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The Best Online Courses to Expand Your Horizons

In today’s fast-paced world, continuous learning is crucial for personal and professional growth. Online courses offer an accessible and flexible way to gain new skills and knowledge. Here, we present the best online courses to help you expand your horizons and stay ahead in your career. 1. Introduction to Online Learning Platforms The digital age has revolutionized education, providing…

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Desperately want a garashir fic that is the inverse of the Our Man Bashir episode. Julian sneaks into Garak's holosuite program thats basically just a medical drama

[chewingbatmanlikeasqueakytoy]

Why doesn't the justice league know about Amity Park?

Okay so it's been a bit sonce I watched the show but one of the things in DpxDC is the anti-ecto acts, which I love, but correct me if I'm wrong, I THINK ??? they only show up in reality trip? SO: What if Danny, when using the gauntlet to undo everything, also got rid of the Anti-Ecto acts? but this is babys first time editing reality so he uh Fucks Up A Lil'. As a result when Danny used the reality gauntlet to wipe the AEA from existence he accidentally wiped Amity Park from perception. A big 'nothing matters over here' jedi mind trick, and now no ones looking at Amity. So, the Justice League actually WERE looking into and monitoring the situation in Amity, but when the perception filter closed them off, all of that suddenly went ignored.

This is noticed when someone (Alfred, Dick, Tim, literally anyone) realises theres just. A BIG dusty pile of case files semi abandoned somewhere in the cave when going through a (time period)ly cave cleaning.

They put it down because it's Not Important.

They come back to finish the cleaning the next day and do the exact same thing, but there's nothing to actually distract them this time and it pings as weird. Because why would case files be not important? They are by definition important, because only things flagged as important go into case files.

They try to get someone else to read it, because as long as they don't read the information in the file, they don't put it down.

That person goes to read it, gets a line in and then says something like 'that isn't important' and goes to leave. Person A pushes it and person B ALSO catches on.

Que the Batfam trying to figure out hey, what the fuck actually?

Meanwhile, how is Amity fairing? Canon compliant everything's going alright? Or have knock on effects to No One Look Here started to show?

[ambassadorquark]

my favorite weirdly low tech sci fi thing is the PADD technology in star trek, where everyone has like 30 ipads on their desk at all times bc they seemingly each represent one singular email

[c-rowlesdraws]

girl help the Computer People interacting with my previous posts are ignoring the point I was trying to make and waxing poetic about their favorite open-source operating system setups

[erbiumspectrum]

Picked a presentation topic that I actually find interesting.

Pros: working on said presentation is pretty enjoyable and I'm learning new things which is great and makes me happy.

Cons: I'm gonna need a course mate to stand next to me with a stick and bonk me with it every time I start going off topic trying to say absolutely everything.

[thoughtsfromthecowshed]

God the 4th episode of WoT is fucking beautiful. From the scenery to the acting to the shooting of the scenes. Just beautiful and honestly I think one of the best episodes of fantasy tv ever

[elbiotipo]

In Cyberpunk RED there is an interesting setting bit about how supply chains have completely collapsed with the global crises and the collapse of the global internet (in Cyberpunk networks are local, the "Old Net" that we know today is no more and it's Haunted) where it says that you can find whole containers of smartphones and other consumer products stranded in ports, adrift ships, warehouses, etc. but the factories that produce them are long shut down.

The supply chain to build our current electronics and other such complex tools for cheap are so complex that this is distressingly possible. The world saw a spike of inflation because of supply issues during COVID but that would be nothing compared to a war in the Pacific, for example. If a couple semiconductor factories shut down, the entire supply chain that produces consumer electronics collapses. No more cheap disposable smartphones (which, in any case, are only possible through the explotation of the global south), but also, probably not any electronics at all for a couple decades.

just in case, try to take good care of your old laptop

[aslyran]

Hogwarts letter

[thatlilgingerbtch]

“The Seven are best friends!” They’re co-workers at best 🥀

[brekitten]

The Therapist

There's a new therapist at school.

Normally this wouldn't really bother Peter at all, since he's never gone to see a shrink in his life and doesn't ever plan on it, but there's something... off about this woman.

She seems unassuming enough at first glance. Red hair, green eyes, bright red lipstick. But there is something in her eyes, something that Peter can only describe as a predator looking at its next prey, when she looks around the school at all of the teenagers milling about. Heck, even the way she walks makes her seem as if she is a predator stalking her prey.

It could always be some kind of power move, Peter reasons. He's met people like that before, who try to intimidate everyone around them into thinking that they are superior, that they are the apex predator and anyone who dares to cross them would pay for it dearly.

But his Spidey Sense went crazy around her.

He tries to brush it off as paranoia. He'd pulled an all-nighter last night in the lab with Tony because neither of them had been able to sleep, and he hadn't been sleeping well even before that. (Funny, how it had all started the night after he first bumped into the new therapist in the halls.) So his Spidey Sense is probably out of wack because he's tired. Simple as that.

But it seems like everyone in the school is depressed. Even Ned, who can't even muster up the energy and enthusiasm to talk about Legos or Star Wars or even the weather. It worries Peter.

Because it all started when that therapist came to the school.

He can't ignore it forever, he knows that. There is only so long his Spidey Sense can tell him that she is danger danger danger before he finally listens. He has to do something to help everyone.

So he researches.

And he falls into the rabbit hole of ghosts and ectoplasm and secret government organizations and the little, unassuming town of Amity Park, Illinois.

He doesn't sleep that night.

When he comes to school the next morning, Dr. Penelope Spectra looks him dead in the eyes, and smiles.

[deepspaceboytoy]

Imperial Warship Classifications

To fulfill the incredibly broad needs and requirements of the Imperial Navy, the Imperium maintains a massive number of disparate ship classes, each one capable of fulfilling a niche role inside the Imperial combat machine. Ship classes are first determined by size, and then further narrowed by role.

Supercapitals

The height of Imperial shipbuilding achievement, these gargantuan vessels are capable of laying waste to entire star systems on their own. Each of these incredibly rare vessels contains the combat power of a small fleet, easily outclassing almost any opponent in the galaxy. All Imperial supercapital ships are based on the same basic hull pattern, made recognizable by the tapered, dagger-like prow where the flag bridge sits. Each ship measures exactly 14452 meters in length, 2112 meters in height at midships, and requires a crew numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Notable classes at this size are the Aëtius-class Superdreadnaughts and the Plebeian-class Supercarriers. These ships are typically found as Fleet command vessels, though sometimes, when the Imperium’s ire has been particularly stoked, they may be seen on long range deployments. Each vessel is unique, with service records dating back hundreds of years for the oldest of these void-borne titans. Alongside shockingly potent naval combat capabilities, they also hold huge numbers of Imperial Legionaries for planetary operations, with enough troops and matériels onboard to maintain a ground operation in perpetuity.

Because of the unique resource needs of these behemoths, supercapitals maintain their own onboard macrofacturing facilities, able to construct things as large and complex as new hull systems or even entire escort vessels down to small arms and armored vehicles.

Notable Examples: IHNV Two For Flinching (SSDN-11, Aëtius-class Superdreadnaught), IHNV Sunrise Over Terra (SSCV-04, Plebeian-class Supercarrier), IHNV Lamb of God (SSDN-24)

Capitals

More diverse than the supercapitals, capital-class vessels are typically found leading independent units operating away from the Fleet, or leading frontline combat units in wartime. The most common vessels of this class are the Triarii-class Battleship, Awesome-class Battlecarrier, and the Tyrant’s Bane-class Battlecruiser. Typically measuring between 6000 to 8000 meters in length, these the main heavy combat elements of any Fleet, capable of destroying or disabling dozens of lesser ships on their own or, with proper support, brawling with any other military’s heaviest capital ships. Crew requirements for these tough ships are significantly lower than the supercapitals, usually around 25-50,000 personnel, not including Legion forces.

Notable Examples: IHNV At Midnight’s Passing (BBS-114, Triarii-class Battleship), IHNV Fortune’s Favored (BC-117, Tyrant’s Bane-class Battlecruiser) IHNV Scipio Africanus (BCC-12, Awesome-class Battlecarrier)

Ships of the Line

The workhorse vessels of the Imperial navy, ships of this size typically measure from 2000 to 4500 meters in length. Perhaps the most well known of these ships is the Tyrrhenian-class Heavy Cruiser, of which there are hundreds spread across the Twelve Fleets. Other ships include the Palimpsest-class Warfrigate, Spatha-class Hunter/Killer, and Princeps-class Carrier. Making up the bulk of Imperial warships, these vessels are rarely seen on their own. Instead, they fill out most of the tonnage in Imperial task forces and flotillas. Typically the first step for any captain seeking higher command, these ships are found in the thickest of the fighting, relying on super Imperial armor designs to survive where their cousins from other militaries would quickly perish. With significantly reduced crew sizes even compared to the capital classes, the Imperium can field hundreds of these ships per fleet. Combat roles typically involve screening larger vessels, absorbing incoming fire as Imperial capital ships seek to find gaps in the three dimensional formations of naval warfare, and acting as harassers, leaving Fleet shield envelopes to loose off devastating close range barrages at distances of sometimes only one or two hundred thousand kilometers. The smallest vessels in this class, such as the Vainglorious-class Heavy Destroyer, are the largest Imperial vessels capable of operating inside planetary atmospheres without significant environmental harm- to both the planet and the ship.

Notable Examples: IHNV Age Before Beauty (HHD-1411, Vainglorious-class Heavy Destroyer) IHNV Red Sunrise (HPB-97, Onager-class Planetary Bombardier) IHNV Perpetual Victory (HCV-314, Princeps-class Carrier) IHNV Gone Too Soon (HSC-22, Pilum-class Strike Cruiser) IHNV Morning Glory (HAX-03, Assertor-class Advanced Fleet Auxiliary)

Light Combatants

A much looser grouping, ships of this class are not intended for heavy fighting, instead fulfilling many of the auxiliary and support roles that keep the frontline warships fighting. From electronic warfare specialists like the Tempest-class Techship to the Fabricatus-class Constructor to the completely unique Salamander-class Void/Terrestrial Warship that can serve as an actual seafaring ship for use in supporting ground forces on ocean worlds, the ships of this class fulfill incredibly diverse and niche roles. Because of the sheer number of service roles ships of this class are used for, there is no standard size range, and instead the Imperial War College includes ships based on installed weaponry. These ships are universally lightly armed, with many only carrying point defense systems. Many Imperial fleet officers start their careers aboard these ships, familiarizing themselves with both the realities of command and the myriad support units necessary to sustain Imperial combat operations.

Notable Examples: IHNV Jenin (HFA-11, Mediterranean-class Fleet Auxiliary) IHNV New Dawn (CCA-1120, Manzikert-class Civilian Conveyor) IHNV Kingfisher (VTW-1, Salamander-class Void/Terrestrial Warship)

Escort Vessels

The miscellany of the Imperial Navy, escort vessels make up far and away the greatest number of sheer hulls of any class, with thousands spread across the fleets, though it remains the smallest by tonnage. These ships are very small, with most measuring barely more than a hundred or so meters, with crew sizes almost never exceeding more than 20. In fact, so small are these ships that they usually don’t even have a captain, instead answering to squadron commanders stationed on the larger vessels they’ve been assigned to protect. Escort vessels have exactly one purpose: protecting the warships of the Fleet from enemy munitions, strike craft like fighters and bombers, boarding craft, and any other dangers point defense systems can counter. Loaded to the rafters with rotary railguns, plasma incinerators, and high powered lasers, these ships are lethal in large numbers, of which they are exclusively deployed in. Something like a heavy frigate may have up to 10 escorts, while the supercapitals are surrounded by flocks of them numbering in the hundreds. Escort ships are actually incapable of interstellar travel, exclusively relying on external docking cradles on their assigned ships to carry them between worlds and systems. While each ship may carry different weapons systems or specialize in neutralizing different threats, they are built on the same basic hull, the Pugio-class Escort Vessel (Multirole). Because of their size, individual escort vessels are not named, instead receiving a new numerical identifier whenever they are assigned to a ship.

Other Classes and Craft

Even further below the escort vessel are the rest of the Imperium’s spacecraft. Including shuttles, cutters, boarding launches, strike craft like interceptors and bombers, and personal yachts, these craft are exclusively ship-borne, carried in vast hangars aboard the Imperium’s various carrier classes. First and foremost are the strike craft, such as the VF-19 Gothic heavy bomber or the VF-11 Gladius interceptor, which make up the Navy’s strike wings. Able to punch far above their weight, a wing of bombers can disable an entire battlecruiser or heavy carrier if they’re overlooked or manage to pass through the point defense field. There are also Legionary boarding launches, one-way rockets meant to rapidly deliver Marine boarding units to the poor unsuspecting bastards whose ships they’ve been sent to take, and personal yachts used by the various officers to travel between ships, planets, and other Imperial outposts, and the ubiquitous heavy troop conveyors capable of transporting hundreds of legionaries down to a planet’s surface under enemy fire. Across the Twelve Fleets, there are hundreds of thousands of these tiny craft.

[fusionfanatic]

Research for an au fic I’m working on: how would Azula act and behave in a modern setting? And I don’t mean re-imagine her character within a modern context and stories. This isn’t Azula, but she’s an overachieving American high schooler with strict and overbearing parents, or Azula, but she’s the soon-to-be CEO of her father’s multinational conglomerate based in Japan or something. No, I mean how would Azula as she is in canon, Fire nation princess and all, act and behave if you simply just took her from her world and plopped her into [insert current year you’re reading this]?

[athenasdragon]

In thinking about how the Dragon Age games have changed since Origins, I’ve been thinking about genre conventions and the inspirations for the series.

Dragon Age: Origins is very very heavily lifted from Dungeons & Dragons, and my impression is that this is because Baldur’s Gate was a big inspiration. I think it’s especially obvious when you open up your character profile. Like that is straight up a d&d character sheet. You can map the d&d classes onto the DA:O subclasses too (e.g. some of the warrior subclasses are champion [classic fighter], templar [paladin], and berserker [barbarian]). The heavy focus on tactics and the top-down combat option also evoke TTRPGs to me.

And of course, because we’re existing in the genre tradition here, we have a lot drawn from the Lord of the Rings as well. Darkspawn/Orcs are an unambiguously evil species that exists just to cause destruction! Humans are the predominant species, but we have nature-connected elves and subterranean dwarves! Our story takes place in among the ruins of a past civilization that existed in a distant age! We’ve got themes of history and faith and a little fellowship going on a journey to defeat an evil dragon.

So with that in mind, we have a pretty straight up and down medieval-inspired dark fantasy. It follows so closely in this tradition that we even see the writers struggling to break out of molds that they explicitly set out to avoid—for example, certain gender politics.

I really think the character who starts to break that is Varric. Not only is he a well-known author (requires not just widespread printing but widespread literacy and reading for fun—now we’re talking much more recent history in our world) but he’s writing (Kirkwall-flavored) hard-boiled detective fiction, which is explicitly an American* post-WWI tradition. This is a genre that explores the gritty reality of life in cities, interpersonal and systemic violence, and often positions a lone morally grey hero in small-scale opposition to those larger forces. Kirkwall (and DA2) isn’t a bad place to add that flavor.

Inquisition starts to feel more 20th century to me as well. We’ve got international espionage and geopolitics. We’ve got anxieties of a dramatic apocalypse brought about by man’s hubris. We’ve got, effectively, some variety of civil rights movement for both elves and mages.

What really got me thinking about this is that Neve and Lucanis feel like they’re some the same genre to me: the jaded, brilliant, but somewhat poorly-upkept big city detective and the heir-apparent of a powerful mafia family caught up by a betrayal both feel very interwar noir imo. Emmrich’s look is also SO 1930s. I can only speak for myself but I think that’s where a lot of the change in “vibe” can be traced.

It feels to me like Varric’s narration of the series has tugged the story itself into the genre he exists in.

Anyway, whether you wish the series stayed more straight up and down sword and sorcery or like the direction it chose to establish itself, I think it’s interesting to think about!

* I might ramble about how deeply North American the geography of Thedas is another time lol

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It's funny how most every cyberpunk story or setting thought that due to technology taking over people's lives and humanity, computer literacy would become commonplace enough that the very term would disappear. Everyone in Night City or whatever is super into hacking or can at least give you the difference between hardware, software, antivirus, spam, etc. To not know the basic gists or cybernetics and cyber security is paramount to not knowing how to count or how to read.

In reality we're about to enter an age where knowing how to create a folder or a zip file is back to being ancient lore inscribed in tablets that only the 30 year old who works at your IT office knows how to do. Phones and the growing marketability of easy-access no-customization technology means kids just don't use computers anymore. And it's crazy how fast it happened.

When I was in kindergarten we still had "computer class" once a week, and it was objectively useless for everyone in my class. Regardless of our age or interests, all of us had casual PC time either at home or in cyber cafes, all of us knew how to do things the teachers many times struggled with. The moment typing machine class became keyboard typing class, computers were already dominating most of our time. I learned how to navigate a computer the same way I learned English; by myself, because it was vital for my own interests.

And between highly streamlined video games, single umbrella closed OSs and everything being a fucking app, a 14 year old nowadays is lucky if they know what quotation marks do to your Google results. It's genuinely harrowing how the future is tech-dependent, yet we're becoming completely tech-illiterate.

The worst part is that it's completely on purpose by the tech industry. Much like not being able to fix your own products when they break, if you simply don't know what your phone or your computer can *do*, it's much easier to sell you a borderline identical one a little earlier than you'd actually need it. Phone updates are already pretty much semantic; you can't even see the difference between new models and old ones anymore, unless the visual difference is the point. And it all just gets more and more expensive for less and less bang for your buck.

We never expected the cyberpunk dystopia to be dull, and to rely on making us dumb. Crazy how well it worked.