HatDesk

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I like Star Trek, Death Stranding, sitcoms, my bike, my motorcycle I never ride, and other stuff.

Imax says it rebuilt as many film projectors as possible in-house, but some obsolete parts made it virtually impossible to find manufacturers because the components are complex to produce and the market is too small. The effort ultimately resulted in 41 Imax 70mm locations worldwide for “The Odyssey,” up from 30 for “Oppenheimer” (a net increase of 11 after one projector was lost during the process).
But this time, his employer didn't take well to the Al's input. "I expressed my concerns directly to my supervisor and the company owner," said the tech worker. "Shortly afterward, I found myself unemployed."
A Star Trek TAS title card with the title "A Kappa Barony."
A capybara themed mechanical pencil on a white bicycle seat.
A Space Shuttle crashed into the rear of a shuttlepod from Star Trek Enterprise, making a kitbash monstrosity.
“As with a real socialist societies, there is no independent entrepreneurship, no economic dynamism, no driven iconoclastic creativity in Star Trek future society.”
A ship board phaser weapon mounted on a gimbal attached to a fixed control station, beamed down to Talos IV to blast a mysterious door. From TOS episode “The Cage”.
The actual US Navy Defiant YT-804, a Valiant-class harbor tugboat.
Corvette C8 interior with its notable linear arrangement of buttons along a central divider, angled slightly to the driver.
Triton Submarine’s bubble submarine.
An early attempt at a hull for the Jutland, with all sorts of lozenge shape hulls, and most notably a couple tries at placing a saucer.
Concept drawing for the Jutland class, a battleship in the style of the Enterprise from Star Trek the original series.
David Rose, from Schitt’s Creek, in his lightning bolt sweater.
Enterprise-D neck with three extra torpedo tubes. It should be capable of launching 20 torpedoes in one volley, since the single tube can simultaneously launch 5.
VHS scan distorted image of General Gowron on the bridge of the USS Enterprise-D yelling, eyes characteristically bulging. Subtitles state, “everyone was harmed during the making of this video.”
Rich guy with all the cookies in the world telling the guy with one cookie the foreign guy with no cookie is going to steal his cookie.
A fleet of badass Starfleet ships launching dozens of warp nacelles as missiles, and firing a spinal mount kamehameha wave motion phaser.
1. Developing In-House Expertise. The Federal Governmetn should have an agency that is responsible for rail project planning and design that does not rely on the expertise of outside consultants. It is not inherenty within the interests of the private entities to keep costs down. With in-house expertise comes the ability to make snensible tradeoffs between performance and cost as well as demand a higher standard from contractors. Where internal experitise does not exist, technology transfer agreements should be put in place so that expertise can be grown internally. 2. valuing Technical Scoring in the Bidding Process. Bids should be highly weighted towards technical expertise as that is highly correlated with successful project delivery. This Reduces the likelihood of a party underbidding and escalating their prices after the bid has been won. 3. Employing Itemized Contracts. Contracts are tendered out knowing the quantity of each item and its agreed upon price. Price lists with floors and ceiliings help in evaluting whether a bid is realistic or not. Itemized contracts prevent change orders from causing lengthy delays due to disagreements and litigation. 4. Segmenting Projects Into SMaller Contracts. Diving a large public works project into smaller contracts helps foster competition and creates redundancy in case of one of the contractors fails. 5. Establishing a Labour Agreement for the Duration of the Project. This creates certainty when it comes to costs and constuction timelines. 6. Establishing Consistent Codes and Standards for the Duration of the project. This adds certainty and reduces the likelihood of costly projects alterations and delays. 7. Generating Greater Public Awareness of the Project. Providing transparency and frequent updates helps maintain support for the project and keeps those involved honest.
23rd century battleship WIP. It uses an unusual all-or-nothing arrangement with defenses and main armaments focused ventrally, and command sections focused dorsally.
Captain Kirk in his car.
Guinen with a signature large brim hat, and engineering section of the Enterprise-D below her neck, likening her large hat to the saucer of the Enterprise-D.
Apparently the Essex class has ten rearfacing double-tube torpedo launchers hidden behind sliding doors. Who knew! Thank you unknown Warthunder leaker.
An image captured from a VHS cassette and distorted at the top due to being paused. It is Gowron forcefully explaining that, "everyone was harmed during the making of this video."
A photo of what I assume is the original model for Star Trek The Original Series' space station K7.
Gowron's eyes luridly pulse and stare through your soul to your warrior spirit. You cannot look away, you are mesmerized. Only thoughts of glorious victory fill your mind. Throughout your being rings one word. Qapla'!