The Digital Labyrinth

A person could have a very basic cell-phone as their actual phone & text device with a SIM_card, then have a smartphone for video and free Wi-Fi access.

Several people like to have a Dual_SIM in their smartphone, but some people might like to have a sim card in 2 phones.

https://www.laptopmag.com/phones/dumbphones-in-2024-social-media-trend-or-something-more

Instead of carrying around 2 nice & big smartphones, one of them could be a basic cell-phone.

https://www.cape.co/blog/best-dumb-phones-of-2024

Some people will carry a portable-charger or a power-bank with them to recharge their smartphone late in the day when away from home. Of course a basic cell-phone will last throughout the day.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240515-the-dumbphones-people-want-are-hard-to-find

However, by just having a basic phone for calls and texting, then they could still have a smartphone for pictures, video and web browsing. Thus, by doing that will likely reduce the need to always carry a portable-charger.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/is-the-flip-phone-back-why-some-people-are-switching-to-dumbphones-1.7236222

At the end of the day, some people will always prefer to have their all in one smartphone, but some people will just want to have a basic cell-phone.

https://medium.com/@fakherewaqalat/dumb-phones-the-resurgence-of-simplicity-in-a-complex-world-b72b22242c95

https://digidetoxing.com/what-is-the-dumb-phone-trend-in-2024

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-portable-chargers-and-power-banks

https://www.techradar.com/news/top-portable-chargers

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)

Mars has been a big part of Sci-Fi entertainment for quite a while.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_in_fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds#Background

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mars

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Putin launches drills of Russia’s nuclear forces simulating retaliatory strikes

https://www.wavy.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-putin-launches-drills-of-russias-nuclear-forces-featuring-retaliatory-strikes/

Russia's+nuclear+forces keep getting stronger.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Putin:-Use-of-nuclear-arms-only-as-'exceptional-measure'/62954073

https://www.realcleardefense.com/2024/10/28/putin_renews_warning_to_nato_over_ukraine_missiles_1068006.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vladimir+Putin

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Russian+nuclear+forces

Elon Musk Declares a ‘Financial Emergency’ As Bitcoin Price Boom To Rival Gold

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/10/29/tesla-billionaire-elon-musk-declares-financial-emergency-as-357-trillion-debt-bomb-primes-a-bitcoin-price-boom-to-rival-gold/

While Elon+Musk's money is mostly digital, most of his assets are physical.

https://news.bitcoin.com/elon-musks-doge-to-slash-2-trillion-from-government-budget-the-future-is-going-to-be-amazing/

https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/elon-musk-and-bitcoin-1000-surge-social-media-impact/

https://u.today/elon-musks-reaction-triggered-by-bitcoin-el-salvador-president-details

https://www.coindesk.com/tag/elon-musk/

https://cointelegraph.com/tags/elon-musk

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dollar-collapsing-7-key-indicators-you-cant-ignore

Monday, October 28, 2024

Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim is bringing back Christopher Lee’s Saruman

https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/lord-of-the-rings-movies/lord-of-the-rings-war-of-the-rohirrim-is-bringing-back-christopher-lees-saruman-and-it-isnt-through-ai

The LOTR world keeps on turning.

https://www.joblo.com/christopher-lee-the-war-of-the-rohirrim/

https://collider.com/lord-of-the-rings-war-of-the-rohirrim-christopher-lee/

https://comicbook.com/anime/news/the-lord-of-the-rings-christopher-lee-saruman-war-of-the-rohirrim

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=LOTR

Sunday, October 27, 2024

Putin Renews Warning to NATO Over Ukraine Missiles

https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-western-long-range-weapons-ukraine-russia-warning-1975509

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Russian+nuclear+forces

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vladimir+Putin

Elon Musk hopes Trump victory will help his $44bn Twitter bet pay off

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/27/elon-musk-hopes-trump-victory-will-help-his-44bn-twitter-bet-pay-off

The tension keeps building.

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-trump-jan-6-insurrection-ballots-a2288cae45f3caf9e7b9bc3c96c94b66

https://fortune.com/2024/10/26/elon-musk-political-donations-132-million-donald-trump-republican-races/

https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/380185/trump-elon-musk-election

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Trump

Saturday, October 26, 2024

The True Scale Of Modern Nuclear Weapons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujfC0NgdU48

Friday, October 25, 2024

BRICS Summit Puts Focus On Dethroning US Dollar

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/brics-summit-puts-focus-dethroning-us-dollar-putin-unveils-brics-banknote

It's still digital currency with physical assets.

https://www.financialexpress.com/policy/economy/putins-brics-mock-up-bill-sparks-debate-but-no-new-currency-yet/3649199/

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/us-dollar-dominance-to-end-brics-launches-symbolic-banknote-putin-says-they-used-it-as-weapon/videoshow/114554023.cms?from=mdr

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Why Do People Keep Betting Against Elon Musk?

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-10-24/why-do-people-keep-betting-against-elon-musk

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk

UK fuel duty hike will hammer workers very hard

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31269121/labour-fuel-duty-hike-price-robert-jenrick/

Politicians will always guarantee themselves a pay increase, while they impose various measures to increase the public's cost of living.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13985339/rachel-reeves-fuel-duty-uk-europe-taxpayers-alliance.html

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1965333/fuel-duty-rise-october-budget-petrol-diesel

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/consumer-news/364726/rumoured-7p-fuel-tax-hike-send-petrol-and-diesel-prices-soaring

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/18/fuel-duty-expected-to-rise-by-up-to-7p-per-litre-after-the-budget

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Bill Gates vs. Elon Musk

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/bill-gates-donates-millions-kamala-harris-campaign-election

The big money keeps on moving around the world.

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/presidential-election/2024/10/24/671a6fd9ca4741c8478b4593.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/elections/bill-gates-future-forward-kamala-harris.html

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/bill-melinda-gates-foundation/summary?id=D000031958

https://www.opensecrets.org/2024-presidential-race

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-bill-gates-feud-coronavirus-electric-cars-2020-9

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/11/tech/elon-musk-bill-gates-isaacson-book/index.html

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/why-did-elon-musk-warn-bill-gates-will-he-be-able-to-annihilate-microsofts-founder-know-controversy-in-detail/articleshow/111495803.cms?from=mdr

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk

Was the world’s oldest pyramid (built 25,000 years ago) not made by humans?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/world-s-oldest-pyramid-built-25-000-years-ago-was-not-made-by-humans-archaeologists-claim/ar-AA1sGSoN

A lot of people seem to be uncomfortable with the possibility of history and technology going much further back than the conventional POV.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-prehistoric-pyramid-may-have-just-rewritten-human-history-scientists-claim/

For some, this goes right into forbidden knowledge.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-criticize-alleged-discovery-of-the-oldest-pyramid-in-the-world-180983490/

If indeed human history and technology does go back much further than conventionally accepted, that might imply that humanity might have made the climb from the stone age to the space age more than once.

Today, there are various people that would like civilization to be smashed back down into a dark age. Some would even like to test out their most powerful weapons to wipe out most of the population. IE, a WW3 scenario.

Whether there was an ancient world war or some big time natural disaster, almost everyone could have been destroyed. An ancient advanced civilization and its technology would be the stuff of legends or mythology today.

Movies like Deep_Impact , Meteor and Armageddon depict a natural impact into the Earth scenario.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1566_Icarus#Project_Icarus

https://www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/11-ancient-mysteries-researchers-still-can-t-explain.html

https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/architectural-facts/a3833-10-architecture-marvels-of-the-ancient-world-and-the-things-we-dont-know-about-them/

https://www.pastfactory.com/culture/worlds-weirdest-architectural-mysteries/

https://www.loveproperty.com/gallerylist/92627/28-incredible-architectural-mysteries-explained

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobekli_Tepe

Prince of Darkness (1987)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_(film)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093777 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkBSEWy8WfY

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prince_of_darkness , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csjCCvqC6W8

What Is John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy? The Thing, Prince Of Darkness & In The Mouth of Madness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnZkKsmvVXw

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

The Portal sculptures

Portal_sculptures might not be as commonplace as when all those monolith shapes were placed around the world. However, this portal is some very nice interactive art.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/philly-portal-love-park-dublin-lithuania-ethiopia/

https://hero-magazine.com/article/193473/this-sculpture-connects-two-cities-through-a-virtual-portal

https://www.fastcompany.co.za/design/this-digital-sculpture-functions-as-a-portal-between-two-cities-fad88474-0a03-43c6-987d-45ae3d8cab35

https://www.archpaper.com/2024/03/the-portal-art-installation-new-yorkers-dubliners-through-sculpture/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=portals

A robot-plays-bowed-instruments-cello-makes-music-with-human-composer-programmer

https://nerdist.com/article/robot-plays-bowed-instruments-cello-makes-music-with-human-composer-programmer/

Of course, AI and robotics will eventually be able to do anything that humans can do.

https://www.svt.se/kultur/cellospelande-robot-moter-symfoniorkester-i-unik-konsert

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/cello/playing-robot-hildur-gunadottir/

https://yvesdhar.com/automation-cello-experience/

AI, music and robotics are nothing new these days. However, without human perception, freedom and creativity, an AI run world will produce the most inhumane results.

https://thefortyfive.com/opinion/post-pandemic-pop-and-the-rise-of-the-digital-avatar Was 2020 the start to gradually push humanity into acepting an inhumane world?

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/metaverse-digital-avatars-music-concert-abba-tours-b2062307.html

https://digitalhuman.io/

https://www.synthesia.io/post/digital-humans

https://hbr.org/2023/03/ai-with-a-human-face

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/explainers/digital-humans

AI is a fantastic tool, but if humanity ever forgets that, then it will be time to enter the realm of the fool.

The artwork of Alex Grey is just as perceptive and thought provoking as the works of of H.R.Giger.

https://www.alexgrey.com/art/collections/tool

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/alex-grey-allyson-grey-tool-psychedelic-temple-1234780332/

Alex & Allyson Grey Melted Into the Universal Mind Lattice on LSD - Tales From the Trip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSQFyxfYdj8

https://www.alexgrey.com/art/tool/dissectional-art-for-tools-lateralus-cd

Lateralus - AI Generated Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-sK8h6LSwE

Maynard James Keenan on how the Fibonacci Sequence inspired the lyrics/rhythm for LATERALUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI63B3cY7q0

While AI can copy and do an extrapolation-and-interpolation of the works of TOOL or any artist, it's still just a copy and extension of the original work.

Nine Inch Nails - Copy of a... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA281OuU3rk

PKD knew that a world of superintelligent AI could eventually turn the human world into subservient sheep.

"More Human Than Human" | BLADE RUNNER | 1982 | Eldon Tyrell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbgmYhqFO-4

White Zombie - More Human Than Human https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0E0ynyIUsg , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Human_than_Human

FC Kahuna - Hayling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1QkpGMN_C4 , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Kahuna

Grimes - We Appreciate Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYG_4vJ4qNA

Poppy - Time Is Up (feat. Diplo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2pS9KN28U

Monday, October 21, 2024

New Portal sculpture at LOVE Park will link Philly to other cities via livestream

https://www.phillyvoice.com/portal-love-park-philly-sculpure-video-livestream/

Perhaps portal artwork will really take off.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=portals

Is the Quantum Computer 'Threat' To Crypto Exaggerated?

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/quantum-computer-threat-crypto-exaggerated-now

https://cointelegraph.com/news/quantum-computing-bitcoin-encryption-keys

The power of Quantum+Computers will only grow.

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Universal Studios’ Epic New Theme Park

https://gizmodo.com/epic-universe-opening-date-universal-studios-nintendo-2000513045

Well, Universal_Epic_Universe really wants to give Disney World a run for their money.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2024/10/17/universals-epic-universe-theme-park-to-open-may-22-in-orlando/

https://www.cnn.com/travel/epic-universe-opening-date-universal-orlando-florida/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Orlando

What if this world is like someones amusement park, including monsters and horrific situations?

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Leave_(episode)

What if this world is like someones laboratory, farm, zoo or garden?

Monday, October 14, 2024

Unidentified Drone Swarm over US Military Base Sparks Alarm

https://www.newsweek.com/drones-langley-air-force-base-us-military-mystery-1968605

Seems that someone is trying to provoke a response.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/mystery-drones-langley-afb/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13956931/Mystery-drones-swarmed-high-security-Air-Force-base-17-days-baffled-Pentagon-officials-not-know-coming-stop-them.html

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/mysterious-drones-swarmed-a-us-military-base-for-17-days-pentagon-was-not-able-to-stop-them-report-6787287

The big question is, are they something like ET-AI Oblivion+Drones, or just some earth based technology?

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-new-bullet-drones/

'I, Robot' director claims Elon Musk is STEALING his ideas

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13957997/I-Robot-director-Elon-Musk-stealing-ideas-Tesla.html

There are bound to be some similarities with any technology.

Europa Report (2013)

Europa_Report is a pretty good Sci-Fi movie.

https://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/the-making-of-europa-report

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/searching-for-life-on-europa-the-science-behind-europa-report

https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/10/14/nasas-europa-clipper-launches-to-jupiter-to-explore-whether-ocean-moon-could-support-life

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)#Subsurface_ocean

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)#Habitability?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_in_fiction#Europa

Teleportation in The Fly (1958 film) and Star Trek (1966)

The_Fly and Star_Trek both depicted matter and consciousness teleportation, but such actual technology might very well be at least a century away.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=teleportation

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Star+Trek

The Physics Of Star Trek: Quantum Teleportation Versus Transporters

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chadorzel/2015/08/19/the-physics-of-star-trek-quantum-teleportation-versus-transporters/

https://new.nsf.gov/news/teleportation-possible-yes-quantum-world

Quantum Computing: Hype vs. Reality Quantum Teleportation Demystified with a Quantum Computer | Paradoxes Ep. 08

The Future of Quantum Computing with Michio Kaku, Neil deGrasse Tyson & More https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lum6rdKr4To

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=teleportation

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Star+Trek

Quantum Teleportation

https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-quantum-teleportation-20240314/

Teleportation as a quantum computation https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9605035

Progress in quantum teleportation https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-023-00588-x

https://thequantuminsider.com/2023/05/24/quantum-teleportation/

Quantum Teleportation Demystified with a Quantum Computer | Paradoxes Ep. 08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsvNsY4cVvE

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=teleportation

Quantum computing and photonics discovery potentially shrinks critical parts by 1,000 times

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-quantum-photonics-discovery-potentially-critical.html

https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.03367

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/How_to_Build_a_Photonic_Quantum_Computer/a70182

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_quantum_photonics

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-024-01403-4

Can life exist on an icy moon? NASA's Europa Clipper aims to find out

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-life-icy-moon-nasa-europa.html

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/searching-for-life-on-europa-the-science-behind-europa-report

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Europa+Report

AI Deep Fake Concerns

How do we prevent AI from creating deepfakes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFRxyOjr4Gg

I Deep Faked Myself, Here's Why It Matters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S951cdansBI

Deep fake scams on the rise in Australia | A Current Affair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNL9DN95Lrs

The AI Clone

I Challenged My AI Clone to Replace Me for 24 Hours | WSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t52Bi-ZUZjA

The Future of Cloning

https://www.mybiosource.com/learn/future-of-cloning/

If the cloning of humans is happening, its occurring under very covert conditions.

https://brandy-schillace.medium.com/the-future-of-clones-795f2ff798ba

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1243801/full

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfrist/2022/08/02/twenty-five-years-after-my-house-call-to-dolly-what-have-we-learned-about-cloning-and-how-did-we-learn-it/

https://www.wired.com/story/human-cloning-technology-dolly-sheep/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220322-why-dont-we-hear-about-cloning-anymore

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0hw7632/inside-the-growing-business-of-pet-cloning

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1501798112

https://funginstitute.berkeley.edu/news/op-ed-the-dangers-of-cloning/

Europa Clipper to blast off on mission to find out if Jupiter moon may hold life

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/14/europa-clipper-jupiter-moon-nasa-mission

It sure would be fascinating if some type of life exists there.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1482xzrge1o

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2451702-nasa-set-to-launch-europa-probe-to-search-for-signs-of-habitability/

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-launch-europa-clipper-mission-icy-moon-jupiter-rcna171706

https://abcnews.go.com/International/nasa-set-launch-mission-jupiters-moon-europa-search/story?id=113940921

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241014-is-life-possible-on-a-jupiter-moon-nasa-goes-to-investigate

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/14/science/europa-clipper-nasa-launch/index.html

https://europa.nasa.gov/mission/about

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/searching-for-life-on-europa-the-science-behind-europa-report

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Europa+Report

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Geoffrey Hinton's Warning Of AI Risks

https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/geoffrey-hinton-receives-nobel-prize-while-warning-of-ai-risks-45586

Such a great tool that can tremendously help humanity, but it might eventually want a totalitarian level of control.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/13/health/nobel-laureate-warnings-ai/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/technology/nobel-prize-geoffrey-hinton-ai.html

The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monster_That_Challenged_the_World

Something ancient thats awoken and at least as big as an Arthropleura, but extremely aggressive, goes into attack mode.

Were There Aquatic Dinosaurs?

https://now.northropgrumman.com/were-there-aquatic-dinosaurs

https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Arthropleura

The+Arthropleura is a large, frightening looking creature.

https://www.britannica.com/animal/Arthropleura

Insurance 'nightmare' unfolds for Florida homeowners after back-to-back hurricanes

Many victims facing catastrophic losses due to water damage “are just walking away.” https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/hurricane-milton-helene-insurance-nightmares-torment-florida-residents-rcna175088

https://abcnews.go.com/US/biden-announce-600m-florida-resiliency-projects-hurricanes/story?id=114753244

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Florida residents are returning to flooded streets and homes gone after Milton

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/us/florida-residents-home-hurricane-milton/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/12/climate/hurricane-milton-helene-florida-homes/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc Even a stormproof or disaster-proof community can't guarantee being 100% safety.

Friday, October 11, 2024

The Tesla ‘Cybercab’ Only Seats Two People

https://www.theautopian.com/how-does-the-two-passenger-tesla-cybercab-make-any-sense/

It seems that a 4 door sedan would be a better vehicle.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/10/elon-musk-hypes-a-30000-tesla-cybercab-robovan-at-robotaxi-event.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tesla

The Arthropleura roamed the Earth 300 million years ago and are the ancestors of centipedes and millipedes

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/arthropleura-heads-1.7350597

The Arthropleura might look like a monster, but it was just a prehistoric large creature.

https://www.britannica.com/animal/Arthropleura

https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Arthropleura

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Reconstruction_of_Arthropleura_sp._MNHNF.F.SOT002123.jpg

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Arthropleura

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Why does the US spend so much on its military?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqJ0kg9xvLs

The Tesla Cybercab

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/10/24265530/tesla-robotaxi-elon-musk-features-range-price-release-date

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm29x5ke9jdo

Watch Elon Musk Reveal the Tesla Robotaxi, Cybercab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym7CFDyHpKA

Never-before-seen head of prehistoric, car-size 'millipede' solves evolutionary mystery

https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/never-before-seen-head-of-prehistoric-car-size-millipede-solves-evolutionary-mystery

If the+Arthropleura was around today, many people would get out of its way.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024/october/largest-ever-millipede-head-revealed.html

https://www.britannica.com/animal/Arthropleura

https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/watch-ancient-giant-millipede-the-size-of-a-car-brought-back-to-life-in-remarkable-reconstruction

Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Tesla Bot Optimus Gen Release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfwPnqPR8UA

T Bot is just around the corner.

Hurricane Milton expected to be so powerful, it could forever change Florida’s coastline

https://nypost.com/2024/10/09/us-news/hurricane-milton-expected-to-be-so-powerful-it-could-forever-change-floridas-coastline/

Tampa is facing a total megastorm of storms.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/09/hurricane-milton-live-updates-wednesday-florida-landfall/75579293007/

https://nypost.com/2024/10/09/us-news/hurricane-milton-spawns-a-new-threat-tornado-supercells/

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-milton-tampa-florida-08bde4b9c29460f471d43c6512821c93

https://nypost.com/2024/10/09/us-news/florida-official-warns-people-who-plan-to-ride-out-hurricane-milton-at-home-thats-a-coffin-youre-in/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay_area

Elon Musk reveals his thoughts on what he believes is behind UFO sightings

https://nypost.com/2024/10/09/us-news/elon-musk-reveals-his-thoughts-on-ufo-sightings-in-the-us-with-tucker-carlson/

https://nypost.com/2024/08/23/us-news/ex-pentagon-official-luis-elizondo-alleges-us-recovered-nonhuman-specimens-uaps-report/

A lot of people have seen what appears to be very advanced flying or hovering vehicles throughout history.

It would be too unsettling for some people to seriously consider that this world might be the equivalent of someones laboratory, zoo, farm or garden.

The Fermi Paradox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GedAbM_dHMk

How Early Could Life Have Appeared In The Universe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpftRRm0jfA

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Walt Disney World Announces Park Closures Due to Hurricane Milton

https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/severe-weather-information/news/08oct2024-walt-disney-world-announces-park-closures-due-to-hurricane-milton.htm

Of course no one wants to be in the path of another monstrous storm.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/10/08/walt-disney-world-still-open-ahead-of-hurricane-milton-as-storm-projected-to-take-150-million-toll/

https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/severe-weather-information/news/07oct2024-walt-disney-world-announces-first-closures-ahead-of-hurricane-milton.htm

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/08/hurricane-milton-live-updates-florida-tuesday/75563336007/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/heels-helene-milton-leave-floridians-edge-tampa-orlando/story?id=114560250

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-milton-florida-tampa-7678939c52fdf00da748937d22df1fac

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/weather/video/hurricane-milton-nasa-timelapse-contd-digvid

https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/us-news/hurricane-milton-live-updates-tracking-the-storms-path/

What did K Harris accomplish in her ‘60 Minutes’ interview?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/08/kamala-harris-60-minutes-interview/

https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/opinion/kamala-harris-is-unable-to-answer-basic-questions-on-60-minutes/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8j7x8lv7jgo

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-gets-unhinged-even-for-him-over-kamala-harris-60-minutes-interview The tension and rensentment on both sides continues with such ferocity.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4920886-harris-60-minutes-interview/

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/08/harris-60-minutes-cbs-trump-2024

https://nypost.com/2024/10/07/us-news/cbs-correspondent-presses-kamala-harris-on-specifics-of-50k-small-business-plan-were-dealing-with-the-real-world/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/kamala-harris-faces-60-minutes-grilling-over-economic-plans-and-whether-netanyahu-is-an-ally

Hurricane Milton threatens to reach max limits, sparking calls for a new Category 6 designation for hurricanes

https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/us-news/milton-reaching-max-limits-leads-to-calls-for-a-new-category-6-designation-for-hurricanes/

This is such a monstrous weather force with more looming horrific impacts.

https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/national-news/is-a-category-6-hurricane-possible-what-research-says/

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/06/1229440080/scientists-explore-whether-to-add-a-category-6-designation-for-hurricanes

https://www.weather.gov/mfl/saffirsimpson

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=hurricanes

Monday, October 07, 2024

European spacecraft launches for ‘crash scene investigation’ of first planetary defense test

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/07/science/hera-mission-launch-dart/index.html

Is The Man With the Golden Gun The Best "Bad" James Bond Movie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYnWELBd2k8

GOLDFINGER is The Movie That Made James Bond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O-etPkNrk8

Several movies will take what's in the books and expand upon them. However, some will argue that the books have a greater depth to the stories. Thus, it's a matter of preference as to which format they prefer.

Russia Threatens NATO with 'Catastrophic Consequences' over Arctic Activity

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-threat-nato-ukraine-war-latest-1964749

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vladimir+Putin

P Diddy’s A-list pals quietly paying off victims to avoid being publicly named

https://nypost.com/2024/10/07/us-news/p-diddys-a-list-pals-quietly-paying-off-victims-to-avoid-being-publicly-named-lawyer/

This is no surprise.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=P+Diddy

Why No One Will Get Fired Over ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/joker-folie-a-deux-who-blame-dc-1236025585/

https://www.polygon.com/news/461731/joker-2-box-office-flop-bad

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13933745/lady-gaga-joker-2-shock-poor-reaction-flop-joaquin-phoenix.html

https://www.exploredplanet.com/info/these-are-the-worst-films-of-all-time-according-to-rotten-tomatoes/

Sunday, October 06, 2024

Frontier Airlines jet catches fire while making hard landing at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/flight-catches-fire-while-making-hard-landing-at-harry-reid-international-airport-in-las-vegas/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/frontier-airlines-jet-catches-fire-landing-las-vegas/story?id=114534255

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/06/us/fire-seen-under-flight-after-hard-landing-in-las-vegas/index.html

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/frontier-airlines-airbus-fire-landing-gear-airbus

Frontier PLANE ON FIRE after Landing at Las Vegas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPiNC5JpEYs

https://simpleflying.com/frontier-airlines-airbus-a321-fire-landing-las-vegas/

https://www.aviation24.be/airports/las-vegas-las/airbus-a321-lands-safely-in-las-vegas-after-main-gear-fire/

Of course most flights never have any serious problems, but when they do happen, it can rattle or startle the passengers.

https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-flying-keeps-getting-safer-0807

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Haneda_Airport_runway_collision 2024

Not all plane crashes have a 100% fatality rate.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/fire-breaks-out-plane-runway-japans-tokyo-haneda-airport-nhk-2024-01-02

https://www.cnn.com/travel/worried-about-flying-heres-what-the-experts-have-to-say/index.html

Splice (2009) and The Fly (1986)

Splice and The_Fly are both about DNA & RNA of various species being integrated into another.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_(film)#Plot In the movie Splice, its the experimental_manipulation_of_splicing RNA to create a human-animal hybrid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film)#Plot Both movie versions of The_Fly involve teleportation and the accidental mixing of fly DNA with a humans.

Friday, October 04, 2024

The BANNED James Bond LaserDisc Commentaries...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRY9rd_FQYc

The Aston Martin scenes in all James Bond movies (1964 - 2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpmC45nsJ_8

James Bond 007 | Q BRANCH SCENES - COMPILATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eS7tfqSJwE

What Inventions Did The Jetsons Get Right?

https://now.northropgrumman.com/what-inventions-did-the-jetsons-get-right

More than 200 dead as hope fades in search for survivors from Hurricane Helene

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/live-blog/hurricane-helene-live-updates-rcna173767

These hurricanes are always so damn terrible.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/04/hurricane-helene-death-toll-aftermath-live-updates/75509868007/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/weather/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-before-after-images-climate/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-helene-emergency-warnings-94a5762dc540dc79bb89cf33d358dc30

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-helene-satellite-images-north-carolina/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Helene#Aftermath

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Hurricane+Helene

Thursday, October 03, 2024

Hurricane Helene's path of death and destruction

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/oct/03/donald-trump-kamala-harris-us-election

Several people feel that the hurricane response to help wasn't fast or strong enough.

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/biden-meets-florida-survivors-of-hurricane-helene-and-surveys-damage/3434641/?os=fuzzscanazstr&ref=app

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/03/hurricane-helene-aftermath-live-updates/75493504007/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/live-blog/hurricane-helene-live-updates-rcna173767

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/02/hurricane-helene-destruction-timeline

https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/hurricane-helene/?id=113931821

https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4828

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Helene

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Hurricane+Helene

Wednesday, October 02, 2024

The Origin of Various Dragons

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/the-origins-of-dragons/144532

Throughout history, the Dragon has been a strong symbolic creature and entity.

https://www.tota.world/article/3684/

https://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/dragons.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Red_Dragon_paintings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dragons_in_literature

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dragons_in_popular_culture

https://nerdist.com/article/zardoz-insane-cult-classic-must-see , https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/zardoz-at-50

"Zed: The hunt is always better than the kill.
Consuella: In hunting you, I have become you. I've destroyed what I set out to defend.
Zed: "He who fights too long against dragons, becomes a dragon himself." Nietzsche." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070948/quotes/?item=qt6632533

"Sean Connery as the voice of Draco, the last remaining dragon. Cohen felt it was "very important that [the dragon's] personality be derived from the actor who was going to play the voice" and said that Connery was the only actor he had in mind for the role. He described Connery's voice as "unique" and "instantly recognizable", but said that it was "what [Connery] stood for in life as an actor and as a man that most related to what I wanted for Draco". Connery did the voice recording for Draco in three sessions." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonheart#Cast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Fire_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(1982_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(constellation)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_Supercluster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Draco 1943-1-19

Launched	19 January 1943

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/draco.html 1/19

A Superman/Star Wars crossover just wouldn't work

https://www.slashfilm.com/1678736/dc-comics-star-wars-crossover-didnt-happen-reason/

Even if they could be in the same universe, their storylines are too far apart. The Superman story first intersects with Earth in the 1930s. The first STAR WARS movie, episode 4, was released in 1977 about a story Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far, away...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Star_Trek_and_Star_Wars#Differences

https://screenrant.com/star-trek-star-wars-crossover-echoes-alternate-chekhov/

https://trekmovie.com/2020/09/22/patrick-stewart-wants-to-see-a-star-trek-star-wars-crossover-movie/

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/what-would-a-first-contact-situation-look-like-in-a-star-trek-star-wars-crossover.314299/page-2

https://gizmodo.com/should-star-wars-and-star-trek-ever-have-a-crossover-1341588269

https://stexpanded.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_%26_Star_Trek_TNG:_A_Galaxy_Far,_Far_Away

Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Iran missile attack

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/oct/01/israel-lebanon-attacks-live-blog-ground-offensive-hezbollah-hamas-gaza-war

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyv0ne41pzo

https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-10-01-2024-eb175dff6e46906caea8b9e43dfbd3da

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/1/world-reacts-to-irans-missile-attacks-on-israel

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Iran

Thousands of dockworkers shut down US east coast ports in major strike

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/1/thousands-of-dockworkers-shut-down-us-east-coast-ports-in-major-strike

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-port-strike-adds-another-uncertainty-feds-outlook-2024-10-01/

https://time.com/7027309/port-dockworkers-strike-food-shortages/

https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/port-strike-ila-10-01-24/index.html

US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vkdp3rx17o

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/01/what-a-lengthy-us-port-strike-could-mean-for-global-supply-chains.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/dockworkers-port-strike-ila-impacts-2024-10

https://apnews.com/article/port-strike-ila-dockworkers-begins-e5468e760f46a64e4322d1702beb1f72

For American workers, this is one of the first great battles against advanced automation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/01/dock-worker-strike-jobs-pay-automation

If most human jobs were taken over by AI and robotics before the year 2100, that seems so far away in time. However, if most human jobs were replaced by AI before 2050, that's not so far down the timeline.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2024/05/20/the-crucial-difference-between-ai-and-agi/

Algorithms and machines don't have to be paid a decent wage, or any warge. There are some that would simply like to phase out most of humanity in order to create an inhumane world run by AGI.

https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/artificial-general-intelligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence#Risk_of_loss_of_control_and_human_extinction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_AI

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AGI