[–] 13 points 4 days ago

Neither humanity nor the Federation are run by a military government. I’m not even sure what gave you that impression. The federation, as its name suggests, is a federal system like the US, or the EU. Each planet retains its political structure while participating in the federation. Earth is the exception where it’s essentially the DC of the federation and is run directly by the federation council. Earth is also unique in being communistic rather than having a currency based economy like most other planets and the federation itself. Starfleet is a human organization that predates the creation of the federation and at that time was absorbed as its military arm. The president of the federation is the commander in chief of Starfleet. There is even a two parter in DS9 where an admiral tries to overthrow the president and fails and it is referred to as a “military coup”.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Yes but a pi zero 2w is $15 and is roughly equivalent to an OG B+. The problem as I see it is that computing segments like pis are jumping into the next segment up in power and in cost and nobody’s doing a very good job of marketing that or marketing the new product in the lower tier that are meant to actually replace them.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago

    We just moved, our old neighborhood was always pretty slow, and it was raining most of the day Halloween so we weren’t really expecting that many people. We ended up running out of candy (two large assorted bags) in about 40 minutes and there were people on the street for another couple hours after that so I guess we need to stock up for next year.

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  • [–] 36 points 5 days ago

    I think it’s weird that the meme is about places where everyone needs to shut the fuck up but half the comments are about churches and other places where there is a keynote speaker.

    No really we mean everyone.

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