Reminds me of that line from fight club. "We cook your meals. We haul your trash. We connect your calls. We drive your ambulances. We guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us."
But we do so much more than that. You can't eat money.
But we do so much more than that. You can't eat money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcnQJd_XRQQ
I have a chapter in The Graysonian Ethic where I talk about my family, and I talk about my grandfather, who was a decorated war hero in WWII, the Italian theatre. He grew increasingly upset watching the free country he fought for become less free, and he died long before the woke era.
I can't help but think that we need to remember their sacrifice, and what they made that sacrifice for. They didn't do it because they hated Germany, they did it because they loved the countries they were a part of. The Germans were the enemy in combat, but they were considered other people just doing their job.
The other thing I remember is why the National Socialists were able to take over Germany; Everyone told the German people that they were monsters for decisions nobody outside the ruling class made, everyone told them to pay reparations for things they didn't personally do, and everyone in Germany suffered under those reparations. Tell everyone they're the devil long enough, and if some asshole with a tiny moustache says "No, we're good people and we're gonna fight back" then things got bad because they might've been good people, but he wasn't.
The way that the winners built up Japan and Germany after World War 2 was the epoch of wisdom, wisdom we've sadly lost to time.
Lest we forget, but we as a society have forgotten.
I have a chapter in The Graysonian Ethic where I talk about my family, and I talk about my grandfather, who was a decorated war hero in WWII, the Italian theatre. He grew increasingly upset watching the free country he fought for become less free, and he died long before the woke era.
I can't help but think that we need to remember their sacrifice, and what they made that sacrifice for. They didn't do it because they hated Germany, they did it because they loved the countries they were a part of. The Germans were the enemy in combat, but they were considered other people just doing their job.
The other thing I remember is why the National Socialists were able to take over Germany; Everyone told the German people that they were monsters for decisions nobody outside the ruling class made, everyone told them to pay reparations for things they didn't personally do, and everyone in Germany suffered under those reparations. Tell everyone they're the devil long enough, and if some asshole with a tiny moustache says "No, we're good people and we're gonna fight back" then things got bad because they might've been good people, but he wasn't.
The way that the winners built up Japan and Germany after World War 2 was the epoch of wisdom, wisdom we've sadly lost to time.
Lest we forget, but we as a society have forgotten.
You have to admit, the response was downright impressive!
Imagine, running over a little old lady with a horse, and when people start to get mad the response is "don't worry, the horse is okay!" -- that's the sort of thing that you couldn't put into a serious movie because it's just unrealistic.
Imagine, running over a little old lady with a horse, and when people start to get mad the response is "don't worry, the horse is okay!" -- that's the sort of thing that you couldn't put into a serious movie because it's just unrealistic.
[Admin Mode] server was down, baby got it's diaper off and peed on the server. Back up now but damn it stinks. The things I do for you effing people. (J/k)
I just found it in the pixels, like Michaelangelo found David within the slab of marble.
I've been exposed to the concept of "digital twin" before -- essentially, it's just creating a model of the real-world asset in digital form. For example, if you have an industrial plant with a motor, you might have one spot where you have all the information about that motor, any motor controls, and manuals, any drawings, all in one spot, and likely situated in a 3d model.
It won't change the world if you have proper recordkeeping already.
It won't change the world if you have proper recordkeeping already.
Confirmed? (I remember this issue. "I'm the Son of Sim" was this article where the guy acted like a serial killer in The Sims. Man, this was just a great magazine -- no wonder it died and PC Gamer survived...)
This magazine was great as something purely about the craft of video games. One of the columnists was Irrational Games' Ken Levine where he wrote a lot about the craft of making video games.
It was sad seeing it disappear, yet PC Gamer remains. 😠
It was sad seeing it disappear, yet PC Gamer remains. 😠
PC Accelerator was the undisputed king of "art" inside the pages (that may or may not get stuck together for no reason at all)
Who would blame the farmers? It's the fault of the fascistic central planners who have meddled directly in our lives without regard for the consequences.
It's true, but not in the way that they think.
Abortion is comparable to slavery, because a certain segment of the population considers another segment of the population to be less than human and therefore you can do whatever you want with them.
You have two factions: those who consider all human life as sacred, and those who think you can pick and choose who is worthy of being protected with basic human rights.
The right people won last time. And now they won again.
Abortion is comparable to slavery, because a certain segment of the population considers another segment of the population to be less than human and therefore you can do whatever you want with them.
You have two factions: those who consider all human life as sacred, and those who think you can pick and choose who is worthy of being protected with basic human rights.
The right people won last time. And now they won again.
Listen here, you conspiracy theorist. We know smoking is safe. The government told us that smoking is safe.
Oh sorry
Asbestos is safe the government told us that asbestos was safe.
Oh sorry
Thalidomide is safe the government told us that thalidomide is safe
Oh sorry
Please ignore those other examples, of course what I meant to say is that the vaccines are safe, the government told us that the vaccines are safe.
Oh sorry
Asbestos is safe the government told us that asbestos was safe.
Oh sorry
Thalidomide is safe the government told us that thalidomide is safe
Oh sorry
Please ignore those other examples, of course what I meant to say is that the vaccines are safe, the government told us that the vaccines are safe.
Part of the problem of the past decade has been directly related to the fact that those video games are huge business.
The problem isn't necessarily that they're released broken (they often aren't compared to the releases of the past), but the fact that all their sharp edges have been sanded down by massive teams.
Look at Daggerfall from the 1990s. It was massive, it was janky, it had systems that didn't help, and other systems that were massively overpowered, but it felt like anything could happen because there was interesting stuff to discover.
Look at The latest Bethesda creations. Much more polished, much more streamlined, but you really feel like they put all their best cars on the table in the first 20 minutes of gameplay. There aren't really many surprises at all.
The problem isn't necessarily that they're released broken (they often aren't compared to the releases of the past), but the fact that all their sharp edges have been sanded down by massive teams.
Look at Daggerfall from the 1990s. It was massive, it was janky, it had systems that didn't help, and other systems that were massively overpowered, but it felt like anything could happen because there was interesting stuff to discover.
Look at The latest Bethesda creations. Much more polished, much more streamlined, but you really feel like they put all their best cars on the table in the first 20 minutes of gameplay. There aren't really many surprises at all.
Not really...
"My new game console is mostly a fully intact but non-functional 1957 Chevy Bel Air with a raspberry pi mounted in the driver's side door. You plug the pi into power and hdmi and some controllers and you can play games! You need to cut the front of your house off and use a fork life to place it in front of your TV"
"Why would you have that?"
"IT'S GAMES THATS A STUPID QUESTION STFU"
The question of "Why would I want this" is a good one to answer if you expect someone else to give you money for it...
"My new game console is mostly a fully intact but non-functional 1957 Chevy Bel Air with a raspberry pi mounted in the driver's side door. You plug the pi into power and hdmi and some controllers and you can play games! You need to cut the front of your house off and use a fork life to place it in front of your TV"
"Why would you have that?"
"IT'S GAMES THATS A STUPID QUESTION STFU"
The question of "Why would I want this" is a good one to answer if you expect someone else to give you money for it...
People who work with automation understand that you have to be very careful with automation. Everything seems fine and dandy until something unexpected happens.
AI is more A than I.
AI is more A than I.
