This would be the most stupid and inefficient biological weapon. Again, we have the vaccine AND the cure.

Erm, Actually. It’s obvious they’re still researching the Suppression and Sympto-Statis gene tech so they can sneak the plague into other countries without panic.

You casuals wouldn’t understand. 😏 /s

I was contracted to work for a non-profit that helped teachers write and analyze student test scores for a few years. The non-profit ended when the CEO sold the company to another education company. The new education company has contracts with the department of defense in my country.

When I reflect upon the outcome. It would seem that the department of defense now has direct access to many more students who test scores are low. All lined up and analyzed. And I’m the one that automated the deployment of that system. I just quietly took my checks until my contract was no longer renewed.

From my point of view I did build a small part of the web. And I stood around and did nothing while the web/company/people around me were being consolidated. While the department of defense freely browsed some of the most vulnerable children/students in the country because they know poorer testing students are more likely to join the military for money.

A lot of people are going to die because of that analysis system in my opinion; And to me, that means I am responsible.

I accidentally stumbled upon the Wikipedia article about Sad Clowns when I was looking for that picture of the happy/sad face from theater.

I have mixed feelings about what I read today. :|

Collective ownership would likely be the solution there.

Why yes I do believe you are correct. In my opinion Collective Ownership of the means of production would be a great solution here. We could like… Build greenhouses around the data centers! Or even better; Build the greenhouses upwards over the data centers. Five story greenhouse heck yeah.

Or we could just you know… stop using the data centers. :|

p.s Why do we not capture the steam coming out of nuclear reactors cooling towers? I’m to lazy to look it up.

I am personally a fan of how well the fighting game community knows each other. I hear Sajam’s name come up al lot. I think the dude hosts fighting game tournaments?

Since this is a games thread. I heard fighting games explained like: “In fighting games there’s only you. No teammates to mess you up. No fancy maps to mess with you. Just you vs another person. No one to blame for your failure but yourself.”

Sounded like a neat perspective. Personally I just like play Mai

Woah ya’ll chill. I’m pretty sure it’s a widely studied topic that gambling (winning a bunch of money) and cocaine cause the same parts of the brain to fire.

Nah nah nah; Insurance is like preem gammbling.

For example insurance companies couldn’t pay everyone back after Hurrican Katrina. First come first serve I guess. :P

To my understanding insurance companies isolate areas so if that area gets hit hard. The insurance company just files bankruptcy in the area and moves on..

You gamble with which bookie (insurance company) you choose. You gamble when you choose where to live. You gamble how fast you can make your insurance claim. This shit is gambling through and through. And we (“The Common Person”) are getting fleeced.

“You should never grade Evils, because if one is the worst, you might be tempted kinship with the least.”

People don’t think it is like it is. But it do . Sure reality has edge cases and exeptions… but yeee

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Sweet Dreams Dear Prince

I’ll remember to play one of my favorite Halo Songs at your funeral.

Uh… I mean press F to pay respects. o7

No that wasnt it.

The video took place in an office. 2 people were in the office. I feel like the main person looked like or was Zack Gilifanakis.

Every minute the clock would announce the new time. He ended up talk to the other lady in the room about how some person on the floor above exploded or blew up or something?

I was a short skit. Only a few minutes long.

There is also Flashpoint for flash games if steam is unavailable your country.

I guess I’ll be the devil’s advocate today. 😈

I’ve seen some pretty serious phone “servers”.

I personally think that turning a phone into a device that can stay on 24/7 should be easy enough.

Finding software that works on your phone’s hardware… that’s a whole different beast. 😬

Ahhh one of my favorites. The Iron Cage of Bureaucracy

I saw a funny video of an example. But I cannot remember the name for it. I tried searching for it once but failed. The conficlt was about some dude that exploded.

How topical, I wager I could use AI to find the video. 😏

To me, what makes LLMs unsafe is they are nondeteramistic.

If I remember correctly; Nondetermanistic means the LLM can, could, and will have different answers/outcomes for the same question.

Just tell the courts AI was used to crack the denuvo and AI being able to do that isn’t copyright infringement. 😏

Early Access, Beta, 1.0 release… It’s all just a stay of mind to me.

Now-a-days software is either being actively developed; Or it’s sunsetted and ends up in the hands of retro enthusiasts.

No reality is not so black and white and there are exceptions. Yadda yadda yadda…

Your determination is admirable. 🫡