It’s exaggerated but yes, this map really reminds me of many large Chinese cities. It’s probably true every major city has a People’s Square. I think the map is based on Beijing.
These two had the misfortune of being in the grey zone between background and supporting characters. It’s fine for a show not to focus on the bridge crew (who’s at the helm on the Cerritos?) but Detmer and Owosekun got a raw deal because sometimes it seemed like they were gonna have some character development. Like in season 3 that Detmer had this bizarre beef with Stamets out of nowhere, and that was probably the only episode where she got more than a couple of lines.
I’m not surprised that the actresses chose their other projects (they were probably at the bottom of the totem poll of the show in terms of pay).
I probably wouldn’t have noticed they were missing, but in episode 3 Michael introduced Rayner to the crew and said “You’ll meet Owosekun, Detmer and the rest of the crew in a little bit”, and then later Tilly said “I’ll send Commander Owosekun in”, off screen of course. Lame.
It caught me by surprise. When they filmed the short trek some years ago there was a university-wide email about filming going on, but this time nothing.
Both DSC and SNW are filmed in Toronto, and we’ve seen landmarks from the city before (e.g. Aga Khan Museum, Ontario Place); and of course “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” took place entirely in the city in the 2020s and featured it heavily.
吃鸡 literally means “eat chicken” but it’s just an expression and here it refers to gaming. Like “eat crow” is an English idiom that makes no sense if translated literally to other languages.
Borg for backup. I’m really surprised it’s not more widely known. It’s an incredible piece of software.
Also, not really lesser known software, but a lesser known feature of file systems including the ones we use in FOSS operating systems: extended file attributes - useful to add metadata to files without modifying them.
It’s interesting, but I don’t think viewing order has to be chronological. If someone is adamant about watching everything, I’d recommend they go by production order.