It was received very poorly, even tainting reception of the show (which turned out to be appreciated and wanting more, long after it was gone). People just expected a classical sounding instrumental, and it hit wrong. They probably should have test marketed the idea and had some fallbacks. Still, I remember seeing the opening of the first episode and catching the frigate "Enterprize", and thinking this was great regardless.
All the composers for Star Trek have been incredible in their own right. Everyone has their preferred (James Horner) but I have yet to not enjoy a Star Trek opening. And yes, that includes Enterprise. It tried to break the mold and failed, but I give it a pass because the visual sequence with it gets me still.
I will say that First Contact's theme is damn good. Especially when used at the end with the Vulcan meeting.
Seriously though, both softwares are very early with bare-bone features to make them functional, and the later versions are going to be something incredible because they're both open and lots of contributors.
A reminder that in the 90s there was federal funding to major companies to help expand broadband into rural areas and try to get closer to 100% connected. The money was taken.
The difference is that here lots of people posted about it and action was taken. If this was corporate owned, any suggestions of a problem would have been removed or denied, and months later after it hits public media they would have admitted there might have been a problem, and here's some free identity theft protection if you feel like you were affected.
The internet as most people know it and as companies depend on it isn't that old.
The difference being discussed here is a single existence vs. potential for redundancy. The best way for something to outlive even the places it's stored is by repetition. That goes against both how we've grown things so far on the internet as well as the talk about competition among instances and the biggest one wins. It's far better for there to be many groups that share information in some way but are their own entities and aren't dependent on the rest.
I get the concern, but long term persistence is probably a rarity. The internet is still young. If anything a federated group of communities that are linked somehow will last far longer than a single server of even a large corporation. For the weeks that Lemmy et al have been growing, how to best develop communities that connect and last has been an ongoing question.
It's different software displaying the content. Like if you used either Outlook, Gmail, or Thunderbird to show email. You can go to kbin.social and compare it to what you've got. There's also a bunch of scripts posted in kbinStyles to further customize the looks (that might be wrapped into later versions of kbin perhaps).
Vehicles vary greatly in turn radius, and it's not just size. I've had big vehicles that could do a U turn just about anywhere, but that damn Saturn...how could a small sedan be so bad at tight turns?
I think lemmings is the popular one, to fight against the Disney slander.
I don't think scripting additions for Lemmy is a thing like it is for Kbin, so perhaps for now one solution would be to use a browser extension that does timed refreshing on a newest sort page.
It's okay, it's now copied to a better place. Richard Scarry is always wholesome. Grew up with a few of the books as a kid that I would ponder over the details again and again.
I had to look up what the news was about Giphy. Funny how there's an anti-Meta vibe in the Fediverse, but no problem using Giphy, which until recently was Facebook-owned. I was more interested in how long term the new owner might be (because we want our memes to last), but I think Shutterstock wouldn't mess with existing content, right?
"Augments Shutterstock's generative AI and metadata strategy, including mobile generative AI at global scale
Taps into a large and growing TAM in native advertising for brands seeking touch points with customers in-moment via mobile phones and communications tools
Expands Shutterstock's content library to include GIFs and stickers used in more casual conversations - GIFs have over 75% positive sentiment among consumers
Combines Shutterstock Studios and GIPHY Studios to enable world-class custom content solutions for brands and advertisers
Enables access to a massive user base consisting of 1.7 billion daily users generating 1.3 billion search queries
Extends Shutterstock's API ecosystem to include GIPHY's more than 14,000 API/SDK partners"
We're always the product, no matter who the owner is.
It's true, I had never run across it in decades of online access to information. Learning more about the details once the show sparked discussion, I then also learned about a local event that was on the same level in Wilmington, NC. I definitely didn't learn about that in grade school NC history class.
Lemmyverse includes Kbin instances as well, you just have to select to look for them in the upper right. I suppose there's a reason we can't see both at the same time.
I've heard it was a popular discussion place people would go to. Even called the front page of the internet because it was the first and best source for compiled news and information. Its CEO had some quotes that showed how important free flow of information was.
"I don't think we should silence people just because their viewpoints are something we disagree with. There is value in the conversation, and we as a society need to confront these issues. This is an incredibly complex topic, and I'm sure our thinking will continue to evolve."
"We are not the thought police. It's not the role of a private company to decide what people can and cannot say."
He was also forward thinking in designing an open forum, controlled by individuals.
"Our approach to governance is that communities can set appropriate standards around language for themselves. Many communities have rules around speech that are more restrictive than our own, and we fully support those rules."
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It was received very poorly, even tainting reception of the show (which turned out to be appreciated and wanting more, long after it was gone). People just expected a classical sounding instrumental, and it hit wrong. They probably should have test marketed the idea and had some fallbacks. Still, I remember seeing the opening of the first episode and catching the frigate "Enterprize", and thinking this was great regardless.