There's a significant divide between how pepping is percieved and how it actually works

You don't need bunkers, barbed wire or have to change your personality to be isolated and scared all the time

You just need to understand that sometimes the goverment or companies you normally rely on may not always be able to provide their service and to have what you need to fill those gaps.

https://theprepared.com/...

Only in how much space the songs take up

Good! It's always nice to see people get more freedom, not less

You're going to argue against an armed citizenry with a stright face. With everything that is going on? No thanks.

I'd love to see better mental health for kids, because by the time they even considered using a gun we've already failed them

One person shits their pants, everyone has to wear diapers

Group punishments are bullshit

I agree, I think that at this point the economics and ecological problems of running AI overshadow the actual use of it

It's a powerful tool with a ton of potential for slop, but isn't inherently creative. But in the hands of people that ARE creative and intentional with it, there are good use cases

If it wasn't for the lack of requirement the same exact thing could happen and nobody would care

A part of the viewer knows that they're not really in the world of a movie, that it's all intentional storytelling. But making it seem like what you are seeing was recorded by a normal person plays into your current situation, watching a film in front of a screen as a third party

Think of finding a diary or old photos. You the viewer weren't there at the time, but someone else was and this is their "eyewitness account" that you are viewing at a later date. It can presented as evidence from an investigation or found by a different party to add to back story

It's to aid in suspension of disbelief and make it seem like someone actually filmed it in the moment, not a movie camera crew

A movie premise where someone finds a lost camera or footage and you get to see what happened to the original owner

Cloverfield and Apollo 18 are good examples of this

thanks, happy belated cake day to you!

When the movie shows anything to do with your job/hobbies

When your nation falls apart and your city becomes an extensive warzone for years, the main power grid probably isn't top notch. But the sun works just fine!

If it wasn't for oil making the middle east insanely rich, imagine what they could do with solar

In my experience people who are against more Ukraine aid think that the dollar amount we send is actual cash that can be spent in other places, rather than pallets of munitions that don't keep forever anyway.

Good, glad it's getting some main stream attention. If more people start taking advantage of these settings and alternatives it's going to hurt Meta's bottom line eventually

Idk how common it was but it's a good example of a "third place". A spot that isn't work or home where you can meet and socialize

The "we did it reddit!" phrase comes from redditors trying to track down suspects of the boston bombing. Redditors found a guy they strongly suspected, then found personal info on them and began harrassing him and family, including death threats.

It was the wrong person.

Imagine being that person accused! One day just living life, the next experiencing a horrible bombing, the next being tracked down by a misguided internet randos on a manhunt.

This is why having some basic privacy is important before you need it

AI is a distruptive technology...just not in a way most people can use in a positive productive way. As entertainment it's a cool toy

But its best use right now is manipulating public opinion and creating convincing but non-legit material. As a propaganda tool it is a dream come true

I've seen Amish:

Burn chemicals and paints in a pile behind their shop

Have dumpsters full of plastic "sawdust" from a shop that makes plastic furniture

Rebrand cheap chinese electronics and batteries to sell in their communities (MillerTech)

Zip around on a one wheel

Ride electric scooters

Log out relatively pristine forest to make more farms

Log land that isn't theirs, without permission, for weeks before being discovered and confronted.

Vote down school levies repeatedly until the local schools shut down

Open a retail store in a mall

These days the amish button isn't nearly as great as you might think....still funny to think about how everyone would react though

So the corporations that make their money on mass surveillance are still spying on people?

I'm shocked, shocked!