that without buying a $99 WiFiMan Wizard device.

I’m happy to pay for something if it works. Like, not $100 but I’d pay $20 or so for a piece of software that meets this need.

Good luck. I literally went through something similar a few weeks ago. It took a little time but my entire network runs better now. You got this!

You can avoid that by using the same Wi-Fi network name and password that your current network uses. Your devices won’t know the difference.

I just want to reiterate what others have said: do some googling about your router make and model. Look for the instructions for “hard reset” or “factory reset”. Follow those instructions. Once you do, you should be able to find the default login online.

Once you’re able to log into your router, I’d suggest keeping it as your DHCP server and simply following the instructions to set up a pihole with it. Everything seems to work more smoothly without the pihole as DHCP server.

Do you know if your router is acting as a DHCP server? Most do, and if you’ve set up the Pi as one without logging in and turning off your router’s, you’ve set up two conflicting DHCP servers, and that would explain your issues.

I have a Pi4 that is running Homebridge and pihole.

So what I think you want is the DS9 era Klingon emblem.

Check out this eBay listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/225629480900?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MsrYxcGVQCq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

According to this article this is the banner that was used on the Promenade in DS9. This is a “chair drape” (whatever that is) but maybe you could use it as a flag, convert it to a flag, or have a custom flag made based on this?

What made this episode wonderful was finally taking a look at Orion culture. It’s one of the oldest races in cannon, first showing up in TOS, but we know so little about them. It was fun to dig into that a little.

While Tendi is one of my favorite characters, I do find her backstory a little cliched. Having her and Billups with essentially the same backstory seems lazy. I’m happy they called that issue out with a joke, but it feels unnecessary for Tendi.

That said, I did like how they investigated how this impacted her sister, and created good character tension there. I do hope we get more backstory at some point on all of this about why Tendi hated Orion culture so much, and why so few Orions choose starfleet.

All that said, I found this to be a mostly forgettable episode. It had its moments, but the jokes felt a little off and the plot didn’t draw me in like some of the other episodes.