charonn0

joined 2 years ago
 
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 2 days ago

Man it sure is crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 6 points 3 days ago

It's pretty much as clean going into the pipe as it is coming out. Water pipes are kept pressurized so that any cracks or breaks push water out instead of letting contaminants in.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago

My mom's early 90's minivan. I think it was a Voyager.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 40 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Me over here in my Spaceballs shirt.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago

I bet they have good weed, though.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 12 points 1 week ago

"Privacy" in the modern sense is less about protecting you from personal embarrassment or financial loss, and more about protecting society from the dangers of mass data collection.

Historical examples of mass datasets that were misused:

  • The Nazis used demographic records (birth, death, marriage records, etc.) to identify Jews and other undesirables in conquered countries.
  • Japanese Americans were identified for internment in part through illegal use of census information.
  • The Rwanda genocide was facilitated by tribal information being printed on drivers licenses.

In none of these examples were the data collected for the evil purposes it was eventually used for. In some cases, the evil purposes were completely forbidden by the rules governing the data, but they were used anyway.

Information is a form of knowledge. Knowledge is power. And power in the wrong hands is dangerous.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When in doubt, shut up.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago

Not all species reproduce sexually. Not all sexual reproduction involves pairs.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

I got a contact sugar high just from clicking that link.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

The problem is that an AI built to maximize paperclips might conclude that converting the planet to paperclips is an acceptable cost of maximizing paperclip production. It might understand why humans think it's bad to convert the planet, but disagree. It would need to be explicitly programmed to prioritize human life over paperclips.

otherwise we would just switch it off

If it were super-intelligent, it could probably trick us into leaving it turned on.

 

I've been listening to X-Minus-One episodes for the last few days and am really starting to appreciate the radio play format. Some of the stories are pretty dated, being from the 40's and 50's, but a lot of them still hold up if you're a little forgiving on the science details.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Odd that they never re-filled the whale tank

 
 

It would have included loops of Star Trek sound effects, but Paramount lawyers said no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Satriani#Musical_themes

Thank you for your attention, Bajoran workers. This mandatory cultural appreciation moment has been noted on your time cards and will be deducted from your food ration.

 
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