Sharing Power
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I always wonder where those other bodies are wandering around.
Roko's hand framed by the picture in the background made me think she was holding a gun at first. "There's a blackout!" *cocks gun* "Let's keep the streets safe!"
WHEN I FIRST READ THE NAME OF THE STRIP I THOUGHT IT SAID "SHARTING POWER!" GOD-DAMN WAS I DISAPPOINTED!
Bubbles must be warm because her military grade body is powered by a small reactor. Can't have the troops powering down in the field.
Bubbles has been seen to charge though. It's possible Bubbles is hybrid - primarily battery, but with a fuel cell backup to extend her battery time and provide "grab and go" fueling in the field.
Perhaps “safe” is simply the conservation of power.
Yay is trying to be all Qui Gon when the red force fields go up, but she’s really more of a Maul.
I'm going to ask the same question as yesterday - is part of the electricity infrastructure blowing up just a thing that happens in Canada / the US? The idea of an electricity substation blowing up here in the UK is unthinkable.
Where I live in US it is currently 2am with a current temperature of 101 Fahrenheit (38.33 Celsius). During the day it's even more hot and with everyone's AC units running at full power it's not uncommon for a transformer to explode every so often. Our substation "exploded" about a month ago. Took nearly the entire day for the electric service workers to bring it back online.
And here was me wondering about the implications of Roko and Yay going into the closet together...
with Elliot and Clinton no longer taking up space inside, i'm sure its much roomier.
I love Roko so much
Times like this I wonder if all AI strength and speed is adjustable based on power use?
Smacking myself for not realizing the implications of a power outage when I read yesterday's strip. Like, "ah well, guess it'll be dark for a while", as opposed to, "oh hell, which of our neighbours weren't at full charge?" I mean, May ran out of power at Sven's place and got revived, but clearly that was really distressing. And we don't know if any systems deteriorate when charge gets too low for too long, and and and I'm not overthinking this, you're overthinking this
That seemed to be as much about getting caught by Dale as it was about running out of juice. Seems like the smart move would be to put oneself into the lowest power mode possible and plug in behind a surge protector. Maybe set the equivalent of an alarm to wake you once you drop below a certain threshold or when morning rolls around.
Cue AIs doing "battery stands" on the sidewalk.
And getting risky highs from unfiltered AC
Roko is a good person
DO THE PALE ONE NAKED NEXT!
AND THEN THEY ALL FUCK!
"Yay interacting with other AIs" has some interesting story potential
One item crossing my mind... Is this event part of the backstory of Alice Grove?
I like the attention to detail. The transformer explosion knocked the background picture off kilter.
I think it's interesting that Yay worries about safety. I wonder what Yay regards as "unsafe."
Maybe appearing in crowds?
I think I like Roko even more now. Community disaster and her first thought is sharing resources with people nearby.
How presumptuous Yay is to just stay in someone's apt w/o asking when they leave. Also, was their switch to square speech bubbles ever addressed? Or does that remain part of the social contract?
If I had to guess (and I do), I'd say that this body is their "interact publicly" body so they put on the AI "accent" and avoid a valley uncanny from both sides.
Battery Party! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
That looks like Pintsize's old body!
1) nice to share battery 2) Don't bring that out for an hour or so. Wait until people are desperate because their phone is at 11%. And then charge them $50 per phone.
That is pure, undiluted evil and I'm all for it
Steve eating Cereal, meet Yay sitting alone in the dark.
How long did it take to go through all of twitter and reddit before Yay went outside?
I don't know about Yay, but it took me about 1/2 of a pandemic to go through all of Netflix.
I am in love with Yay's self-reflection in the final panel!
Yay continues, shall we say, to evolve
We're in for a week or so of Roko and Yay. And I'm absolutely fine with this particular turn of events.
So do you think Elliot and Clinton have even noticed the power went out yet?
I didn't even realize that was how the last strip ended.
Stupid and Boring is de riguer!