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[–] millie@startrek.website 64 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I can't not think of Peanut Hamper.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 39 points 8 months ago (4 children)

PEANUT HAMPER IS REAL?!

I mean I know Lower Decks might be canon but I didn't think that had a precursor.

[–] loopedcandle@lemmynsfw.com 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There is nothing in LD that isn't some form of throw back.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How in ...? Holy shit. I am so in awe of those writers. Now I gotta go back and rewatch all of TNG. Some day I will get all the references... Could take decades.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I'm at the end of season 6 (of 7), after as many months because I don't binge very well :-) LD inspired me to do it. When I got to the exocomps I shouted PEANUT HAMPER out loud

[–] Lwaxana@startrek.website 9 points 8 months ago

Oh, I envy you.... taking these first steps into a new frontier

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago

I think Lower Decks is canon, at least based on the amazing crossover episode in SNW. Absolutely one of my favorite Trek episodes ever

Lower Decks is nothing but references, all the really weird aliens you see are generally Animated Series aliens, like the triarmed guy running the ship to The Farm or the lady with three segments that can float free of each other

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Her and Nanmo.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 59 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hey man go easy on him he can’t see the cables

[–] millie@startrek.website 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hadn't even thought of this. Apparently it gave him terrible headaches too, because they screwed the damn visor into his head. Crazy. Poor guy.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Better than being blind, at least. Until the Romulans want to brainwash you.

[–] USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website 23 points 8 months ago

Suddenly I have a theory of where the Borg assimilated their cable management abilities from.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Screenwriters: "We'll give him some business with his hands, you know, something an engineer would be extremely good at"

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 8 months ago

Oh, so I suppose all your server rooms and IT closets have well organized cables?

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz -4 points 8 months ago

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[–] antidote101@lemmy.world -4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Anyone looping cables around is bad at cable management. You double over, triple over, or quintuple over the cable, then tie the wad in a loose knot of its self. This creates a bundle that doesn't randomly unravel, and can be undone and unwound with much less chances of tangling.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

Not sure what you mean, but there are generally two preferred methods of bundling a loose cable with minimal risk of damage to it. The standard spiraling coil and the over-under coil. Both have different uses and they both keep it tidy while never going under its bend radius limit.

For tidying an already in use cable, depending on its type/usage and without trimming it, you would either use the over-under coil or fold it over itself. If you need to fold it over itself, you would try to make each fold as long as reasonable, while keeping the ends of each fold loose enough to be above its minimum bend radius. (eg. Cleaning up cabling in a shared raceway with ethernet and AC power)

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Sharp bends tho.