Why? I haven’t been following smart glasses development at all, but a camera is one of the things I would just expect it to have, and would be surprised if it was missing. Like, isn’t that a requirement for some kinds of AR? Seems like if you are against smart glasses with outward cameras, then you’re really just against smart glasses period.

Anyone who understands the concentration of CO2 in the air knows that these things are nothing but a PR stunt. You’re not going to pull enough out of the air to have any meaningful contribution; there’s just not a lot there to pull out. For all the harm it’s causing, CO2 makes up a tiny part of air composition, only about 0.04%.

These things are built for idiots who think the solution is as simple as “just run the air through a filter” and don’t grasp how much air there actually is, and how little there is to pull out.

People have such a hate boner for crypto that anything even tangentially connected to it is dismissed as shit.

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Energy company accountant: “Bad news sir, our residential energy purchases are down this quarter, we’re only grossing $15million due to customer demand for green energy”

Energy company CEO: “Who cares? Hows our business and industrial usage?”

Accountant: “Oh that’s still up and continuing to rise, especially with those new AI servers. We’re grossing 2.5 billion from them and rising.”

CEO: “So the residential sales are…”

Accountant: “Yea sir, comparitively worthless, and have little to no impact on our bottom line. Should we capitulate to the public’s demands for green energy?”

CEO: “Fuck that. Raise their prices another 5% this year, and keep burning that coal!”

You forgot 12) Put the tea away 13) put the kettle away 14) clean the mug 15) put the mug away.

I prefer to right the algae.

…is she bleeding in her mouth?

Yea that’s just great when I’m needing to do a virtual job interview. Really professional.

Fuck you wise_pancake. Tell yer mom to stop sending me holodeck programs, I already know what she likes.

I wonder how the owners will feel about the scars on their truck when a plastic body panel cracks and they need to caulk it back together?

Who gives a shit? It’s a truck. Will it still drive? Haul? Tow? If yes, then there is no problem. If you’re getting it to look good, then you have completely missed the point of a truck; which, to be fair, most truck owners have.

The Nun Kai

The only thing more dangerous is trains and trucks.

Wait, so you had a kid and afterwards recognized how fucked up it is to bring a life into this world when it’s on the verge of collapse and your solution was to… Have another kid?

Jesus Christ. What the fuck is wrong with you? I’m sure your second daughter will be overjoyed to learn that her purpose in life is just to be a potential companion for your first daughter if things get rough. I don’t know what fairy tale household you grew up in, but it is by no means a guarantee that your daughters will be close, or even get along, when they grow up.

If you don’t have the means to guarantee a good life for your child, then you shouldn’t have a kid in the first place. And if you’re so selfish that your animalistic need to breed outweighs the harsh reality of the difficulties you will inflict on a life by bringing it into this chaotic world, the solution is NOT to breed again just to potentially make up for your own shortcomings.

Sorry, I get upset whenever I see examples of people giving into to their monkey brain desire to fuck and reproduce with no forethought as to what that actually means. You may think my view on your actions is cruel, but it pales in comparison to the cruelty you have inflicted on two lives through your own selfish desires.

To those who think being fully prepared to support a child in this world before having one is too high a barrier for most couples; yes. You’re absolutely right. Most people should not be parents. Our world lacks the stability, resources, and infrastructure for the average person to raise a child in a way that ensures their success. Despite what the stories tell you, love alone is NOT enough.

The first TNG episode with them ends with them literally jumping around on all fours while wearing furs and howling like cavemen.

Oh boy. This one really deserves a detailed post all on its own, especially since I’ve seen practically no discussion about it despite being one of the most fucked up violations of the prime directive in all of Star Trek.

Star Trek TOS S02E05 “The Apple”, or as I know it, “That Time the Enterprise Destroyed an Entire Civilization and Laughed About It”.

Alright, so the crew finds this beautiful tropical paradise planet and goes down to investigate it. But, surprise, turns out the planet is deadly! Worse yet, something is preventing the ship from leaving or being able to transport the crew off planet.

Living on the planet is a primitive race of near-immortals. Beings who are thousands of years old, never get sick, never age, but seem to have stopped progressing mentally past the point of a child. These beings worship a “god” called Vaal, that is actually an ancient computer which controls the entire planet and has taken on itself to be a caretaker to the primitive civilization; ensuring their safety, taking care of all their needs, and being the reason they are essentially immortal. It also is the thing that’s been attacking the crew and preventing the ship from leaving.

Now, everything is not perfect for the people of this civilization. Vaal is not only the reason they stop developing mentally, but he prevents them from having sex or having any physical affection beyond hugging. Now, on its own, this seems harsh, but remember; Vaal is taking care of ALL their needs. The weather is always perfect. There is abundant food. They have comfortable shelters. They never get sick. Never age. They are always happy. They live lives of such peace, that they barely even understand the concept of death. I think a lot of people would agree, that’s not too bad a trade-off, and certainly a lot better a life than most places in the galaxy.

So the ship is unfortunately in an unstable orbit, and everything the crew tries to free it, fails. At the last moment before it crashes, the ship fires a phaser at Vaal and blows it up. Now, on its own, this is not great. Without Vaal, these people are doomed. No longer will they be safe from disease. No longer will they live forever. No longer will they have free food, free shelter, or anything. But, an argument COULD be made that the Enterprise crew was out of options. Sure, it’s kind of screwing the prime directive in favor of their own lives, but the directive has been bent for less, and who knows what the ship crashing into the planet would do.

However, and here’s where things go from an unfortunate situation to “holy shit, what the fuck is wrong with you?!”, after Vaal is destroyed, Kirk and the crew meet with the primitive beings to let them know their God is dead. They are understandably concerned and ask what will they do? Kirk responds that they’ll live. They’ll grow farms, and build houses, and have children. They then ask, proving the extent of their innocence, “what are children?” and Kirk responds “Oh… You’ll figure it out” then the entire crew laughs before abruptly leaving. End of episode.

What. The. Fuck?! These people have zero life skills. You just destroyed the one thing keeping them alive and then you’re just… Leaving? While laughing about it? Oh, but they can have sex now. That’s clearly the only important thing. Not teaching them how to farm. How to build shelters or clothing. How to cope with disease. Bad weather. Death. How to raise a child. Nope. They can have sex now, and to the crew, that means it’s a job well done.

That civilization is dead. Their odds of survival are about as good as if you took a bunch of 5 years olds and dumped them in the wilderness. The only member of the crew who questions any of this is Spock at the very end where he wonders if they had essentially just ruined the Garden of Eden and doomed an entire people by destroying their paradise. Then McCoy chimes in with, “Well if that’s the Garden of Eden, would that make you the devil since you have pointed ears?” And then they all laugh again.

Anyone else getting a little overwhelmed with the amount of CAD programs out there these days? Reminds me of that XKCD comic about 14 competing standards.

Ah yes, the constitution that was famously changed to include such clauses as “no more slavery” and “civil rights for all” is just a slavemasters pack. You’re so clearly right and not just a contrarian fuckwit.

Actually, there is a limit to the amount of CO2 the atmosphere can hold. We’d be well and truly cooked by that point, but yeah. There is technically a point where we can’t make it worse.