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Social media is a plague worse than covid. IMO
Social media is one of the main reasons it's hard to get ahead of the plague. Every bit of stupid that would flicker out finds dry tinder on facebook, parler, and reddit
Emmet's mom ain't wrong.
Her T-shirt is your winningest design in a while.
Presumably the new telescope is both more awesome because of, and slightly delayed by, advances in AI. I doubt it would be ethical to send an AI on a telescope, but they probably still had to have that argument with a BUNCH of people, and some of those people were probably AI. Then came all the really cool measuring devices and the careful process of testing and redesigning and iterating. Then probably somebody tried to have sex with it and it had to be cleaned, re-measured, and like $10,000 of imperceptibly microdamaged gaskets replaced because you can't fix them after it launches.
Ethical is an interesting discussion. Did the previous mentioned AI choose to be a Zamboni rather than to be in a free roaming human-body kit (putting aside the fact that it was obviously just a quick joke)? The whole process of how AI consciousness is created, nurtured and then enters the real world is still pretty nebulous in QC. Back when the strip first started I was under the impression that all anthro-PCs had to be buddied up with a human (Pintsize with Martin, Momo with Marigold, etc). We don't hear anything about that kind of relationship any more. The kinds of AIs we come across now seem to be assumed to have gone directly from their creche to being self-supporting in the real world - think Roko becoming a cop.
What year is it in QC? I had the impression it was in the 2040s
IT IS THE FUTURE THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND
I'm love Millibeeps 🥰
NO NOSE GANG
I bet that's the same janky feed aggregator I still use, LOL. I still like it though.
I don't know if I'm prejudiced, but it seems to make so much sense that female-presenting AI friends know each other's software fairly in-depth.
When I was young I was looking to get a spray, but I got no offers. Except from the skunks on 7th Avenue.
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there…
Now I want a matching space telescope spray with someone
Also, RSS is 💖
I hope the machine intelligences are on a fork of Live Journal where everyone has unlimited user icons.
I always feel like internet is like any other tool. It can be bad or good depending how it is used or abused. That's why constructive moderation and responsible application is important.
By its nature it amplifies bad, out of control behaviour, and anonymous abuse, spreads ideas with a minimum of critical thought, rewards the loudest voices, reinforces insanity, and thrives on immediate attention above all.
I'd ditch my social media if there weren't so many people that I only see that way anymore.
I see you, YB.
LOL- to paraphrase a wise man- "I was raised on internet and turned out internet."
Getting rid of bookface, twatter, and dreddit gave me 2d8 SAN back. Now I just post pictures of local street art on instacramp and am much happier.
She is right. The internet is bad fir you. I saw so much messed up stuff back in the early and mid 2000s, stuff even adults of the time shouldn't be looking at.
Aw, Emmett's hood is back unscrunched, and they're talking again. It was only a temporary and brief re-enhoodening.
I've seen turtles do that, too.
Emmett's mom ain't wrong...
Social media is like Nickelback. It's a huge hit, but pretty much nobody actually claims to like it.
Bob McBobson ain’t wrong…
Ha! Just realized: The mirror looks like stylized honeycomb, so that fits “Beepatrice”; and isn’t the heat shield a bunch of thin layers of reflective material, ie Milli-foil?
THAT is an amazing thought you had there!
In fairness, Emmett's mom is not wrong, and she ought to know!
Webb on the web.
Rip Google reader
i mean emmett's mom is not wrong ...
Same. I’ve almost left Facebook two or three times, but it’s where I interact with 90% of the people I know
It was google reader, wasn’t it
Too soon.
Emmett’s mom’s PhD thesis was about the impact C# had on the rapid development of Web 3.0. Once she got her PhD, she focused on the power of Bodega Cats and internet visual search algorithms.
Would a musician studying C# at the doctoral level earn a PhDb?
This, right here, on the qc patreon comment section is literally my closest approach to social media these days. Leaving FB behind several years ago has been better for my soul than regular exercise and yoga.
So were you more like Hanners or Marigold when you started yoga?
Isn't a "feed aggregator" something on a steer ranch?
I feel ya, man. The book of face is so toxic that i don't even log on anymore, but still keep it active because family and friends still use it, especially for party invites and such.
I don't care where my friends are, social media is a cesspool
It may look like the Webb, but it will be bigger. And have lasers.
Dammit, Beeps, now there's a small part of me that actively misses the days of RSS feeds.
Google Reader.
Emmett's mom main character confirmed.
Emmett's mom is right.
Honest, sounds like a smart decision. The internet is a horrible place
Professor of internet sounds fun.
Probably not, given the state of the internet
My head canon is that the QCverse is still a couple decades ahead of the real world but the James Webb telescope has just been getting delayed the whole time. Just like in the real world.
Nah, they're up to LUVOIR-A with a free-floating starshade addition.
I mean, mom ain’t wrong
Great kiddos
Gee, what else of note happened that year?
Nah most social media is a waste and makes you feel bad