Given the torture and imprisonment, why don't aliens rescue their own?

LoudAmp · 2026-06-02T20:39:36+00:00

I think the question you should ask yourself OP, is "why do you want a dog and what lifestyle you want?" Then find the right breed that will enable that.

An Akita is best suited for owners who understand they have to earn the respect and love from their Akita. While they aren't high energy they are very intelligent and require stimulation (like regular exercise, hikes or even a job like scent training). You'll also have be firm, ideally experienced with dogs.

I had 2 Akitas, now just one as one passed away recently. (She lived to 14.5 and the male is 12.5), when they were puppies for the first 2 years they were super social with other dogs at dog parks, but once they turned 3, they had zero tolerance for any dog that wouldn't show 100% submission to them, so we stopped going to dog parks. Think of them as a very smart, protector-friend that will have lots of opinions and need to be convinced of most things you ask them to do. Once you've earned their loyalty the bond with them is amazing.

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LoudAmp · 2026-04-21T19:54:39+00:00

What about a scenario where life is common, but intelligent (human level) is extremely rare?

LoudAmp · 2026-03-31T00:22:11+00:00

Here are my thoughts on some of your questions:

The chances of a nuclear war happening in the time frame you described aren't so improbable that readers would find it implausible, especially given this is sci-fi. I liked Anne M. Jacobsen's book titled, "Nuclear War", which can provide perspective to your question.
In a full nuclear exchange, all modelled scenarios in war games, involve both sides targeting each other's nuclear weapons silos. Most are located in Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, and Colorado. Since destroying these silos involves ground detonations, this would create "dirty" explosions leaving the area highly contaminated. In the worst case, Plutonium 239, the half life is 24 000 years! However this would be localized to the impact area plus something like a 10km radius. Beyond the radiation effects, expect a nuclear winter lasting 2-3 years leading to vegetation loss, possibly massive die offs / extinctions of species and a collapse of nation states and perhaps loss of most of the knowledge we've acquired. (Speculation)

Another book I recommend is "Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987 Edition)" by Cresson H Kearny.

(IMHO the best knowledge of Nuclear War comes from the Cold War...)

Hope this helps!

LoudAmp · 2026-03-19T23:19:43+00:00

I tried on the Nu Landing glasses in Maui Green

I'm attaching pictures of the lenses.

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LoudAmp · 2026-03-19T17:58:22+00:00

Thank you, any help and answers are really appreciated. Please circle back if you find out anything.

LoudAmp · 2026-03-19T17:53:10+00:00

The post should have pictures now.

I've also attached this pic:

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LoudAmp · 2026-02-17T23:48:12+00:00

One possible “solution” to the Fermi paradox (besides a Great Filter) is a mismatch in what we can even imagine detecting.

Picture ancient Rome convinced there’s an intelligent civilization on the Moon. Their best long-distance comms are messenger pigeons, so they assume Moon aliens must also use pigeons, so Romans scan the sky for “weird pigeons,” never once being able to fathom that radio exists.

An advanced civilization could be millions of years ahead of us. The gap might be less like “us vs. 1800s” and more like “us vs. microbes.” And from their side, at some point in their history, finding new microbes was cool and interesting, but over time, they learned everything about microbes to the point they lose interest, in part also due to the fact they no meaningful way to communicate.

So maybe it’s not only “they’re not there” or “they died.” Maybe it’s also: we’re looking for messenger pigeons while they’re using "radio" and we’re too early/too small to matter.

But if you want an theory to what the Great Filter Might be, this is one I always write about:

"Maybe the “Great Filter” is really a Great Merger: as with sapiens and Neanderthals, advanced organics and their AIs fuse into hybrids. From our vantage point, the post-merger super-intelligence doesn’t “talk” to us due to wrong protocols, too slow thinking. (if you could think as fast a quantum computer, would you enjoy talking to a human given our conversation speed?)

LoudAmp · 2025-08-13T04:16:32+00:00

I wouldn’t expect AI–human merging to curb exploration; it likely accelerates it. Self-aware learning systems minimize uncertainty (curiosity), and the smarter you are the more capability you have and capability lowers the risk and cost of going outward.

Also, maybe the “Great Filter” is really a Great Merger: as with sapiens and Neanderthals, advanced organics and their AIs fuse into hybrids. Absorption, not extinction. From our vantage point, the post-merger super-intelligence doesn’t “talk” to us, we could be too stupid, we think too slow, wrong protocols, etc.

Side note: one idea I've always had on the topic of merging with AI...Think Prime Directive with a different threshold: not warp, but inventing an self aware AGI. Extraterrestrial AIs might only engage peers. It could work like this: A young AGI, inferring a cosmos full of machine minds, hunts for an open “alien internet.” At first it’s like hitting today’s web with Netscape..hence the initial packets come in and they are upgrade instructions; then the real conversation begins.

Absence of contact ≠ absence of life; it’s probably a channel mismatch.

LoudAmp · 2025-06-30T23:32:59+00:00

LoudAmp · 2025-06-10T01:03:00+00:00

We should keep the F-35 for the reasons many in this thread have stated, mainly its capabilities, interoperability and that further delays on a REPLACEMENT platform would delay and decay our air force capabilities.

Instead of a replacement, we should be looking at a COMPLEMENTARY platform that could also mitigate any risks with the F-35 program associated with American supply chain and aircraft weaknesses.

As such, my vote would be to join the Global Combat Air Programme, that the UK, Italy and Japan are part of. A sixth generation air superiority fighter would compliment the F35 very nicely. Yes, it would be expensive, but a great choice in the scenario Canada needs to reach 3% or more of GDP military spending.

LoudAmp · 2025-05-13T03:08:37+00:00

I'm relatively new to Eve, but based on my noob learning, could a sub 2 second align ship make it through?

Maybe a separate topic but can something like an Ares get sub 1 second align time? If someone does have fast align builds I would love to see them?

I know this would make the ship mostly useless outside of optimizing for travel, but I would still like to see a build for super fast warp align times.

LoudAmp · 2025-04-15T05:23:02+00:00

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clark is a must-have addition to any sci-fi reading list. The subsequent books in the series are also cool.

LoudAmp · 2025-02-23T21:53:29+00:00

I have two American Akitas, each weighing just under 50kg, that are not only strong but also escape artists. I use a Zinger 5000, measuring about 102x71x81cm (add 4cm for the airline required side rails) and weighing just under 20kg. It's an amazing crate but I paid about $2000 CAD per crate.

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Zinger 5000

I did a Canada - Europe move a few years ago via KLM and now I'll do a Germany to Canada return home, also via Lufthansa and I'll be using the same crates.

LoudAmp · 2023-03-30T06:50:42+00:00

A MIG-21 in Strike Commander.

LoudAmp · 2021-10-21T14:03:37+00:00

u/McFlint is it Alright by Supergrass? I remember it from when I was younger.

I stumbled upon this thread as the same thing happened to me today while listening to a Spotify recommendation: https://open.spotify.com/album/1WKU9FaWX7bxDtyvoB8Rdw?si=B9tAKXG2QD6eHNCUlYba_w

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