You could just download it, no need to actually print the thing for no reason

I would buy a larger drive to do that though, just to say I did

I thought the second one was weak, the third one was ok though

The new one is just the first one redone… The parallels were so forced though so hard the message was drowned out

The writing is great, it’s where they meet Hollywood that the films start to flag. I mean, even from the premise - the machines using us as batteries is stupid, the original idea of them using us as processors is way better

I follow laws mainly because of my own sense of morality - I don’t kill, I steal only when I feel I need to, and I don’t commit fraud because these things are obviously generally wrong.

I follow stupid laws (such as needing insurance, paying income taxes, or not speeding) out of fear of punishment. These are issues I’ll basically never have, because I’m good at driving and don’t make enough to affect state level operations

Not really… Think networking, not gameplay

The easiest to get past all the NAT (or weirder networking) is to just have everyone connect to a server and pass the data through the right connection. It’s quick and dirty, but you can do your routing on the application layer

I’m not sure that’s what they are doing, but it makes sense based on the details I’ve seen

That’s really easy. Never let go of the joy of learning, and take pride in admitting your mistakes.

It’s that simple. When you’re told there’s another way, your first reaction should be curiosity

I think in thoughts. It boggled my mind to learn this isn’t how everyone thinks

Like, I don’t have a running narrative in my head - words bubble up, but it’s just like muttering, just occasional words. I only try to put them into sentences when I’m talking or imagining talking - like everything I write.

I don’t read like this, which is part of why I’ll terrible with names - if I read a book, I don’t know how to say or spell a character’s name until I try

If I had to describe it, it’s like memories. If you think elephant, you might see an elephant, you might hear the word elephant - but on some level you also probably think about things related to the concept. Like memories of seeing an elephant, elephant facts, other African animals

That bundled concept is elephant to me - the word is how you say it, I can get the impression of looking at an elephant, I can hear their cry - but at the center of this web of details is an elephant

I build my thoughts by chaining these concepts together, and where they fit together is the main thread of the train of thought - I can then move my focus across this thread and the hanging threads to solve problems

Things just click together or they don’t

If you tell me you feel like an elephant (and I have no idea what that could mean) I’d take the two concepts and try to draw threads between them. I cycle through concepts that feel in between them - elephant in the room, large/imposing, unforgiving, powerful - these loosely fit from elephant to your mental state. And from the other side, ugly, isolated/seen as an outsider/problem, or maybe you mean you literally feel like an elephant in a human body

Threads link between them or they don’t, maybe I’m missing an intermediate concept I haven’t yet associated with either and I have no idea what you mean

And that’s how I think. If I had to link it to a sense, it’s like proprioception - I’m moving through my thoughts and linking together connections, but it’s my my own mind I’m moving through and around me

But ultimately, it’s not words - there are concepts I don’t know how to label, although words help me identify concepts

Yes. Because all my life, we’ve been frogs in a steadily warming pot, and the heat has been cranked up to max

People are angry. People are protesting, doing vandalism with a prison sentence longer then murder, people are raging at their futures being cut off

Everything creates a reaction. The worse is gets, the faster it gets worse, the larger the reaction.

The best future is the one where people get so angry we stop. That’s all it takes to kill the game - if enough people, even for a short time, stop playing - it all stops

The world is robust. Humans are robust. If we stopped killing both, everything could recover shockingly fast

Things will get worse, things are very bad already, but it’s not over. I feel lighter every time the stock market drops, because it’s imaginary but the hurt is real.

The more and faster the hurt, the more people will wake the fuck up and stop this

All depends on how much you value your job

If you want to keep your job, assuming the company is omniscient is smart

In reality, most corporations are cutting staff all the time at this point. They might have automated systems looking for porn, but for stupid grug questions? Doubtful. If a human sees it? Will they fire you? Honestly, coin flip.

I don’t get how things like this don’t get more attention… This whole thing was insane, but it literally did nothing to his career

I found it super cool. It’s dreamlike… There’s no enemies so it didn’t feel like a nightmare, just like playing a game in a dream

I have a simple rule - if someone makes me feel something positive, I tell them. It started when I was hanging out with friends downtown and a girl ran up to compliment my shoes, then immediately walked off. It felt great, especially because she left before I could wonder what her angle was

So now, I make a point to speak up. If someone says something funny I overhear, I tell them I thought so. If I think they had a cool shirt, I say so. Then I just go back to my own business

Ah, true… Although the inverse is true too

LMAO XD I thought that was a typo, nah cows are herd based, I don’t think they even truly have territories the same way

But yeah, crows are dope

I don’t know of any documentaries, there’s probably some stuff on YouTube. It is really interesting learning about crow social structures through, we’re looking at it from the outside, but it sure sounds like some form of basic government to me

Is “quiet quitting” now malicious compliance? Because it sure sounds like this dude did his job properly… One of the most important bits being he didn’t antagonize the judge for no reason

This guy is representing a government department, and has been told nothing. What is he supposed to do, endlessly delay and make up shit to fall on the sword for a client that won’t take this seriously?

Yes, it should. Artists should be able to live without justifying their existence to the economy, everyone should… And then they could make money on their creations, and if someone came along who could use their characters better, then oh well… They still get to eat. But the original creator is usually be better at making their OC… And companies are the ones who usually hold the copyright even if a single employee made it

So fuck it, I’d rather make sure everyone can eat and have a home first, but if we did it in the opposite order the damage would be minimal to individual artists

Language is an interesting one… It seems like everywhere we look for language, we find it

And not just signaling systems or rudimentary understanding - everyone has a name, there’s animals in the wild that are bilingual across species, and this is symbolic abstract language. There’s animals out there with governmental systems - like crows, they have fucking trials and negotiate territory

Not just impressive… Like, unique and so OP a group of humans could take out a lion. Large cats are the most OP things on the planet, and at best they can pick off isolated humans…a group of humans with just random rocks can kill anything on land. And we also make things to throw

And this is like our secondary skill - we’re persistence hunters and skilled omnivores first

But like… You can just trigger your reaction yourself. It’s like when you sit there trying to learn to wiggle your ears or shake your eyes… You just have to try flexing muscles you don’t have in the right area until you get it right

I guess I’ve never really talked to anyone about it, but you can program your own reactions. Then you can tell your body to do it - not move, but tell your body to do the sequence.

I have an airsoft gun I use to practice it sometimes even, holding it at my side I tell my body to pick one of a few cans, snap it up and fire. I look down the sights, but not consciously - i get a flash frame of the view down the sights, but I’ve already heard the hit before i can process it

It’s like when a martial artist breaks a board - they line it up and run through the motion, but sometimes they pause for whatever amount of time… You don’t move your arm, you execute a punch, and not even you know exactly when you’re going to move

Press your middle finger against your thumb. Pull the middle finger down, but barely stop it with your thumb. Play with that hand movement