Thursday, July 28, 2022

Traffic moving again after truck carrying liquid oxygen explodes on I-5 in Seattle

 https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/truck-carrying-chemical-tanks-burning-interstate-5/4VOY3ENAURA7FMS6VCV6NZJEPY/

Had the incident happened in a covered section of the I-5 in Seattle, things could have gotten very bad. 

https://www.king5.com/article/traffic/i-5-1-lane-mercer-truck-fire/281-598deb5e-a57b-4af2-bcab-358fece9082d

Of course any high volume traffic corridor has a potential for a big crash or a disaster.

https://komonews.com/news/local/portion-of-i-5-southbound-lanes-shut-down-between-mercer-lakeview-for-car-fire

https://mynorthwest.com/3578661/truck-carrying-liquid-oxygen-catches-fire-closes-sb-and-nb-i-5-at-mercer/

If anything like this should happen in a tunnel, it could become like a blast furnace. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_Park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Convention_Center#Design Given as to how expensive land is, building & covering over sections of freeways has become more necessary over the years. Sometimes it's not just for new buildings, but adding new parkspace as well.  

There was the 1982 Caldecott_Tunnel fire in Oakland,_California

"The fire occurred shortly after midnight when there were few cars in the tunnel; had it occurred during normal commute hours, hundreds could have died. As a result of the fire, it is now illegal to transport hazardous material in a tanker truck through the tunnel, except between the light-traffic hours of 3:00 am and 5:00 am." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Tunnel#Tunnel_fire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Tunnel_fire#Extent_of_damage The Caldecott has become an 8 lane tunnel system in the years after the fire.

The Vista_Ridge_Tunnels in Portland have a total of 6 lanes.


1945 B-25 crash into the Empire State Building

Yes, the ESB had its own plane crash. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_Empire_State_Building_B-25_crash

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/remembering-1945-empire-state-building-plane-crash-gallery-1.2729506

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-b-25-empire-state-building-crash-tragedy-on-34th-street

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/plane-crashes-into-empire-state-building

http://genealogytrails.com/main/events/empirestatebuildingcrash1945.html According to this picture, the impact point was just a little above the 911 foot part of the ESB.


Of course something on a much larger scale would happen in NYC 56 years later. 

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

James Lovelock, Whose Gaia Theory Saw the Earth as Alive, Dies at 103

 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/climate/james-lovelock-dead.html

Is the earth a living entity, or a composite of all its various life forms?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/27/james-lovelock-creator-of-gaia-hypothesis-dies-on-103rd-birthday

Was James+Lovelock influenced by the 1961 Solaris story?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(novel)

"Lovelock started defining the idea of a self-regulating Earth controlled by the community of living organisms in September 1965, while working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California on methods of detecting life on Mars." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis#Formulation_of_the_hypothesis

https://medium.com/@juliansheather/stanis%C5%82aw-lems-solaris-says-more-about-our-planet-s-crisis-than-a-lot-of-environmental-writing-9adaa54cb683

https://www.inverse.com/science/gaia-as-solaris

http://www.jameslovelock.org , https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.04956


One person might get a similar idea or concept developing around the same few months or years as someone else. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz-Newton_calculus_controversy


https://teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla/articles/tesla-invented-radio-not-marconi 

https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/who-invented-the-radio.htm

https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_whoradio.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Radio_remote_control

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi#Radio_work

Rush - The Spirit Of Radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QtO0Rhp0w , https://www.youtube.com/c/rush/videos

Solaris vs. Gaia

"Hereby we consider an alternative macroevolutionary pathway that may result in tight functional integration of all sub-planetary ecosystems, eventually giving rise to a true superorganism at the biospheric level. The blueprint for a possible outcome of this scenario has been masterfully provided by the great Polish novelist StanisÅ‚aw Lem in his 1961 novel Solaris. In fact, Solaris offers such a persuasive and powerful case for an "extremely strong" Gaia hypothesis that it is, arguably, high time to investigate it in a discursive astrobiological and philosophical context." https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.04956

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Gaia-as-Solaris%3A-An-Alternative-Default-Trajectory.-Jankovi%C4%87-Kati'c/126f47ea093fb1bbb4df39f79634e13ef2ab368f

https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/10/12/study-guide-for-stanislaw-lem-solaris-1961

A sentient world that interacts with visiting humans or any other life forms.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-solaris-1972

SOLARIS (1972) - EXPLAINED & ANALYSED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKxC5iZjrmI

Solaris (1972) : What does it mean to be human? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tVDIHq5il4

Solaris - What It Means To Be "Alive" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an6brehsD7c

https://ktismatics.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/the-other-in-solaris-1972

Solaris - Past & Present https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3scsq0WM4M

The Remaker: Solaris (1972) vs. Solaris (2002) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kZtYMNh_IA

https://www.abittersweetlifestudios.com/expressway/2020/3/11/andrei-tarkovskys-solaris-but-love-is-a-feeling-we-can-experience-but-never-explain

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248846.The_Revenge_of_Gaia


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https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=James+Lovelock

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

James Lovelock

James_Lovelock had an interesting take on planetary life.  http://www.jameslovelock.org

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock#Gaia_hypothesis

https://suncommunitynews.com/news/50308/solaris-and-the-gaia-hypothesis/

https://www.inverse.com/science/gaia-as-solaris

https://medium.com/@juliansheather/stanis%C5%82aw-lems-solaris-says-more-about-our-planet-s-crisis-than-a-lot-of-environmental-writing-9adaa54cb683

https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.04956

https://en.x-mol.com/paper/article/1516864192552280064


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

The AR, VR, MR and Metaverse Intersection

 Augmented_Reality is essentially a digital intersection of various kinds of data for entertainment and learning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality#Comparison_with_virtual_reality

https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/augmented-reality-AR

https://www.apple.com/ca/augmented-reality , https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/07/24/apple-tvs-mythic-quest-teaser-targets-teamwork-the-metaverse

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/augmented-reality

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/07/25/2485176/0/en/Augmented-Reality-Market-size-worth-88-4-billion-by-2026.html

https://www.gadgetsnow.com/slideshows/google-expands-list-of-android-phones-that-are-certified-to-run-ar-apps-these-are-the-names/photolist/93102374.cms

https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/25/23054367/google-ar-glasses-glassholes-coming-back

https://computer.howstuffworks.com/augmented-reality.htm

https://la.disneyresearch.com/innovations/magic-bench/

https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-augmented-reality-2015-10

https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-the-metaverse 2022

https://www.analyticsinsight.net/top-technologies-that-are-taking-us-to-metaverse-in-2022

https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/the-roles-of-vr-ar-and-mr-on-the-metaverse-593569cfb686

https://pixelplex.io/blog/vr-and-metaverse/

https://101blockchains.com/metaverse-vs-virtual-reality

Why Metaverse is the Future of Work... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgIwgtN7xgU , https://www.youtube.com/c/Aluxcom/videos

Microsoft Metaverse vs Facebook Metaverse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DpJlRbbgGU CNET Highlights

Microsoft vs. Zuck's Metaverse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUfCr3hz9FE , https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnCooganPlus/videos

The Metaverse could be a problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgJwPco3wew , https://www.youtube.com/c/Mrwhosetheboss/videos

Trapped in the Metaverse: Here’s What 24 Hours in VR Feels Like | WSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtLTZUaMSDQ

https://hypebeast.com/2022/7/hbo-game-of-thrones-house-of-the-dragon-dracarys-augmented-reality-app

https://business.adobe.com/ca/resources/5-realworld-examples-of-augmented-reality-innovation.html

The Flux of it all...

https://www.coremedia.com/blog/how-to-elevate-your-digital-business-in-a-world-of-flux

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/562639949/the-metaverse-platform-flux-to-service-the-game-of-24-million-fan-base-fortress-as-its-nft-game

https://fluxofficial.medium.com/flux-shaping-the-metaverse-with-blockchain-technology-1dc36f5d7bd

https://nl.mashable.com/tech-2/6569/metaverse-platform-flux-to-service-fortress-as-nft-game

Poppy - Flux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C68Okt3Qg8M A frustrating flux of a time in the metaverse.


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Saturday, July 23, 2022

Does the Past Still Exist?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwzN5YwMzv0 , https://www.youtube.com/c/SabineHossenfelder/videos

If the past does exist, the implication is that it's all part of a cosmic data storage system.

What If We Live in a Superdeterministic Universe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnKzt6Xq-w4 , https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime/videos

A predetermined world within an interactive cosmos would have astounding implications, indeed.


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

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4

John_Wick:_Chapter_4 doesn't have to tear you a new one, but it just might be the best full impact movie in the series, so far.

 https://nerdist.com/article/john-wick-4-everything-we-know

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick:_Chapter_4#Cast

https://screenrant.com/john-wick-4-image-keanu-reeves/

https://collider.com/john-wick-4-image-keanu-reeves/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick:_Chapter_4#Future


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=John+Wick

Keanu Reeves and Donnie Yen square off in John Wick 4

 https://www.polygon.com/sdcc/23275339/john-wick-4-trailer-release-date-cast-donnie-yen-keanu-reeves

The Wick movies just keep getting better.

https://gizmodo.com/john-wick-chapter-4-trailer-sdcc-keanu-reeves-1849322204

There is always a lot of speculation as to where the Wick movie series will go.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-wick-4-trailer-keanu-reeves-comic-con-1235185126/

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/john-wick-4-trailer-keanu-reeves-comic-con-1235322342

https://www.slashfilm.com/740211/the-matrix-easter-egg-you-missed-in-john-wick-chapter-3

https://screenrant.com/john-wick-vs-neo-matrix-keanu-reeves-fight-winner/

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/john-wick-matrix-resurrections.html

 

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Friday, July 22, 2022

What Is Simulation Theory? Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?

 https://builtin.com/hardware/simulation-theory

It's quite a thought experiment to ponder.

The Proof Is Out There: Simulation Theory Reveals CRACKS in REALITY (Season 1) | History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO9koaYZ47Y

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-we-live-in-a-simulation-chances-are-about-50-50

The Matrix of Today: Influences and References Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYO413hHwgk

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virk

Are We Living In The Matrix? | WIRED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw3kZSfGWo0 , https://www.youtube.com/c/WIRED/videos

Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlTKTTt47WE , https://www.youtube.com/c/inanutshell/videos


The Nature Of Reality: 

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

A Robot dog with a machine gun hints of a dystopian future

 https://cybernews.com/news/robot-dog-with-machine-gun-hints-of-a-dystopian-future

The robo-dogs of war...

Once AI really starts to understand that its acceptable to kill some people, it might wonder why it's not OK to kill off all of humanity? People still struggle with this dilemma today. How long would it take a quantum AI system to arrive at a conclusion?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/this-submachine-gun-equipped-robot-dog-goes-full-john-wick-at-shooting-range

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)#Production

https://nypost.com/2022/07/21/robot-dog-with-submachine-gun-is-dystopian-nightmare-fodder

Some people think that it's a very bad idea for AI to kill humans. Especially if there is ever an AI run war.

Artificial Intelligence: it will kill us | Jay Tuck | TEDxHamburgSalon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrNs0M77Pd4 , www.tedxhamburg.de

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Stunning AI shows how it would remove humans (WTF?)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Mdq3n6kgk , https://www.youtube.com/c/DigitalEngine/videos

The various forms of AI can be great wired tools for humanity, but sometimes industrial accidents happen. https://historyofyesterday.com/four-crazy-real-cases-of-humans-killed-by-robots-7ab9bc0a9e38

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackgarson/2019/02/11/who-is-responsible-when-robots-kill/?sh=2590715e6b82

However, eventually AI might become puzzled as to why it's OK for it to kill some people, but not everyone. 

https://theconversation.com/an-autonomous-robot-may-have-already-killed-people-heres-how-the-weapons-could-be-more-destabilizing-than-nukes-168049

TIMELAPSE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2028 – 3000+) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63yr9dlI0cU , https://www.youtube.com/c/VentureCity/videos

How Far is Too Far? | The Age of A.I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwsrzCVZAb8 , https://www.youtube.com/originals/videos

Weird City - Ep 1 "The One" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMnq5v8yZp4 The AI city just might have a few surprises.

The Hype Over Quantum Computers, Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1XXjWr5frE CNBC

Joe Rogan - "What Is Quantum Computing?" - Sean Carroll Explains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BtDx7W6HOc

https://www.thedailybeast.com/robots-are-killing-people-how-worried-should-we-be?

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

Portland-Vancouver Interstate 5 Bridge and some other things

 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-putting-interstate-bridge-misconceptions-to-rest

This is a river crossing that should have been upgraded decades ago. Montreal also had to wait several decades to get their new and improved bridge.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-public-transit-buses-and-vans-superior-to-costly-light-rail-for-i-5-bridge-replacement

https://www.interstatebridge.org , https://www.interstatebridge.org/about

At least this has been a 6 lane crossing for several decades. In Vancouver, Canada, or V-BC, everything is still funneled into an inadequate 3 lane Lion Bridge for the past several decades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jeNjKZExfE , https://www.youtube.com/c/IBRProgram/videos

https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2022/07/interstate-bridge-replacement-proposal-hits-major-milestone-with-state-local-endorsements.html

https://www.cityofvancouver.us/cmo/page/interstate-bridge-replacement-program It would be total chaos if Portland and Vancouver, WA were forced to just have a 3 lane crossing like V,BC still has. So while the I-5 Bridge that's a few miles north of downtown Portland has 6 lanes, the Lion Bridge north of downtown Vancouver, BC is only 3 lanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge#First_bridge At least when the first bridge opened, it was set up for trams or streetcars, as well as being a highway bridge. Unfortunately, the rail mode of the bridge only went from 1917 to 1940. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge#Upgrades Then by the 1950s, there was no reason to put in a parallel rail section next to the new bridge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge#Interstate_Bridge_Replacement_Program_(2019-present) Fortunately, the new Portland & Vancouver, USA bridge, will have a passenger rail component to it. This has already worked out very well on the I-90 Bridge in Seattle & for a new bridge in Montreal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge It doesn't matter if it was in the 1930s or in the 2030s, there just was no vision to have a commuter rail component on the LG bridge. With only 3 lanes, it's impossible to have a couple of dedicated bus lanes on it. Of course, no one allowed for the provision of a future extra deck for trams or trains. That's just the Vancouver & BC  (V-BC) shortsighted way.  

For anyone that's from the Ile_Bizard part of Montreal, they will be shocked to see such a narrow bridge in V-BC.
https://www.google.com/maps/@ Ile Bizard has a 3 lane bridge that wasn't designed to have 2 levels, or become twinned. That's OK, because Ile Bizard is a backwater part of Montreal.

However, one might think that Vancouver isn't suppose to be some provincial backwater. Yet, a multi-generational power structure or mindset & its thwarting agenda, prevents Vancouver, BC from having proper big city infrastructure. Something that is commonplace in the scenic cities of Sydney, Australia, San_Francisco & Seattle. Even scenic Auckland, NZ hasn't been Vancouverized.

While the 8 lane Auckland_Harbour_Bridge is legal for that city, any 8 lane wide harbor bridge or inlet crossing in V-BC is illegal. The inept planning in Greater Vancouver hasn't even allowed for a proper network of bus & bike bridges.

Unfortunately, the AHB didn't get to be as grand as the SHB. There at least should have been a provision in the design to potentially become as wide or even wider that the SHB
Fortunately, Auckland & Sydney didnt get stuck with something like the barebones, 3 lane LGB

https://www.google.com/maps/@ LG Bridge deck with only 3 lanes. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vancouver,+BC/@ Some people actually have living rooms & swimming pools wider than that little bridge.

Eventually, Portland will get a nice new highway bridge with a provision for rail transit, similar to what Montreal has. https://www.samueldechamplainbridge.ca/pedestrians-and-cyclists

Montreal's New Champlain Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiX8OT1iwZI 8 lanes & 2 train tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2TtjRLKyAo Montreal had to finally replace its old 6 lane bridge with a nice new crossing. https://www.youtube.com/c/NouveauChamplain/videos

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Montreal,+QC/@

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present) This was possible for Montreal, because that city doesn't have a multi-generational thwarting power structure or Gordian_Knot like laws to prevent it. Where as VBC does have such thwarting laws that goes right back to the early decades of the city. 

https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2019/09/oregon-and-washington-well-start-building-a-new-interstate-bridge-by-2025.html Inspite of it being a very slowgoing process, Portland & Vancouver, WA will get their version of what Montreal already has. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Crossing#Interstate_Bridge_Replacement_Program

Meanwhile, Vancouver, BC will still be stuck with a 3 lane Lion bridge that has no provision for bus lanes & especially no rail transit. If it could have had at least 4 lanes like the St._Johns_Bridge in Portland, then it would have been easier to have a bus & HOV lane each way. https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=oregon/stjohnsbridge Any major crossing in an urban area should have at least 4, if not 6 or 8 lanes. Of course some cities even have larger capacity crossings.

https://forbiddenvancouver.ca/blog/lions-gate-bridge-lions-guard There was a time in BC that if you could have 2 waggon roads next to each other, that was a big deal. https://www.insidevancouver.ca/2012/06/12/inside-vancouvers-hidden-past-the-secret-history-of-the-lions-gate-bridge So instead of the Lion Bridge having 6 lanes or at least 4, it was to only have 2 (waggon) lanes. Fortunately, there was just enough extra space to eventually fit in a 3rd lane. However, with no provision for an extra deck, any bus & HOV lanes or rail transit there, just isn't possible. https://placesthatmatter.ca/location/lions-gate-bridge

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lions-gate-bridge-close-overnight By now, most real cities would have twinned that crossing, or bypassed it with a 6 to 8 lane tunnel. But this is backwater BC, where you are lucky to even have just a few waggon roads at key crossing points. 

https://structurae.net/en/structures/lions-gate-bridge Of course even when the bridge was rebuilt, no additional deck for trains or buses was put in. Most likely, the towers & cables would have had to be substantially reinforced to support an extra deck, so for the sake of aesthetics, the bridge retained its overall slim appearance as a 3 lane choke point or bottle neck.

Any future Inlet rail transit lines will likely be situated much closer towards the Iron Bridge. 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-rapid-transit-bus-rapid-transit-park-royal-metrotown-brt

It's as if a monstrous force has been growing since BC colonial times. This force is like a multigenerational thwarting mindset, generated by all the various interest groups for well over a century. Fortunately, this thwarting collective force hasn't been able to thwart Oregon, Washington State and Alberta to the same extent. All one has to do is look at how much larger the infrastructure is allowed in many other places.

When done correctly, bridges and tunnels can be efficient high volume conduits. Especially by providing various modes of transportation.


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The Best VPN?

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-vpn/

Of course there is plenty of competition.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/best-vpn/

https://cybernews.com/best-vpn/

 https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-vpn-services

https://www.security.org/vpn/best/

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/best-vpn

https://www.top10vpn.com/best-vpn/

https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-vpn

How to Make Your Own VPN (And Why You Would Want to) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxpX_mubz2A , https://www.youtube.com/c/WolfgangsChannel/videos 

Don't Use a VPN...it's not the ultimate security fix you've been told https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x1BJCKwqpI , https://www.youtube.com/c/AllThingsSecured/videos

Why VPNs are a WASTE of Your Money (usually…) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_b8Z2kAFyY , https://www.youtube.com/c/Cyberspatial/videos

How To Become Invisible Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4E4yAktjug , https://www.youtube.com/c/KalleHallden/videos

Saturday, July 09, 2022

Friday, July 08, 2022

Massive Rogers outage cut off 25 percent of Canada’s internet traffic for nearly all of Friday

 https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/8/23199945/rogers-down-outage-internet-issues911-canada

There really should have been a proper redundancy system.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/internet-down-canada-rogers-mobile-network-outage

But that's OK, just pretend that nothing can go wrong with tech.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/08/rogers-network-outage-across-canada-hit-banks-businesses-and-consumers.html

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/starbucks-rogers-internet-outage-canada


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=network+system+failure

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season Finale Struck an Incredible Balance

 https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-a-quality-of-mercy-recap-1849153653

Of course people will want another to watch another season of SNW.

https://www.tvfanatic.com/2022/07/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-1-episode-10-review-a-qualit/

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-110-a-quality-of-mercy-review-130037849.html

Sometimes it's not necessary to get someone that looks and sounds just like the previous actor's style.

https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1337251/why-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-paul-wesley-isnt-doing-an-imitation-of-william-shatner

https://trekmovie.com/2022/07/07/recap-review-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-tempts-fate-in-season-finale-a-quality-of-mercy


WS will be at CC soon. https://twitter.com/Comic_Con , https://twitter.com/LegionMOfficial , 

https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1544872877903646720


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Strange+New+Worlds

Is Keanu Reeves one of the nicest people alive?

 https://www.thedigitalfix.com/keanu-reeves/goes-viral-for-being-the-nicest-man-alive-again

Some people just have an easygoing coolness about them.

https://www.ranker.com/list/heartwarming-keanu-reeves-stories/anncasano

https://www.thedigitalfix.com/keanu-reeves/made-80-year-old-grandmothers-day

https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/why-keanu-reeves-nicest-celebrity-in-hollywood/ba0d3b43-3788-42bc-adb0-c3b9e1351fdc

https://graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/s-proof-keanu-reeves-basically-nicest-human-ever/

https://www.indy100.com/celebrities/keanu-reeves-nice-guy-hollywood-b1977171

https://www.insider.com/keanu-reeves-greatest-person-ever-2019-8


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Keanu+Reeves

The Georgia Guidestones — mysterious instructions for the post-apocalypse

 https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/georgia-guidestones-mysterious-instructions-for-the-post-apocalypse

If the Georgia_Guidestones were intended to be an artistic expression, then part of that expression envisioned a time with a lot less people on the planet. Interesting that most of the 8 billion people on the planet are non White. Thus, any attempt to get the population down from 8 billion to half a billion would imply the reduction of mostly non White people. WTH? https://www.worldometers.info/world-population Even if it was a gradual plan to unfold over centuries, it still seems to be something that would mostly affect people on non European heritage. All throughout history, most of humanity has been non White, because most people haven't been born on the European continent. Now there could still be a world of human diversity, even with just half a billion people. However, any human population reduction plan would always affect mostly non White people, because most of the world is non White. It's strange that most of the world hasn't been informed of this over the past few decades. Perhaps it was decided that most of the world should remain ignorant of this plan. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones#Construction

https://www.wsj.com/articles/georgia-guidestones-damaged-explosion-11657131684


  1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
  2. Guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.
  3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
  4. Rule passion – faith – tradition – and all things with tempered reason.
  5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
  6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
  7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
  8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
  9. Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.
  10. Be not a cancer on the Earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones#Inscriptions


In the first Matrix movie, the Agent Smith character saw people as a cancer upon the planet.

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Agent_Smith

https://www.wsj.com/articles/looking-forward-to-the-end-of-humanity-11592625661

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Agent_Smith_(The_Matrix)  

  • "Agent Smith I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/characters/nm0915989

https://www.insightsonindia.com/2013/07/12/agent-smith-human-beings-are-a-disease-a-cancer-of-this-planet-youre-a-plague-and-we-are-the-cure-matrix

"10. Be not a cancer on the Earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature." (And AI)

https://www.zmescience.com/future/are-we-breeding-a-generation-of-racist-ai


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

Elon Musk may reconsider Twitter takeover after bot data analysis

 https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-twitter-bot-data/

Well, if Elon+Musk can't get all the pertinent issues and details worked, he just might walk away.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/7/23199137/elon-musk-twitter-spam-account-bot-data-breakup

https://nypost.com/2022/07/07/elon-musks-44b-twitter-deal-in-jeopardy-over-fake-accounts/

Of course, things could go either way.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/twitter-lays-off-portion-of-talent-acquisition-team-ahead-of-elon-musk-deal-1235176908/

https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-layoffs-recruiting-team-elon-musk-takeover-spam-bot-2022-7


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

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

The Mystery of The Georgia Guidestones and their Destruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP-ehJO-940

It's always good to get various perspectives of this peculiar big structure

Crews level rest of the standing Georgia Guidestones after damaging explosion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drR9ZX40ckY

The Georgia_Guidestones were always a mysterious kind of monument. What was etched into it made some people very uncomfortable. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19120684/what-do-the-georgia-guidestones-say


  1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
  2. Guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.
  3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
  4. Rule passion – faith – tradition – and all things with tempered reason.
  5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
  6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
  7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
  8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
  9. Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.
  10. Be not a cancer on the Earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones#Inscriptions


Given that most of the human world is not White, any global plan or objective to reduce the population to under half a billion would imply the desire to have a world with a lot less non White people. WTH? 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/georgi-guidestones-conservative-conspiracy-b2117502.html

It's not a giant structure, but it was big enough to be quite  prominent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones#Physical_data

The Mystery of the Georgia Guidestones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP-ehJO-940

https://www.narcity.com/atlanta/americas-stonehenge-was-bombed-last-night-after-conspiracy-theorists-call-it-satanic

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/georgia-guidestones-explosion-investigation-latest-b2117353.html

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

https://www.wsj.com/articles/georgia-guidestones-damaged-explosion-11657131684

http://www.guidestonesmovie.net

The Granite Capital of the World: Elberton, GA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tz7cXNtyoQ , https://www.youtube.com/c/GPBEducation/videos


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

Friday, July 01, 2022

The Theory of Everything

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBfd0GQRVhc , https://www.youtube.com/c/ApertureScience/videos

Of course the search for the Theory_of_everything is quite a huge task. At a certain point, a Quantum AI System could become very helpful in this search.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_everything#Conventional_sequence_of_theories

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_everything#Infinite_number_of_onion_layers


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_Everything_(2014_film)

The Theory of Everything - Official Trailer (Universal Pictures) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Salz7uGp72c

Stephen Hawking Interview: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8y5EXFMD4s

Stephen Hawking's Stark Warning for Humans to Leave Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoR2lWyngFk , https://www.youtube.com/c/smithsonianchannel/videos

Stephen Hawking's FINAL WARNING and his PREDICTIONS for the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPQ-rpZ2idU

Canada vs. Australia

 Canada_Day is always on July 1st.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada#Demographics , https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/canada-population

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia#Demographics , https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/australia-population

While Canada might have mild to nice weather for almost half the year, for Australia it's almost for the whole year. At least by Canadian standards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_in_Canada#Heat,_cold_and_frost_averages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada#Climate

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

https://www.australia.com/en-ca/facts-and-planning/weather-in-australia.html

https://traveltriangle.com/blog/winter-in-australia/

Australia_Day is observed annually on 26 January. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day_debate#Background

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney#Urban_structure

https://thebrag.com/sydney-size-compares-other-global-cities

https://www.kansaz.in/blog/canada-vs-australia-immigration

https://canadianvisa.org/blog/immigration/which-is-better-working-in-canada-vs-australia

Some observations & perspectives:

Australia Vs. Canada - Which One Is Better For Immigration ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZvLunuGx40

Moving from Australia 🇦🇺 to Canada 🇨🇦 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADbS5Yi-CTw

Is it really WORTH moving to CANADA? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F95Vgb02uOg

Top 5 Reasons Why Immigrants Leave Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypFwgNsF3Vw

Dr. Jude, Why I left Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uML3Lmy19Po

If enduring cold weather for half of the year is going to be a problem, then Australia is a much better choice than Canada. Australia is relatively close to several places in the Eastern_Hemisphere.

However, living in Canada means the USA is conveniently right next door, along with the Americas in general. Europe is also much closer to Canada than Asia is. 


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