i haven’t seen academy yet, have they explained how the Jem’Hadar were able to breed? In DS9 they were grown synthetically by the Changelings afaik.

this is so cursed

to get something as flexible as my android tv i’d need an nvidia shield and those are going on ten years old at this point. maybe if/when they do a hardware refresh, assuming sideloading isn’t completely impossible by then.

Yeah. To be honest on the DNS side it would probably be far easier to just do a whitelist instead, block everything except your specific service. and yeah, its a stupid amount of work. i hate smart tvs but i’ll be damned if im gonna pay extra for a streaming box =|

just saying its possible

Not sure if you mean hardcoded DNS IPs or hardcoded “phone home” IPs. Hardcoded DNS addresses in devices are annoying, the only way i’ve found to get around that is using destination nat rules (DNAT) which requires more than a consumer router typically. hardcoded phone home IPs would get blocked by your firewall. you’re right that most firewalls are set up by default to implicitly allow outbound traffic. you set up a rule that explicitly denies all outbound traffic from the TV, then only allow port 443 (or whatever port your streaming service uses) on the specific IP/IPs that your service uses. Here’s Netflix’s published IP info for example.

edit also i’m fully aware it’s fucking ridiculous that we as consumers have to go through this much rigamarole. you shouldnt have to be a literal network engineer to do something as simple as have an internet-connected tv that doesnt spy on you.

no it helps to block everything that isnt just netflix or whatever streaming service you use. you combine a DNS adblock along with blocking all the unused ports and it severely limits the communications. you could also add a vpn to add another layer of security. idk about jellyfin but most streaming services i know use https/443 to stream to your tv. so youre only allowing the specific service you want and only on a specific port. buncha great dns blocklists here https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists, and a smart tv specific one for pihole here https://github.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/blob/master/SmartTV.txt

It’s relatively easy to restrict a smart tv to TLS/HTTPS traffic only using your router and a dns adblocker.

can’t wait to tuvix the entire crew lower decks style!

hah, computers have had the same drive rail layout for so long that i didn’t even notice! .^_.

what, do i dare ask, are the computer holes?

arch wiki is good, been using that since i migrated to cachyos in september (had been running win 11 pro for years prior to that). only major issue i had was display related lol, i use a tv that needs a custom EDID to expose 120hz mode and it was an absolute nightmare trying to generate it with linux. ended up using a linux tool to dump my existing EDID then popping it into CRU via wine to generate the new one. Works pretty damn well now, have to say.

It’s all just one big ass blast.

Only if they’re hiding coffee from her.

For real! I know this is a bit of a meme but it really isn’t far off. The show definitely had its problems with representation (like not letting avery brooks sport his signature bald w/ a goatee until season 3 because they were worried that a bald, black lead would be “too intimidating” or whatever) but it also had PLENTY of stuff that “shouldn’t” have been on network TV in 1993. Also lets not forget the episode where Jadzia got to meet all the past Dax symbionts and Quark got stuck with an old lady inhabiting his body for half an episode or so.

And then there’s… whatever this was.

And he was awfully upset about being demoted to captain of a cargo freighter instead of his Land Cruiser Galor-class.

shit, gul dukat is just a cardassian dennis reynolds. it all makes sense now!

Does this do the same thing as turning off duck.ai in settings?

The other 7 or so Weyouns: Are we a joke to you?