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I made a post a few days ago generally talking about how much I like this series. I decided to make at a post at the end of each season to write about things I liked or didn't like.

Since I did not do this for Season 1 or 2, I will post more generally about them and focus on Season 3.

Up until now, I still think everything has been great. Most episodes are good and I can't think of a single one that I would not rewatch.

Season 1 The first episode was really hard for me to get into due to the drastic differences between the characters and their movie counterparts. I also had trouble due to how silly the snake head costumes looked. It made the show feel like Power Rangers. I am happy that they hardly make an appearance again. At least not so much in season 3.

I typically make myself watch 3 to 5 episodes of shows that are highly recommended before making my decision about them, but episode 3 was difficult for me to get into and I quit Stargate for a few years at this point.

This year, I have been picking up an interest in history, especially ancient history. I am not sure what it was, but I decided to watch episode 4 and it was about Minoan's. Wow! I literally just read about them and with that I was sucked into the show.

I also liked episode 9 where there is something that ages the population. I particularly like it when Daniel was talking about Linear A. This is what I was reading about when I read about the Minoans, and I was so psyched I knew what he was talking about.

Just going back through the season 1 episodes listed on Wikipedia are bringing back tons of memories and really shows how great season 1 was.

Season 2 The introduction of the Tok'ra was great. I enjoyed the episodes and I like that Carter's dad was saved and became a member. Any time I see him appear in an episode, I know it will be good.

I do not think I have as many memories of season 2. Maybe it was not as good as season 1 and 3. I still didn't see a bad episode in the list, just nothing extremely special. I liked the episode where Teal'c starts to turn into an insect, but I bet that is not a fan favorite.

Season 3 I think the world really opens up in this season.

• Episode 2 "Seth" was really fun to watch. It's fun to think about cult leaders being aliens.

• Episode 5 "Learning Curve" was a bit dark, but it showed the kids just being normal kids after they transferred their knowledge. That is fine, but the show built it up to seem like the kids were being harmed in some way. I think this could have been a great episode, if there was some tragedy.

• Episode 8 "Demons" When I saw that they were going to use Christian gods for this episode, I was curious how they were going to pull it off without offending people. I'm not religious in any way, but I was still interested. When the demon was the devil, I realized that this was the safe way to do it. I was only half paying attention to this episode, but I got the impression that they could have escaped a few times but kept making bad choices.

• Episode 9 "Rules of Engagement" This was fun to watch, but I thought it was strange that the recording of Apophis dying was just accepted so easily.

• Episode 14 "Foothold" I really liked this one. At first, I thought it was aliens, then I started to think, "Oh, Carter is just affected by the chemicals." I kind of wish that would have been the story, but I still enjoyed it.

• Episode 15 "Pretense" Finally, there was a legal episode like we occasionally get in Trek. I thought the Goa'uld's argument was pretty weak, but I guess their plan was to stall and attack anyway. I'm happy the Vox didn't stay passive the entire time. I was kind of hoping the Tollan's would give Earth one of those cannons. I know they do not share tech, but maybe it could be manned by a person from that world.

• Episode 16 "Ergo" This was just a silly episode, but it was really fun.

• Episode 17 "A Hundred Days" This episode must have won some awards, the acting was great and the story was a bit heartbreaking. There is really an emotional conflict that I think people can relate to when watching it.

• Episode 18 "Shades of Grey" It was a great plot, but it should have been a two part episode. It was all rushed and resolved too quickly.

• Episode 19 "New Ground" This is my favorite episode so far. What a great concept. The leader of their military unit refusing to believe the evidence and not face it due to his faith is, sadly, quite believable. This is another episode that I think deserves some awards. I wish there was more help from the second in command girl who seemed to be open minded. They took someone back with them and I haven't seen him again. I wonder if he will make another appearance.

Conclusion The last few episodes were good, but nothing I particularly want to write about. I am looking forward to starting season 4 tonight after I finish work. If there is something else you would like me to include in these write-ups, please let me know. I will try to do one at the end of each season.

I’ve been binge watching sg-1 on and off for the past couple months.

I really love this show, I don’t think there really has been a bad episode yet.

I’m near the end of season 3 and I already feel like I watch to rewatch the series.

I watched the original movie by chance a few years ago and had trouble getting into sg-1 because the characters looked and acted nothing like their movie counterparts. But, I think, in season 2 I learned that it’s actually a different Jack O’neil.

Anyway, I plan to watch everything in the proper order, so please no spoilers 🙏

My brother said that he will watch an episode of Trek with me when I visit my family in October.

I am wonder what the best single episode to show him is. He has not seen anything Trek before.

I am thinking something that is newer, but not necessarily.

Anyway, what do you think would be good?

Does anyone genuinely like this? I was relieved to see it can be turned off.

One thing I noticed is that the inactive window gets a shadow on it. I wonder if that can also be turned off.

I was shocked at how quickly you can get your own wow server up and running.

Doing it through docker takes like 10 minutes if you are just a bit familiar with the command line and docker. (Both are really simple)

The guide says that’s good for just domestic use as you don’t have as many customization options, but it sounds like it will be great for my plane ride.

I’m really debating between these two screen sizes.

I mostly use my computer with a monitor, but will occasionally work on it in the kitchen when it in meetings.

My current laptop is 14” and I’m not sure how much of a difference 15” really is over the 13” model.

What is your experience?

If I get the 13” I might use the savings to get a 1tb hard drive which I think is important to me.

I use a windows computer for work with a usb-c to HDMI hub.

I needed to use my wife’s m1 air, and there was weird distortion on the screen. It was minimal, but noticeable.

I read that this can be a problem with m1 and m2 air models. I plan to get an m4 air in the next few months and I’m wondering if this model has any screen distortion problems on an external monitor.

I do not have distortion problems with any of my other computers using the same hub and wires, so I don’t think it’s a problem with them.

The title really says it all, but I’m self hosting world of Warcraft wrath of the lich king.

I’m just so shocked that it all works to be honest. It’s blowing my mind still.

I always want to play classic wow, but I play so infrequently that it’s not worth paying a subscription.

It never really occurred to me that I could just host my own server until chatgpt recommended that when I was researching things to self hosting.

It’s not public yet as my upload speeds are too slow.

I think I’m going to set the server up on my laptop so I can play wow while on my 14 hour flight coming up.

I’ve always played the game solo anyway due to my casualness.

I’m visiting my home country on the other side of the world in a few months and I want to load up my steamdeck.

I’m thinking of getting deus ex but the collection is just a bit more. Are these games good?

What other games do you recommended for 55 hours of traveling?

I’d love to see a new 2-D resident evil Metroidvania game. This game is basically already a metrovania in 3-D and I just think it could easily be adapted to the 2-D space.

I grew up watching Star Wars a few years before the prequels came out.

I loved it! I was a big Star Wars fan. I honestly almost completely lost interest in it after I became an even bigger Trek fan.

I’ve been playing Lego Star Wars and it’s been fun, but it made me realize that the stories all seem surface deep to me.

I get the movies from the 70s were not going to deep dive in Luke’s training, but in each film it’s just like, “And… you’re a Jedi master now.”

There are other races and we do not get to really learn much about them. I guess the Mandalorian filled that out some, but I couldn’t get into that show.

I guess this is more of a rant about how Star Wars feels like and empty shell of a series than something with more substance.

I really wish, that there was something that went deeper.

I have not watched all the Disney+ shows yet, but I might start Ahsoka or Andor tonight. I watched Obi Wan and liked it, I tried Mando 2 times and did not like it one bit.

I loved the Shadows of the Empire book.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45692012

I know this is going to be unpopular with some, but I am seriously considering a Mac and I am annoyed by the idea of it.

I NEED MacOS or Windows for my work. There is one application that does not work in Linux yet and there are no alternatives. It is a critical work application.

With that being said, you can probably guess that Linux is my preferred OS of choice.

I am currently using a Windows desktop for my work, but I do run into situations where I need a laptop. The laptop I am using now is a Thinkpad from 2021 with Fedora. I actually really love this computer. My only real complain is that the webcam is pretty garbage.

So, I think I need a new computer. My choices are Windows laptops which have decent pricing with good specs, or Apple which is extremely expensive for what you get.

I'm really annoyed with Windows' ads, bloat, and general lack of privacy; specifically Recall. On the other hand, it is hard to justify spending an extra $400 on a Macbook air just to get a 1tb hard drive. My work files alone take up a little more than 200gb.

I guess this is just a rant. I'm not looking for any solutions as what I am really looking is the ability to use Linux for my work which is not an option at the moment.