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Any Prime Directive was broken a long time ago when a stargate was plopped down on the planet and someone using it claimed themselves as gods. SG-1 shouldn’t even be wandering around if anyone was adhering to rules from the beginning.
SG-1 is a great show to watch, especially lately - it makes you feel like there might still be people that care about the world.
Just when you get to the episodes where the meddling civilian oversight committees screws everything up until the brave military breaks the law to save the day, be sure you don’t learn the lesson they’re trying to teach you.
Depends on what lesson you think they’re trying to teach. “When you know the right thing to do, don’t let people use rules and obstructions to stop you from doing it.” can be a good lesson.
Throughout history, a terrible number of people have died because some zealot thought they were doing the right thing.
If a police officer “knows” someone is guilty, what do you think about breaking the rules to ensure they are punished?
Rule .366. Ability begets responsibility.
Anyone know where I can stream SG-1? It’s been an age lol
Pluto.tv has a legal 24/7 stream if you’re in the usa
Very late response but thank you, I tried them earlier and it seemed to not have it so I’ll check again!
Ah I ended up on the Canadian Pluto site 🤦
yandex is a russian search engine with very little filtering. If you type the name of any show (and the magic words: “watch online”) , the first results are usually free websites for watching whatever
Awesome, I will check it out, thanks!!
If you (or anyone else that’s reading this) are going to do illegal and questionable shit on the Internet, you might as well go whole hog and set up your own piracy and content distribution system on your home network.
1). First and foremost, you need to do this shit behind a VPN. You’re specifically looking for a VPN with port forwarding so you’ll get better download speeds on your torrents. I’m using ProtonVPN because when I was setting my rig up for the first time about a year ago, that was the top recommendation. Just do a little research and type in “best VPN for torrenting” into your favorite search engine. Set up your VPN as instructed. You’ll want to make special note of the “openvpn” username/password. You’ll need it later.
2). Next, you’ll need hardware. While any old laptop that’s been sitting around collecting dust is probably fine, you’ll run out of storage on it pretty fast if you want anything more than a few shows and movies. If you’re running out of storage space, I would recommend a Network Attached Storage device (NAS). There’s lots of brands to choose from, but I’m partial to Synology.
3). Next (regardless of hardware) you’ll want to be familiar with Docker and the container model. Essentially, containers allow you to run a little piece of software in a self contained virtual environment. All you have to do is tell docker the containers’ dependencies and configuration and it’ll spin up the container you ask for it.
4). Next you’ll want to get smart on the arr stack. This is a set of services that run in docker containers that can completely automate your piracy activities. At a high level, you specify the TV shows and movies you’re interested in, then the arr stack will search for the torrent, download it, and move it to where your content distribution service is scanning for new media.
5). Not sure where else to put this, but I’d recommend gluetun for the VPN client (this is where you’ll need your openvpn credentials), qBittorent for your torrent client and Jellyfin for your media distribution. These are all services that can run in Docker containers. I’d recommend using the docker containers from https://fleet.linuxserver.io/ since they tend to standardize the configuration of their docker containers.
Resources:
https://old.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/rikthc/list_of_recommended_vpns_2022/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread
https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki
It’s a lot to distill from into a single Lemmy comment, but hopefully this sets you on the right path!
Much later on the reply but wanted to give this the attn it deserved - thanks for sharing this! Seems like I’m already halfway down this rabbit hole without realizing it haha: I already have a Proton VPN, and had been looking at a NAS for home streaming… dangerous rabbit hole to go down! I’ll dig into this, though it seems like I have a lot of learning (and limited technical knowledge lol). Thanks again!
Nice! Let me know if you get stuck on anything. I don’t mind helping or being a rubber duck!
Haha you rock, thanks! The rubber duck was a great first lesson. Esp. since it’s alternative name is confessional 😂
This is a great comment, thank you!
Drag is worried about “no gods, no masters”. It fucking slaps, it sounds great. There’s a lot of emotion in it that’s perfectly communicated.
But… Gods being oppressors is a very European view. Do you think Navajo are oppressed by Coyote? Do you think Yindjibarndi view the Rainbow Serpent as a tyrant? What about Maui, is he exacting tithes from the Maori like the Vatican do? Is Anansi hurting the Akan?
Odin and Zeus were pieces of shit, but the idea of gods as tyrants is a view almost exclusive to the areas of the world that had humans as tyrants; the old world. And not even all of it even, the Buddha never ruled over anyone.
Drag worries that “no gods no masters” is pushing an overwhelmingly white stereotype of religion and harming members of religions that don’t have oppressive gods.
The phrase is about hierarchy. Any metaphysical claim can be used to create a “power over” relationship. If a metaphysical belief causes an individual to behave differently a “power over” relationship has been established.
I sense Noble Savage and Orientalism in drags arguments. Why are “power over” relationships stemming from religion only a “white” person problem? Is drag familiar with the Rohingya and their oppressors?
Any metaphysical claim can be used to create a “power over” relationship
But not every metaphysical claim is. There are plenty of metaphysical beings even in European mythology who aren’t tyrants or even leaders of anyone. Jormungandr is terribly powerful, but he doesn’t rule the world, he just eats it. He doesn’t oppress anyone until Ragnarok. And it’s not just because he’s an animal. The Dryads aren’t out here building empires, they just want to be left alone with their trees. Cú Chulainn is a supernaturally good warrior with the Hulk’s superpowers, but he doesn’t oppress anyone. In fact, when he kills Chulainn’s dog, he offers to be the man’s hound until he finds a new one. That’s humility and respect for other people.
The gods were created by people. And people create gods that match what they see in life. Life is good and life is bad. Gods are good and gods are bad. Gods will be worse in a more oppressive culture, and gods will be better in a less hierarchical culture. There’s no doubt that the culture of the people who enslaved the world is worse than the culture of their victims. It’s not “noble savage” thinking to say that. It’s not that people who don’t have kings are better than “normal” people. People who don’t have kings ARE normal people. Living in a feudalistic or capitalist society is weird and bad. Anarcho-communism is the way humans naturally live.
And besides, the Mayans gave the Europeans a run for their money in the “sucking and having authoritarian gods” department.
I see drags argument for benign Gods using various contexts. Drag seems to be knowledgable about religions. I am as unqualified to determine a benevolent or malevolent religion as I am a king. Thereby “no gods, no masters” captures my incompetence in knowing when to allow another power over me.
Would the prime directive apply if SG-1 is interacting with humans originally sourced and trafficked from Earth?
assuming we’re talking about some interdimensional shenanigans where the two universes meet: the federation would presumably have to treat the SG universe as separate from themselves, since they have naquadah nukes and stuff which makes it slightly annoying for the federation to claim that this earth falls under federation government. Not to mention civil unrest and stuff.
depending on if we’re on a point in the timeline before they acquire hyperdrive or not (assuming the hyperdrive effectively counts as the same as a warp drive for prime directive purposes) the prime directive might not apply just because it would be a prewarp culture interacting with another prewarp culture.
I think it’s fair to say the prime detective in Stargate would involve Stargates and not warp drives.
P90 vs space blaster stick.
P90 WINS!
Damn, someone should’ve told Dr. Frasier that it’s just a weapon of terror…
I mean… a weapon of terror still has to, y’know, kill people… it’s not very terrifying if it doesn’t.
it’s like a balisong: it looks very intimidating when you flourish it, you can of course kill people with it since it is a knife and people generally dislike knives in their lungs, but you’re more likely to cut your fingers than anything else.
