Arthur C. Clarke prescient?
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[Chinese Rover to Investigate ‘Mysterious Hut’ Spotted on Far Side of Moon](https://gizmodo.com/chinese-rover-to-investigate-mysterious-hut-spotted-o-1848165985) (Probably a case of 'We need news! Let's make an article out of five pixels!" But still fun!)
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[Chinese Rover to Investigate ‘Mysterious Hut’ Spotted on Far Side of Moon](https://gizmodo.com/chinese-rover-to-investigate-mysterious-hut-spotted-o-1848165985) (Probably a case of 'We need news! Let's make an article out of five pixels!" But still fun!)
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We didn't get our Jetsons cars, but we did get the cyberpunk dystopia we were promised.
Real programmers use butterflies
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We didn't get our Jetsons cars, but we did get the cyberpunk dystopia we were promised.
Real programmers use butterflies
I would have much rather had the Jetson cars over the present dystopia!
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I would have much rather had the Jetson cars over the present dystopia!
The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++
I feel like, at least I'm well positioned for it some ways? I just don't want to become part of the problem. (And here I'm being serious). No more worker monitoring and "productivity" apps for me because of how they are abused. No weapons software or hardware. No work for the military since their primary function revolves around weapons so even support is still to that end. And I'm very careful about government anything - primarily limiting myself to energy projects and such if I had to pin it down right now. It limits my employment prospects, but everyone has their lines, and their reasons. I don't judge others for the most part for not having the same lines I do - I think there's a lot of room for people to decide what they're willing to take part in without me having to weigh in on it. Some people don't eat meat. You know? All of that is because for me, those things contribute to our encroaching dystopia given I believe that we are being forced to adapt as a species to technology, rather than the other way around as often as not, if not more often. It's biting us in the backside collectively often enough that we're clearly not ready for it even as we must be. I don't want to accelerate the problem. I'd rather harness what we have, and learn how to use it more effectively. Sometimes I think our (dis)information age is killing us. Tech is a double edged sword. I'm not afraid of it, but then I'm not afraid of guns by themselves either. It's more about who is wielding them and how much I trust them. But that's me being serious. I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, because I haven't put in the work to make a clear moral argument for my position. I just go with what I can live with at the end of the day, where the above is concerned. *hides* Edit: lots of edits. i need more coffee. it's one of those days.
Real programmers use butterflies
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[Chinese Rover to Investigate ‘Mysterious Hut’ Spotted on Far Side of Moon](https://gizmodo.com/chinese-rover-to-investigate-mysterious-hut-spotted-o-1848165985) (Probably a case of 'We need news! Let's make an article out of five pixels!" But still fun!)
The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++
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I would have much rather had the Jetson cars over the present dystopia!
The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++
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[Chinese Rover to Investigate ‘Mysterious Hut’ Spotted on Far Side of Moon](https://gizmodo.com/chinese-rover-to-investigate-mysterious-hut-spotted-o-1848165985) (Probably a case of 'We need news! Let's make an article out of five pixels!" But still fun!)
The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++
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I feel like, at least I'm well positioned for it some ways? I just don't want to become part of the problem. (And here I'm being serious). No more worker monitoring and "productivity" apps for me because of how they are abused. No weapons software or hardware. No work for the military since their primary function revolves around weapons so even support is still to that end. And I'm very careful about government anything - primarily limiting myself to energy projects and such if I had to pin it down right now. It limits my employment prospects, but everyone has their lines, and their reasons. I don't judge others for the most part for not having the same lines I do - I think there's a lot of room for people to decide what they're willing to take part in without me having to weigh in on it. Some people don't eat meat. You know? All of that is because for me, those things contribute to our encroaching dystopia given I believe that we are being forced to adapt as a species to technology, rather than the other way around as often as not, if not more often. It's biting us in the backside collectively often enough that we're clearly not ready for it even as we must be. I don't want to accelerate the problem. I'd rather harness what we have, and learn how to use it more effectively. Sometimes I think our (dis)information age is killing us. Tech is a double edged sword. I'm not afraid of it, but then I'm not afraid of guns by themselves either. It's more about who is wielding them and how much I trust them. But that's me being serious. I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, because I haven't put in the work to make a clear moral argument for my position. I just go with what I can live with at the end of the day, where the above is concerned. *hides* Edit: lots of edits. i need more coffee. it's one of those days.
Real programmers use butterflies
If it makes you feel any better, I do know some Trumpers who bought into quite a lot of the bullshit who are now starting to delve deeper, and see that they were sold a bag of crap. Specifically, they went to Mike Lindel's site and actually looked at the attachments for the Supreme Court filing he promised, which no Attorney General signed onto. When they read it they saw that everything is based on possibilities, not evidence of actual wrongdoing. The attachments don't even support many of the assertions in the filing! It is a complete waste of paper, as far as actual proof is concerned, but I guess it helped sell some pillows. Hopefully, that change in those I know helps show that we might make it out of this morass intact. Hopefully...
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