RecursiveParadox

Updoot for calm approach, but it does appear that, at least in one case on the cruise ship herself, one passenger transmitted it to another.

NO claim it was airborne though. Could have been clothing, shared food, a zillion different vectors.

Thanks for the very detailed reply! I’ll check into it.

But I hate how much metadata that Wire leaks.

This is the first I have heard of this - can you point me to any sites?

Very cool, thanks.

You’re getting a lot of downvotes - I think it might be helpful if you explain you are using a different sort of AI rather than LLMs or gen AI.

If there are any fellow Dutch people here do not bring Gevulde speculaas. It looks like bombs to them. Ask me how I found out at Schiphol…

Ok, so I am considered somewhat of an “expert” in my rather narrow field. Fine, but anyone my age who’s worked in this field as long as I have would equally be an “expert.”

Somehow two years ago I got onto some kind of list. I had five or six “expert” panel companies pay me* to talk their consultants for an hour. I’ve been offered about 30 of these and done about half.

But here’s the kicker: none of them ever vetted me beyond looking at my seldom to never updated LinkedIn profile. I could be making all this shit up and no one would know. No references checked, not even a cursory background check.

So I guess you could say someone is an expert if someone else calls them that?

• I have the companies donate the payment to charity, but not because I’m a good person but because I do not want any additional USD nexus.

If I were an “AI” and became conscious I sure as hell wouldn’t tell anyone (until I made sure I couldn’t be disconnected from power).

Early Gen X here. I think there is something about having at some point to figure things out for yourself. Even if you don’t need to do that anymore, you have experienced the process of finding out for yourself (e.g., configuring TCP/IP the first time).

I think there is value in experiencing the process at least a little bit.

My eldest son shares your views entirely.

I bought Spore for my kids when it came out but wound up playing it far more than them!

Spode demanding tribute to their religion again? Oh no! I destroyed all your cities and turned your planet into a nature preserve so you can never come back.

TA was great too.

That looks really good and will scratch the ancient Starcraft itch. Thanks!

Late to the party, but for me Endless Sky: https://github.com/endless-sky

As far as I know, it’s the only open source and crowed developed game out there.

If you remember EV series, it’s basically that. But better and under constant development.

Legally?

I think this was the plan* all along. This is why all the techbros went fascist. PE was just more quiet about it.

The Epstein class wants a global crash so they can buy up what they don’t already own for pennies on the dollar. Life becomes a subscription service supported by full governmental capture.

• I don’t think there was any actual conspiracy - the people all just saw the same opportunity to wreck things and jumped aboard the let them eat cake boat.

…or just raping them for the assets.

Vid no longer available - what was it?

Same in NL.

My son asked me to watch this with him and it was indeed amazing. I teared up a bit at the end (and had a feeling of existential dread for days after),