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Nog went up the ranks more quickly because of the war, which provided him with many opportunities. Also, his connections, which allowed him to intern on DS9 and the Defiant, again in the context of war.

Harry was on a ship isolated from Starfleet. If Janeway had promoted everyone who had the merit, she'd have had a ship full of commanders and a handful of captains by the time they got home. But most of those people would have had to keep doing the same jobs, anyway.

But the true reason for the discrepancy noted by OP is just down to the fact that Voyager's writing team just wasn't as good as DS9's (or they were held back from above). The only characters to have a meaningful arc on Voyager were the Doctor, and Seven. The others mostly just had to reset at the end of every episode to preserve the show's episodic nature.

Harry never got promoted because the writers never figured out how to evolve his function on the show. Now, I assign a small part of the blame to Garrett Wang himself: he rarely gave performances that stood out and made the writers want to write about him more. But most of the blame goes to the writers and show-runners.

For example, if they'd exploited dual crews more throughout the series, with more conflict, etc., Harry might have found a place. Imagine if the Maquis crew had had their own ship for a big part of the series? Harry, eventually frustrated at being passed over for promotion, might have joined them!

Here's how I understand it: at the time, he thought the penalty was for braking under the safety car, which he thought was bullshit considering how many times Max slowed down just before restarting a race, in the past. He didn't hear that the penalty was for "erratic driving".

So, thinking the penalty was bullshit, and that the team were challenging it, he figured he was owed the lead once it would be overturned.

That's how I figure his reasoning, anyway.

Or it's about bestiality.

$299

Mic drop.

That's not realistic. They'd never use real names like "Bobby".

Could stay technically true with a pun:

...and the love of my wife, Justin.

Faraday, after demonstrating how moving a magnet through a coiled wire induced a current in the wire was asked by a visiting statesman what was the use of this.

Faraday responded, "In twenty years, you will be taxing it"

Similarly, at a demonstration of hot air balloons in France, Benjamin Franklin was asked "Of what use is this?"

Franklin replied, "Of what use is a newborn baby?"

What if the day in question isn't a Monday?

What's the point of smartphone colors that will get completely covered by the phone case? And don't tell me phone cases are not necessary, I've accidentally dropped my phone enough times!

(I'm on my 4th smartphone in about 12 years, and I've never scratched or cracked a screen)

Users have somehow been trained to ignore and dismiss error messages. Probably from getting too many ad pop-ups.

When my mom roasts a turkey, she puts onions, leek, celery and, yes, carrots around and under the turkey. She uses a rôtissoire that keeps most of the moisture inside, such that the turkey essentially bastes itself during the roasting.

Once the turkey's done, she takes it out and uses the mix of juices and vegetables left in the pan to make the gravy. Sometimes, she'll add one or two pouches of turkey gravy mix, especially if there's a lot of people to feed and she wants to have more gravy, but sometimes, all she does is purée the veggies into the juices, maybe add some water and corn starch to thicken everything, and that's our gravy! The carrots definitely add a sweetness, not to mention color to the gravy.

My own pet peeve is UI components whose associated action is divorced from the components interaction feedback.

For example, a button that seems visibly pressed (even lights up! Maybe there's even audio or haptic feedback!) but once you release, nothing actually happens because you were supposed to press it or hold it down for slightly longer.

This even happens with physical controls: in some elevators you can press a floor button such that it lights up momentarily, and even beeps, and yet the elevator doesn't register the command and you have to press again, longer.

"On the other hand"

LoL, good one!

I've been "collecting" content for many years now. I learned most of what I needed to know about ripping and transcoding over the years, such that each time I need to deal with a new video format, or a new application, it's not too hard, because I'm building on everything I've already learned.

And each time I was learning new things, it's not like there was a risk that all my previous content might suddenly become unusable or inaccessible.

Meanwhile, a couple years ago I was finally able to build myself a proper NAS. While I know my way around Linux somewhat, I never kept a Linux-based daily driver because most of the apps I use regularly are on Windows, and I'm not confident about running them stably in Linux, nor am I confident about equivalent native Linux apps. And I'm not confident about setting up and administering my own server. My past experiences have shown me that whenever you need to do anything complex and specific, it involves a lot of work.

So at a coworker's suggestion, I got a Synology NAS that turned out to be a breeze to setup. And then I figured out how to get Plex server on there (not available in the Synology package manager, but the "manual" process turned out to be simple enough)

And it just WORKS! it's not perfect, but it's mostly painless to use. I was happy paying for the lifetime Plex pass at the beginning, because it handles all the routing and discovery that needs to happen to allow me to stream to my phone, or to my parents' TV when I'm visiting them.

My next NAS might not be by Synology due to their recent announcement about supported hard drives, but I'll probably be looking for something that "just works" because I can't be bothered to learn how to be a sysadmin, and risk losing my stuff because I'm making the kinds of mistakes one makes as they're learning.

Just like, if I owned a car, I wouldn't be digging under the hood to "tweak the timing" or replacing brake discs. I'd be happy paying someone I trust to do that work, leaving me with a car that "just works".

No, that was precisely my thought process.

Alien vs. Predator: whoever wins, we lose

Start a registry for people suffering from erectile dysfunction.

Does it taste like you put the lime in the coconut?

I heard countertop banana stand owners tend to also own banana hammocks.

Much of the province of Québec is already boycotting them since January, after they closed all their warehouses here to prevent them from unionizing.