Scientists stunned by "alien" mineral that defies the laws of heat conduction – a meteorite-born material found on Earth (and even on Mars) that behaves neither like a crystal nor glass, yet conducts heat constant across temperatures. AI-driven insights suggest groundbreaking possibilities for aerospace, steelmaking, thermoelectrics, and beyond.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-stunned-by-alien-mineral-that-breaks-the-rules-of-heat/
What episode?
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: What I Read When I'm Not Feeling Well
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Awesome idea for a real tattoo.
If the party gets dull, start telling the truth. Nothing clears a room or starts a fire faster. #LwaxanaTroi #AllStarTrek #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TNG #StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #Mastodon @allstartrek
TNG costumes don’t always age well, but Marta DuBois’ wardrobe in ‘Devil’s Due’ is an exception. Still looks amazing 34 years later.
I wonder if the #StarTrek producers thought, "We need to go the TOTAL opposite of bald for our next Enterprise captain."
@ShredderFeeder
Pike's Peak. Anson Mount #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds
Captain Pike, the early years. #StarTrek #CaptainPike
Welcome to the 6th poll of the current round of #HangTrek, the #StarTrek-themed word game.
A link to the rules is posted at the top of this thread.
We’re looking for a quote with
11 words of 9, 7, 7, 1, 4, 3, 5, 4, 9, 2, 7 letters respectively.
The previous poll was won by L. There are 6 L's.
Wrong guess: G
A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ A _ _ R A _ / _ _ _ _ _ R S , /
_ / _ _ L L / _ _ _ / A L L _ _ / _ _ _ S / R _ _ _ L L _ _ _ / _ _ / S _ _ _ _ _ _ .
One of my past 3d models.
A post-dominion war Cardassian warship. Due to resources shortages after the war this smaller ship uses left over and salvaged parts from destroyed Galor warships.
Enjoy.
Some Star Trek art for Trek Tuesday.
Enjoy.
Last night I was asked about AI and ChatGPT (on which I had to explain to them that ChatGPT is only a small part of AI and what Expert Systems were in the past).
The best example of why I don't want to do prompt engineering towards AI is a Star Trek reference:
"Picard to Riker" "..."
"Picard to Riker, acknowledge" "..."
"Computer, locate commander Riker."
"Commander Riker is not onboard this ship."
I'm not interested in communicating with a LLM robot to get the information I'm looking for. I want to be informed three hours ago when the combadge (or worse, the life-signs) of Riker had disappeared.
Some Star Trek art for Trek Tuesday.
Enjoy.
gonna tell my kids this was Jean-Luc Picard
(Of course Jean-Luc Picard only SEEMS so British for a Frenchman because universal translator changes French to English, coffee to earl grey tea and all his constant Molière references to Shakespeare.)
I might have discussed this before, but it's come around again: "toxic positivity".
This is the natural over-reaction to "toxic negativity" where defensive fans strongly reject not just "toxic" shallow hate, but quickly ANY criticism that's in opposition to their feelings on the topic.
Positive-only discourse is nearly as bad as the "toxic negativity" they rail against.
Sorry kids, no artwork is entitled to criticism-free discussion. Like it or not, art IS going to provoke a reaction, whether it's good or bad.
I think the difference between "toxic" and just healthy discussion about our disappointment is being able to articulate a reasonable subjective objection and not take it all too seriously. Not just "lol that show sucks, this season sucks, fucking Berman/Kurtzman, they're DESTROYING #startrek, etc." .
Why does it "suck"? Let's dig into that! 
Let's compare and contrast our experiences. But denying the right to be discontent is ...a concerning trend. It creates an echo chamber circlejerk.
About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash
Would Spock have been more popular if he was played by Leonardo DiNimoy?
“I think it might be about time to admit I’m too old for this shit, Garak,” Julian sighed, as they passed through the bar onto the promenade. “If I mention Ministry of Sound next year, maybe you could kindly suggest afternoon tea instead.”
“I’ll try and remember this conversation, should the need arise,” Garak grinned, letting his hand come to rest on Julian's back. “But did you at least have fun?”
Julian beamed, radiant with the glow of a good gathering. “I did.”
- Set Fire to My Heart
Thanks to all the FoD’s who hung out with us at #STLV!
Now what do we do with all this leftover merch 
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