HaleHirsute

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HaleHirsute ,

That’s a good setup.

HaleHirsute ,

Oh shit, 50 comes a lot faster and is a lot younger than you might think.

HaleHirsute ,

This might not be helpful, in that case sorry, but the idea that came to my mind first was:

Do something every day that’s a little uncomfortable and out of your comfort zone that helps your own progress. Do it every day, even if just a little bit, like study or work out or some bit of work on a personal project. If you do it every day you can build up to something.

I had a boss who was older but studying for her masters, and was lamenting it was discouraging being the oldest person in the class doing it. The prof told her “well, you’ll either turn 50 with the masters degree or without it, which do you prefer?”

HaleHirsute ,

Wow sounds like a cool niche and activity!

HaleHirsute ,

Control = More Power

HaleHirsute ,

Is it not an issue that duct tape can be pretty flammable?

What do you think the Great Filter is?

The Great Filter is the idea that, in the development of life from the earliest stages of abiogenesis to reaching the highest levels of development on the Kardashev scale, there is a barrier to development that makes detectable extraterrestrial life exceedingly rare. The Great Filter is one possible resolution of the Fermi...

HaleHirsute ,

I also like this theory. In the Ian Banks Culture series civilizations that get advanced enough head off into the “sublime” they call it. Basically a higher level of existence. In my own more simple version, I’d figure VR and the biological/cyborg mix get so good the powerful can start living kind of forever, so they head for that substrate and don’t need big megastructures for anything, they just need computing power.

HaleHirsute ,

I like the “Dark Forest” theory I learned from the Three Body Problem books. Basically it’s dumb for civilizations to make a big footprint and reveal themselves because other civilizations won’t know how powerful and dangerous you might become, and so out of precaution they might just zap you. Ironic and over dramatic, but just because that’s a possibility it might be wise to keep a low profile and not invite trouble.

HaleHirsute ,

Sure, but it’s just small game chatter. We start building a Dyson sphere powered starkiller cannon or some such nonsense we might pop up on somebody’s radar.

HaleHirsute ,

I think others wouldn’t bother with us until we started demonstrating likelihood of using dangerous tech or crazy exponential expansion.

I don’t remember well, but I think civilizations stationed their defensive or offensive tech away from their own civilizations, just dispersed around.

I think its explanation for why no one or anything has colonized the galaxy though is that if anyone shows signs of becoming that strong, they get zapped. Nobody wants to see a neighbor rise up into a behemoth, you get that bold you’re a threat.

My real preferred theory of why we don’t see other civilizations though is that I think they choose more inward, VR, computer-based evolution that doesn’t result in big mega structures.

HaleHirsute ,

Yep exactly. Who knows how murderous other civs might be, maybe they’re nice but maybe not.

HaleHirsute ,

I agree, I don’t think they’d wait until the last possible moment when the civilization becomes super powerful or builds the mega weapon. I just mention it along the range of development to highlight the why.

I think they might let weaker civilizations keep going, though, just out of hope they wouldn’t be too mean. Also, zapping other civilizations when you don’t need to exposes yourself and your own aggression.

About the shift to VR /computer substrate worlds that wouldn’t have huge footprints, I agree that not all would do that, and it only takes one to go the big building and footprint route and it’s weird we don’t see it.

My guess then would be that maybe they do build big, but they just conceal well..? You get good enough tech at some point you can choose to be hard to see.

HaleHirsute ,

Nice, hope they can retake Crimea.

HaleHirsute ,

Holy moly,

HaleHirsute ,

It’s like Paul Ryan (Republican politician) being a Rage Against the Machine fan. Even the band members were like dude, you don’t get it.

HaleHirsute ,

Their reply was cogent, interesting, informative and importantly, correct.

Drones trespassing in my property

Idk if anyone had a similar problem before, but I live in EU by the countryside, at first there were only a few but now it happens more and more often to see drones passing over my house, I am sure they are civilian drones because law enforcement has no reason to use them since the area is quiet (and honestly I doubt they would...

HaleHirsute ,

That some dystopian shit!

HaleHirsute ,

He’s a whacko but I agree with you on those 3 items, nice.

HaleHirsute ,

Pornhub is just good about making news about them, raises their profile and perception as the main porn site.

HaleHirsute ,

Meanwhile the rest of us have already known it, and tell them, but they won’t listen.

HaleHirsute ,

This is a security risk though, fyi, someone could pics together all the info and exploit it.

HaleHirsute ,

Legendary

HaleHirsute ,

Ah really? He’s nice and thoughtful.

HaleHirsute ,

Yeah without the engagement of power users we maybe wouldn’t have a platform going here.

HaleHirsute ,

They can exploit you , one example: “Firefly it’s me your (known family member) I’m stuck at school (known school, place of work, etc) but lost my phone, can you send $50 to (scammer address) to pay back this nice person helping me get home please?” is the weakest variation.

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