Sounds amazing, and I love Bruce Campbell! Added to my watch list!

I hadn’t considered the possibility of an AI trained to be a scientist until two weeks ago when a Kurzgesagt video brought it up. Funny to see that being worked on.

Kurzgesagt - A.I. - Humanity’s Final Invention?

Ah is that the line of attack? He was married in 1994, the political landscape then was vastly different then, compared with now. But republicans are going to grasp at any thread they think they tug to unravel Harris’s campaign.

When a moral panic happens, a lot of things get blown out of proportion. A good example was the panic relating to D&D and satanism. There was a huge panic sometime in the 50s or 60s about the police dealing with young thugs with concealed switch blades, which could be hidden, and then deployed one handed so fast a cop couldn’t draw his weapon fast enough. So this panic got a lot of laws drawn up to ban any switch blade.

Since then, the there are knives that skirt the law by not having a spring which force the blade open, instead a tension bar. There are still types are illegal to carry if a Cop would find out you have it, like “Out the front” switch knives.

The stupid part is, there are plenty of “one hand deployable” knives on the market that are 100% legal. But the laws never get revisited. In my state it’s illegal to have a out the front switch blade, yet a bunch of high end OTF knives are for sale at a sporting store. They just post a sign that says “Know your local laws”, which some how makes it okay to sell.

If anyone has more to add, or corrects, let me know.

That’s a tough decision to make, especially in today’s gaming marketing, but I applaud them for stepping back and recognizing what they had wasn’t good enough to sell. Blizzard made that decisions years ago with Starcraft Ghost, the Blizzard of today wouldn’t make that same call any more.

Great video! I had no idea this even was a thing, thanks!

MMMmmmm ::happy chamberlain noises::

Aww, he/she looks like a badly made muppet.

Yeah, just ask Bethesda about Skyrim!

That looks great, plus I loved that series that this art style is from.

The Thing is my favorite horror movie. With that being said, they probably didn’t have a grand plan for the dog turning to look back. They probably didn’t even direct the dog to do that, because it’s a dog, it was probably looking back at it’s trainer in that scene.

The motive for the The Thing is always survive, and in that situation it was being hunted, and getting away from that threat was first and foremost it’s goal. After it was safe, it wanted to leave the arctic, to most likely infect and convert more life forms. It’s unknown if The Thing is a space faring race on it’s own, or just a parasitic hitch hiker who consumes life forms and adds their understanding it it’s own. If it’s just a consumer of life, then it’s goal would be to get out of arctic to population centers and get to work taking over and mimicking more organisms. If it’s intelligent and isn’t just a consume, it’d want to get off of earth to continue doing what ever Thing things it would normally do. I definitely lean toward it being a consumer, having tried to take over the original owners of the ship it crashed onto earth in.

Prions are terrifying.

I hope this is contagious.

It sure would be nice to be able to vote for candidates based on their ideas and positions, but that isn’t the world we live in any more. Instead it’ll probably be Biden or Trump, and that isn’t any decision at all. Trump isn’t fit to be president, he’s a narcissistic liar, and only cares about himself. I very much don’t support what Israel did in response, so many innocent people have died and it’s absolutely awful. But do you think Trump would have been pro Palestine? Not supported Israel?

Polls are notoriously inaccurate, and anyone banging the drum of “POLLS SHOW BIDEN IS GOING TO LOSE” is trying to push that idea in the hopes less people get out to vote for that candidate. The type of wording Trump has been using is insanely inflammatory and will cost lives, this man has no further business in any elected office. Below is something Trump said on Veteran’s Day:

“In honor of our great veterans on Veteran’s Day, we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. Lie, steal, and cheat on elections, and will do anything possible, whether legally or illegally, to destroy America, and the American dream,” he wrote.

“The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave, than the threat from within. Despite the hatred and anger of the radical left lunatics who want to destroy our country, we will make America great again!”

I recently watched Better Call Saul, I very much enjoyed it! It was fantastic, engrossing, but I don’t think it’s QUITE as good as the full arc of Breaking Bad, thus my omission from my short list. I would highly recommend Better Call Saul though, it’s absolutely wonderful!

Yeah, that’s not great. It also puts all responsibility of content on the user, so if you post something offensive, they’re not going to be the ones blamed. But if you post some art that they can make money off of, they definitely want that. We live in a gross world.

Below is that policy about data

8. Data and Data Ownership

Data (sketches and associated metadata) on Sketch Toy is not permanent and may be deleted at any time to clear up space. Sketch Toy will do its best to delete only old data that is no longer used. By submitting Content to Sketch Toy for inclusion on the web site, you grant Sketch Toy a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt, publish and advertise the Content without prior notice.

Hmm does this Pa-per record my usage, or harvest data from the room I use it in? What about the EULA for Pa-per, you know, in case I want to understand all the ways I’m being taken advantage of, but listed in the hardest to consume way possible?

I very much agree, having a clear arch in mind helps, which is how Breaking Bad felt mostly. A show that comes to mind which did exactly what you said was Supernatural. There was a logical conclusion arch wise in season 4 or 5 but it was popular so they were pressured to keep it going, and now… meh.

You know how some shows start strong, but then loose their magic a few seasons in? Or shows like Game of Thrones that shit the bed so hard with their ending, but it retroactively removes the enjoyment from prior seasons? Silicon Valley is part of a short list of shows that just were great start to finish. Interesting, engaging, well written, and a solid ending. My list is short:

The Good Place Breaking Bad Silicon Valley

The last hotel I was had a sweet feature of a black out pull down shade, the on the sides of the window frame were guide rails that the black out shade fit in to keep all the light out. I greatly appreciated that, and I’ve been in a lot of other hotels like yours (though not as severe!) so I feel for you.