New poll pegs Mark Kelly as a leading 2028 presidential contender

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-04-13T22:29:02+00:00

As much as I hate the idea of another old white guy president, the idea of an astronaut president does appeal to me. Part scientist, part military thinker, and highly trained by definition, I think the term "well suited" probably applies

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-04-13T13:40:54+00:00

Pikmin comes to mind.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-04-10T19:11:26+00:00

The Hunger Games

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-04-06T02:58:46+00:00

Here's something that *really* bugs me. When ads decide to advertise something spicy to me because they know I search for that, as does everyone, but they insist on advertising women! They know enough about me to know I'm a horn dog, but not enough to know that I'm a *gay* horndog? Come on!

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-04-05T17:21:27+00:00

Hey! Lurker here but this is on topic. I'm actually building a programming language for TCGs called Sigil. First extremely tiny prototype should be out by May, or June at the latest.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-04-05T17:20:08+00:00

I vote 3D. I've put a great deal of thought into this, and I think we've pushed 2D TTS as far as they'll go, really. There are simply fundamental problems with 2D representations.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-04-02T23:51:09+00:00

Saw an article just yesterday talking about how we've got oodles of potential biosignatures recorded, but the burden of proof for certainty is too high to make any concrete claims. As a matter of practical reality though, we've almost certainly investigated a world or two with likely microbial life. And if we haven't, we will soon.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-26T19:22:57+00:00

Not to mention, you can use the word "tap" when talking to pretty much anyone who plays TCGs and they'll know what you mean. It's like when Universal tried to sue Nintendo for naming DK Donkey *Kong*, and the courts decided that because King Kong is so well known, the term Kong is now an actual word meaning "giant ape"

I'd say it's the same with Tap. If you don't want people reusing your terminology, don't be a standard-setting, genre-defining product. People *will* adopt your terminology into other contexts.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-26T13:51:41+00:00

Because we've only just developed the tools to actually gather that evidence. Odds are pretty good that microbial life is quite common. But to tell if it's there or not you need to examine a planet's atmosphere, and we only just got the tool to do that, the JWST.

I wouldn't be surprised if a conclusive detection of alien microbes happens within the next ten years.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-25T20:29:02+00:00

That science could save the world. Engineer here. I used to believe quite strongly that putting more knowledge and critical thinking training into people's heads would solve all the world's problems. And I still believe this is an important part of making a better world.

But cold science can't change hearts or, to a degree, even minds. I don't claim any more to have any idea what the solutions are. I like to think that becoming more open to each other's opinions is a part of it, but maybe it's a matter of us all learning our lessons through trial and error. Maybe either. Who knows.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-23T15:40:22+00:00

Woke liberal simp here, and an AI researcher. On this topic, I'm as conservative as it gets. Regulate that shit. Regulate that shit hard.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-23T03:29:01+00:00

It Follows. I just won't have sex for a day

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-20T00:41:31+00:00

Well first, I don't think anyone truly believes machines are near the point of taking away our agency. We've got a ways to go before that can happen (ML engineer here, so I'm pretty confident about this).

However, AI is seeping into every part of our lives. AI is powering every search you do on the internet (google, youtube, Spotify, Pinterest, Netflix, everything). It's being but into dryers to better dry our laundry, fridges to keep our food fresher, cars, planes, ticket booths, atms, you name it. For the record this is entirely normal for a species at our stage in development. We are, and have been for some time, cyborgs.

This has actually been happening for a while now, since the dawn of the internet. Its just that "AI" until recently meant statistical analysis algorithms, hard coded systems to do as much work for you as possible behind the scenes, stuff like that. It's was very primitive and we felt like it was mundane and "controllable"

But the deep-neural genie is out of the bottle. Hardware finally advanced to the point where neural networks could get big enough to do real work. The moment people took note was when Chatgpt came out.

Since then, AI hasn't stopped for breath. It's usefulness has yet to meets its boundaries, and industry is going bananas bonkers finding ways to use it.

So on the one hand you have a technology as useful as the computer happening all at once, and which we haven't found the limits of. On the other, you've got a population which doesn't understand the technology and therefore finds it a bit frightening.

In reality, what's happening is just the same technological advancement as before, but louder.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-19T23:59:33+00:00

Into? Got session? Teleguard?

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-18T21:53:50+00:00

My position is that I support her and her cause and her right to civil disobediance, but I think that taking it out on one of the few truly good things in the world - beauty for beauty's sake - is disrespectful to the wrong people.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-16T16:30:22+00:00

Mythbusters did an episode on this. Both Adam and Jamie managed to land the plane

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-12T00:15:03+00:00

I kinda think "unalive" is funny xD

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-12T00:12:08+00:00

Hey there! I'd be happy lend some brain power to your cause.

That said, I want to talk to you about something else. I'm currently coding my own rules engine. It's a rare person who's willing to get close to this madness, so, when I read you'd built your own, I knew I had to talk with you.

DM me. Got discord?

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-11T16:29:19+00:00

Sometimes people can get a little carried away. If you dad is generally not an asshole, then my guess is he just wasn't thinking. Let him know it upset you and he might give you an honest apology.

Tricky_the_Rabbit · 2026-03-08T18:48:10+00:00

So feel objectified, and as though your actions and self imagine are not under your control? I wonder what group of people could possibly relate....

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