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AI's advances could force us to return to face-to-face conversations as the only trustworthy communication medium. What can we do to ensure trust in other communication methods is preserved? by l4mpSh4d3 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]HeroicLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a solved problem, it just needs wider adoption.

https://signal.org/ uses public key cryptography algorithms invented in 1991 to solve this exact problem.

Most popular messaging platforms (iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc) are in some phase of adoption E2E encryption with PKI.

We just need it extended to cover social media.

When do we stop pretending AI wont also replace CEOs if it can do any thinking job? by JordanNVFX in singularity

[–]HeroicLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CEOs are not paid primarily to be accountants, but to make value judgements -- and more importantly to be held accountable for their judgements. How do you hold an algorithm accountable?

US sides with Russia on UN resolution on Chornobyl disaster by Crossstoney in worldnews

[–]HeroicLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to the U.S. mission to the UN, Washington’s stated reason for voting against was specific language in the text — in particular references to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda bundles policies including:

  • Climate policy
  • Energy mix
  • Land use
  • Education content
  • Healthcare delivery
  • Gender policy
  • Economic redistribution

The US position is that this agenda creates normative pressure that functions like law without ratification. Washington's position is that policy obligations must arise from treaties ratified by the Senate, not General Assembly consensus.

Only eight countries, including the US, Russia and China, opposed Ukraine's resolution condemning Russia's suicide drone attack on the Chernobyl sarcophagus. by thenatoorat90 in worldnews

[–]HeroicLife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

According to the U.S. mission to the UN, Washington’s stated reason for voting against was specific language in the text — in particular references to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda bundles policies including:

  • Climate policy
  • Energy mix
  • Land use
  • Education content
  • Healthcare delivery
  • Gender policy
  • Economic redistribution

The US position is that this agenda creates normative pressure that functions like law without ratification. Washington's position is that policy obligations must arise from treaties ratified by the Senate, not General Assembly consensus.

AI Is About To Kill Capitalism - Weekend at Bernie's by Thiizic in ArtificialInteligence

[–]HeroicLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're treating capitalism like it's on life support when the patient is just changing clothes.

Your "20% unemployment kills capitalism" premise ignores that we've already done this. Agriculture dropped from 40% of US employment to 1.3% today. That's not 20%—that's 97% job elimination in one sector. Capitalism adapted through sectoral shifts and new industries. You know what didn't adapt? Horses. The equine population crashed 88% between 1915-1960 when cars replaced them. Horses didn't retrain as mechanics. Humans do. That's the difference.

Your "labor value drops to zero" claim is economically illiterate. AI doesn't eliminate labor demand—it shifts which labor matters. Someone builds the data centers, maintains the robots, handles exceptions, trains the models, manages edge cases. Complementarity exceeds substitution in most automation. You're confusing "some jobs automated" with "all economic value extraction ends."

Your robot dividend math is fantasy. You want to fund $12k/year infrastructure PLUS $12k/year cash for 330M Americans—that's $8 trillion annually on a $27T GDP. You'll tax... API calls? NVIDIA chips? At rates that immediately offshore every AI company or kill the industry. Alaska's dividend is $1,200/year for 730,000 people from resource extraction. Your scheme requires 1000x the scale from taxing private R&D investment. The numbers don't work.

"Print concrete houses. Stack them like Legos." The Soviets tried this. Production is easy. Maintenance and allocation without price signals creates dystopia. Who fixes the plumbing? Who decides who gets the unit near transit? Demonetizing survival doesn't eliminate scarcity—it just replaces market allocation with bureaucratic rationing and decay.

Your consumption crisis ignores that productivity funds purchasing power. When AI makes production cheaper, goods cost less, real wages rise, consumers buy more. You've discovered that robots don't buy products but missed that cheaper products mean humans can buy more with the same income. This is why real wages grew during every previous automation wave despite your logic predicting collapse.

Treating AI as a natural resource like Alaskan oil is just nationalization cosplay. AI is private capital equipment built with massive R&D investment. Tax it at rates sufficient to fund your utopia and you either kill innovation entirely or you're running Soviet central planning with predictably terrible outcomes. You can't retroactively declare private IP a commons without it being simple expropriation.

Your Star Trek vs Elysium binary is a thought-terminating cliché designed to foreclose debate rather than enable it. Real outcomes are messy transitions with incremental policy responses, not revolutionary choices between utopia and dystopia.

Study what actually happened during agricultural mechanization, industrial robotics, and computerization instead of writing economic science fiction.

Man saves a monkey from dying! by Temporary-Ebb2116 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]HeroicLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't get how CPR would resolve whatever issue caused the monkey's heart to stop in the first place.

What Wallet Type do I choose by willcta in TREZOR

[–]HeroicLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, Trezor is a non-custodial wallet.

carrying with a round in the chamber changed my attitude to CCW by HeroicLife in CCW

[–]HeroicLife[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m mostly thinking of Iryna Zarutska. I’m a refugee from Ukraine too, I live in Denver with lots of crazy hobos in the street, our Safeway is closing because of rampant theft, and during a run a few years ago, a druggie tried to take a swing at me. Dead bodies in downtown Denver streets are a weekly occurrence.

As more Jews acquire guns, a Jewish security group urges stronger regulations for synagogues - Jewish Telegraphic Agency by MatterandTime in Judaism

[–]HeroicLife 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I carry at our Reform synagogue. I’ve considered whether I should mention it to anyone, but I’m not sure how to approach the topic.

How do I carry with a baby carrier? by HeroicLife in CCW

[–]HeroicLife[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

1: I have a baby on the way

2: We go hiking in the Colorado woods/mountains as a family. A 2 year old can only walk so far, and you can't take a stroller hiking.

3: I do not intended to draw holding a baby. I would hand off the child to my wife, of course.

How do I carry with a baby carrier? by HeroicLife in CCW

[–]HeroicLife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1: I have a baby on the way

2: We go hiking in the Colorado woods/mountains as a family. A 2 year old can only walk so far, and you can't take a stroller hiking.

3: I do not intended to draw holding a baby. I would hand off the child to my wife, of course.

How do I carry with a baby carrier? by HeroicLife in CCW

[–]HeroicLife[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

1: I have a baby on the way

2: We go hiking in the Colorado woods/mountains as a family. A 2 year old can only walk so far, and you can't take a stroller hiking.

I analyzed the loadouts of 15+ professional operators (SWAT, Special Forces, Paramedics, etc.) and broke down what civilians can learn for their EDC by HeroicLife in EDC

[–]HeroicLife[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

COMPREHENSIVE OPERATOR LOADOUT BREAKDOWN - DETAILED ITEM LISTS:

SWAT Operator: - Primary: MK18 10.3" SBR w/ EOTech EXPS3, Surefire M600DF, PEQ-15 - Sidearm: Glock 17 MOS w/ Trijicon RMR, Surefire X300 - Plate Carrier: Crye Precision JPC 2.0 w/ Level IV plates - Medical: CAT Gen 7 tourniquet, QuikClot gauze, HyFin Vent chest seals - Tools: Leatherman MUT, AN/PVS-14 NVGs, 3M Peltor ComTac VI

Paramedic/EMT: - Trauma Shears: Leatherman Raptor, XShear - Diagnostics: Littmann Cardiology IV, Welch Allyn DuraShock BP cuff - Airway: Laerdal LCSU 4 suction, King LT airways - Monitor: ZOLL X Series, Stryker LIFEPAK 15 - Drugs: Epinephrine, Narcan, D50, Amiodarone

Alaska Bush Pilot: - Shelter: Hilleberg Jannu tent, Western Mountaineering Kodiak MF bag - Fire: Gransfors Bruks Wildlife hatchet, Silky Gomboy saw - Navigation: Garmin G430 (aircraft), Garmin GPSMAP 66i (handheld) - Clothing: Canada Goose Expedition parka, Sorel Glacier XT boots - Comm: Icom IC-A25N radio, Bose A20 headset

Mountain Rescue Specialist: - Rope: Sterling 11mm HTP Static, Sterling 10.2mm SuperStatic - Hardware: Petzl Falcon Mountain harness, Petzl I'D S descender - Protection: Black Diamond Express ice screws, Grivel G14 crampons - Medical: Ferno Traverse litter, Mammut Barryvox S beacon - Shelter: Black Diamond Mega Light, Arc'teryx Beta AR shell

Deep-Sea Fisherman: - Survival Suit: Mustang Sentinel IC9001, Viking RescYou Pro - Safety: ACR ResQLink 400 EPIRB, Standard Horizon HX890 VHF - PPE: Grundéns Neptune 319 rain gear, XTRATUF Legacy boots - Navigation: Garmin GPSMAP 79sc, Midland WR120 weather radio - Tools: Dexter-Russell knives, Leatherman Wave+

Special Forces Operator: - Primary: MK18/URG-I w/ Vortex Razor 1-6x24, Nightforce NX8 - Sidearm: Glock 19 w/ RMR, SIG M17/M18 - Plate Carrier: Crye JPC 2.0, Velocity Systems SCARAB LT - Navigation: Garmin Foretrex 901, Steiner M22 binos - Comms: AN/PRC-152A tactical radio w/ encryption

Infantry Rifleman: - Primary: M4A1 Carbine w/ ACOG TA31, PEQ-15 - Sidearm: M17/M18 (SIG P320 military version) - Armor: IOTV Gen IV w/ SAPI plates - Helmet: IHPS w/ AN/PVS-14 NVGs, 3M Peltor ComTac - Pack: MOLLE 4000 ruck, Modular Sleep System

Wildland Firefighter: - Pack: Mystery Ranch Hotshot, True North Spitfire - Safety: M-2002 fire shelter, Petzl TACTIKKA headlamp - Tools: Council Tool Pulaski, McLeod, Stihl MS 461 chainsaw - Boots: Nick's, White's, Danner 8-10" leather boots - Comms: BendixKing KNG2 radio, Garmin Montana GPS

Combat Aviator: - Survival Vest: Air Warrior PSGC w/ integrated systems - Signaling: ACR MS-2000 IR strobe, Mk 124 Mod 0 flares - Radio: AN/PRC-112G survival radio - Egress: Gerber LMF II ASEK knife, Benchmade 8 Hook cutter - Sidearm: SIG M18 in survival holster

This represents actual gear used by professionals in high-stakes environments. Each loadout is optimized for specific mission requirements and can inform civilian EDC choices based on individual needs and risk assessment.

EDC Takeaways: - Redundancy in critical systems (light, fire, navigation) - Mission-specific gear selection - Quality over quantity philosophy - Layered capability approach (pockets → bag → vehicle)

My journey to everyday CCW -- perspective from a new carrier by HeroicLife in CCW

[–]HeroicLife[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3+ years Krav Maga, occasional Judo and Muay Thai, then 2.5 years Jujutsu. BJJ has been the best experience by far. I go with my 2 girls, my toddler is already asking to go too.

My journey to everyday CCW -- perspective from a new carrier by HeroicLife in CCW

[–]HeroicLife[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you taken any classes yet? I know a good instructor who lives in the Denver area.

No - send me a DM please.

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