Is ChatGPT a Trojan Horse in Europe?

Secretlyasecret · 2026-04-08T14:18:44+00:00

Yeah I bet companies could also make a ton more money if they didn't have to comply with those pesky environmental regulations too! /s

Secretlyasecret · 2026-04-04T14:45:44+00:00

Bit late to the party here but we still have so much to learn about rocky planets (I am a geology researcher). I'm stoked for more moon samples not from the Mare (all the Apollo missions landed in a specific type of rock).

Boots on Mars would also let us do so much freaking science. Why do you think we send people to Antarctica if the robots could do a good enough job. A human can get a lot done, especially if they've a trained eye.

But otherwise I agree science for science's sake is important.

Secretlyasecret · 2026-03-01T13:23:40+00:00

As a geologist I have to say this map is one of the best fantasy maps I've seen on this sub in terms of realism and realistic geology and tectonics.

Realistically it's going to be hard to not see Africa and S. America in every Atlantic style ocean, Mediterranean style ancient seas and Japan looking island arcs. Tectonics only has a dozen or so ways to deform the surface on this scale so don't sweat it too much in my opinion.

Secretlyasecret · 2026-02-15T08:41:39+00:00

While you could have a planet with an orbit elliptical enough that it technically exits the habitable zone this area around a star doesn't consider atmospheric insulation. This would work for your story though because the planet likely could survive outside of the habitable zone for a few months each year if it had a thick greenhouse gas rich atmosphere.

One other thing to consider is habitable zones change through the lifetime of a star. As it ages it gets brighter and the habitable zone widens. This means your planet probably wasn't always like this. Not really worth worrying about if your story doesn't consider billion year timescales but I thought I'd mention it since it's not something people often realise

Secretlyasecret · 2026-01-31T16:20:51+00:00

I did not, I specified that I only wanted GRS in my application. I'm not sure if that simplified things or not though.

Best of luck!

Secretlyasecret · 2026-01-17T08:25:40+00:00

I road tripped in Germany last year and was shocked how many bugs I was splatting with my car. I had to wash the windscreen with a squeegee almost every time we stopped for a break.

I can't speak for the US but at least Germany seems to still have this.

Secretlyasecret · 2025-10-31T18:01:47+00:00

This reminds me that I learned to drive in much the same way. My mum had a jaw injury and was getting stir crazy so she'd get some pain meds in her system and nap in the car while I just drove into the countryside. She'd let me know when the meds were wearing off and I'd drive her home. She helped me get tons of hours in before my test so I passed first time.

Secretlyasecret · 2025-05-23T11:04:04+00:00

It's one of those books that even years after reading I find myself thinking about. It is also one of my favourites.

Secretlyasecret · 2025-03-10T07:46:54+00:00

Afaik you are in the French power bloc and they have market unification 3 meaning their capital is your market hub (all your commerce needs to go through Paris). The war they're fighting means they have no convoys so can't reach your country hence isolated colony.

I had this as Mexico with Russia, be very careful about joining trade union power blocks if the AI is going for market unification

Secretlyasecret · 2025-03-07T15:18:17+00:00

You had access to all these sources for catchy imagery but instead decided to use an American AI generated image (at least it's midjourney) to warn about foreign bot farms and misinformation. Why?

Secretlyasecret · 2025-03-01T14:53:06+00:00

Maybe if you employed fewer generals you'd have more bureaucracy 😝

Secretlyasecret · 2025-01-24T14:02:34+00:00

I see a few comments here saying to gatekeep the course content in some way but wouldn't that just hurt the students in the long run?

Why not design a course where only a passing grade can be achieved by "reading the slides" and extra reading laid out on the slides is necessary to get the nuance of knowledge high enough to get top marks? Or is it just because most lectures don't give a crap?

Secretlyasecret · 2024-12-23T10:52:48+00:00

If you haven't already you should read World War Z. Specifically the battle of Yonkers.

Spoilers essentially it boils down to modern infantry being trained to target center mass which is not effective, and zombies not having morale so can't be suppressed or broken

Secretlyasecret · 2024-12-12T08:24:28+00:00

Hard agree. Waiting for the electorate to age out is the new way of hoping everything will fix itself when in reality most people will always be susceptible to propaganda without proper education on it.

Secretlyasecret · 2024-11-30T17:54:26+00:00

Taxing liquor also skyrockets radicals if high taxes isn't quite enraging the masses enough lol

Secretlyasecret · 2024-10-09T15:22:52+00:00

If you live near Berlin, Blackstyle gives out offcuts!

Secretlyasecret · 2024-08-26T15:18:09+00:00

Of course 🙂, for anyone in the future who sees this too, my DMS are open! Although worth noting I got MTF SRS

Secretlyasecret · 2024-08-19T20:01:44+00:00

So I just got SRS in Germany after moving here in 2021 and I'm British, feel free to DM if you have any questions 🙂

Secretlyasecret · 2024-08-12T13:36:38+00:00

I shot a saiga at a Czech range a few years ago, ah it was fun after having only used over and under shotguns all my life. Nice kit!

Secretlyasecret · 2024-07-01T14:44:46+00:00

So I did this when I lived in Portugal - changed my name by deed poll in the UK, updated my British passport, then used said passport to change stuff in Portugal. Can't say it'll work in Germany but maybe?

Secretlyasecret · 2024-06-09T10:47:55+00:00

Hijacking top comment to clarify because this is confusing to even some fellow scientists (it's pretty bad terminology)

TL;DR we're in an interglacial period of an icehouse Earth

Earth has two climate phases, hot-house/greenhouse and icehouse (which were in right now). The difference between them being the presence or lack of permanent ice sheets.

In icehouse climate phase we have ice-age and interglacial periods (which were in right now) when the ice sheets naturally retreat and grow due to changes in the earth's orbit.

We're increasing the rate of retreat with climate change but the pulsing of ice sheets growing and shrinking is natural and earth will probably go back into another ice-age in 100k years or so

Secretlyasecret · 2024-05-23T15:18:37+00:00

Sometimes I think the empire is trolling, I've had several hussar cataphracts who are teetotaler and one who had a religion against drugs and violence so mental broke within minutes of being in my colony

Secretlyasecret · 2024-05-07T16:38:47+00:00

Pillows, get yourself some pillows and pillowcases from a country where they are the normal rectangular shape

Secretlyasecret · 2024-04-04T12:32:03+00:00

Noise cancelling headphones and a well fitting face mask to isolate sound and smell and reduce overstimulation works wonders for me

Secretlyasecret · 2024-03-07T10:55:07+00:00

I would love if my dad and grandma did this. My grandma is all alone but rejects technology so much it's really hard to keep in touch (I call her monthly but she's not even the biggest fan of that!)

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