News & popular culture & observing various ideas & Sci-Fi concepts that become a technological reality. What is reality in general? Some say that it's all part of a cosmic simulation.
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
The Poverty and Homelessness Crisis in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEK8bvpaaO0
If someone already has enough money & investments to comfortably retire, then they might have various places that they could move to.
Why Half of America is Empty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3r60rMPq4o
If someone has very good Internet access & can work from home, then living in a rural or a sparsely populated area might be appealing to them.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The Gladiator Movies' Family Tree - Maximus and Marcus Aurelius Relatives and All Connections
https://thedirect.com/article/gladiator-movies-family-tree-maximus-marcus-aurelius-relatives
https://screenrant.com/denzel-washington-movies-gladiator-2-career-second-box-office-milestone/
https://www.abc4.com/dailydish/see-it-or-skip-it/gladiator-2-is-entertaining-enough-but-unnessecary-movie-review Sure, the first movie can easily stand on its own. However, G2 provides plenty of entertaining bonus material, at the very least.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gladiator_ii
https://www.vulture.com/article/the-gladiator-ii-line-that-broke-my-brain.html
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/everything-ridley-scott-has-said-gladiator-3
Monday, November 25, 2024
Saturday, November 23, 2024
It looks like Gladiator II Jumped the Shark
https://parade.com/movies/gladiator-2-review
G2 Jumping_the_shark. Why not?
https://www.businessinsider.com/gladiator-2-sharks-naval-battle-colosseum-real-life-accuracy-2024-11
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JumpingTheShark
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/11/21/gladiator-mescal-denzel-movie-review/
https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a62917285/gladiator-2-history-facts-sharks/
Friday, November 22, 2024
Did the Fringe TV series with its Parallel Universe aspect, Already Set it Up for The Perfect Reboot?
https://screenrant.com/fringe-reboot-parallel-universe-setup-original-cast/
https://fringe.fandom.com/wiki/Walter_Bishop_(Alternate_Universe)
https://www.fringeconnections.com/differences?feature=redverse
https://fringe.fandom.com/wiki/Walter_Bishop_Alternate_Timeline
https://www.tv-calling.com/the-unoriginality-of-fringe-part-one/
A lot of TV productions and movies will be influence by various Sci-Fi tropes.
https://www.tv-calling.com/the-unoriginality-of-fringe-part-two/
11/22/63
11/22/63 is an interesting Time Travel novel, as most TT stories usually are.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11/22/63#Plot
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10644930-11-22-63
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11/22/63#Critical_reception
https://stephenking.com/works/novel/11-22-63.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11.22.63
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2879552 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlYzI5nnvIo
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Time+Travel
Simulacron-3 (1964)
Simulacron-3 is a story about a Counterfeit World or a VR World (VRW) with Digital Player_Characters and some Non-Player_Characters. It's a fantastic VR Sci-Fi simulation story from the 1960s. How advanced, convincing or realistic could various simulations get after 50 or 100 years or especially 1000 years of development?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_simulation_game#Social_simulation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality#20th_century
https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/npc-meaning
https://newzoo.com/resources/rankings/top-20-pc-games
https://help.wolfy.net/en/article/inactivity-in-game-1af3a50
Thursday, November 21, 2024
The Critical Drinker's take on Star Trek Unification
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Z0PRSS5e4
Kirk is Back! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz0MpWAELhM
The Roddenberry Archive: George Takei: A Remembrance of Gene's Gift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhu0DWPMJlw
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
US and Europe fear escalation of Russian hybrid warfare amid Ukraine missile attacks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/19/us-russia-ukraine-missile-attacks
It might not be a good idea to have pushed V. Putin-into-signing-a-new-nuclear-doctrine.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/europe/ukraine-russia-atacms-biden-strike-intl/index.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/19/russia-says-ukraine-attacked-it-using-us-made-missiles.html
While a lot of money can be made for defense_contractors from regional wars, another world war could extinguish most of the life on the planet.
https://www.aranca.com/revenue-benchmarks/top-75-aerospace-and-defense-companies.php
https://people.defensenews.com/top-100
https://companiesmarketcap.com/defense-contractors/largest-companies-by-market-cap/
https://dsm.forecastinternational.com/2024/03/01/top-100-defense-contractors-2023
Monday, November 18, 2024
Sunday, November 17, 2024
STAR TREK: 765874 - Unification
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgOZFny7F50
The Roddenberry Archive: William Shatner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L45NWKEjYy8
Friday, November 15, 2024
Tesla issues its sixth recall in a year on Cybertrucks
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tesla-cybertrucks-recall-power-loss-b2647937.html
It can be very nice tech, when it's working properly.
https://www.motor1.com/news/741154/2024-tesla-cybertruck-recall-inverter/
https://supercarblondie.com/elon-musk-reacts-matte-white-tesla-cybertruck-isaiah-simmons/
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tesla+Vehicles
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Can AI Create Deadly Viruses?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zg--ouGl7c The virus and drones segment starts after the 1:19 point of the video.
Sometimes allowing advanced AI to make decisions for people will produce the most inhumane results.
https://time.com/7014800/ai-pandemic-bioterrorism/
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-google-executive-deadly-plague-b2406938.html
https://www.science.org/content/article/could-chatbots-help-devise-next-pandemic-virus
https://technodite.com/insights/ais-influence-on-virus-generation-a-cautionary-tale/
Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI , https://pearljam.com/music/song/do-the-evolution/lyrics
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Alternate Timelines and Dimensions...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-alternate-timelines-real-quantum-physics-explains
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Dimensions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYXX98GFcsQ
"What If You Could Access the TENTH Dimension?" | 10D Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azpUG2GUzFI
US Congress holds a hearing on the UFO-UAP Phenomenon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFgXUXeGh6g&t=338s
The UFO enigma has been around for quite a while.
https://www.history.com/topics/paranormal/history-of-ufos
https://science.howstuffworks.com/space/aliens-ufos/ufo-history2.htm
https://www.space.com/ufos-uap-history-sightings-mysteries
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/ufo-alien-spacecraft-investigation-timeline
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
4 Killed After a Tesla Crash Sparks Fire in Toronto
https://people.com/4-killed-after-tesla-crash-sparks-fire-in-toronto-8743464
This usually can be such great AI navigation and control technology, but obviously, there are still some issues to be resolved.
https://autos.yahoo.com/fiery-tesla-crash-traps-kills-163000261.html?
https://www.tesla.com/en_ca/VehicleSafetyReport
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-crash-france-fire-4-deaths-investigation/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/us-regulator-tesla-self-driving-1.7355794
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/26/tesla-autopilot-fatal-crash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tesla_Autopilot_crashes
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tesla+Vehicles
Monday, November 11, 2024
Crash site discovered on the surface of Mars by NASA helicopter
https://www.ladbible.com/news/science/nasa-helicopter-wreckage-surface-mars-212310-20241110
Is this a new story or an old story about what the Ingenuity_(helicopter) found?
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter)#End_of_mission
Or, was there another angle to it?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/perseverance-rover-wreckage-mars-photo-nasa-ingenuity-helicopter/
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/mars-helicopter-photographs-spaceship-wreckage-on-red-planet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter)#Gallery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_in_fiction
Friday, November 08, 2024
The Old Man in the Cave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_in_the_Cave
Another cautionary AI story.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E7TheOldManInTheCave
https://junkyard.blog/2024/05/17/twilight-zone-the-old-man-in-the-cave/
https://thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2021/04/09/serlings-re-zoning-efforts-the-old-man-in-the-cave/
https://twilightzone.fandom.com/wiki/The_Old_Man_in_the_Cave
Wednesday, November 06, 2024
Is AI Going to Replace Your Job?
Things could get a little unsettling over the next few years and decades as AI and robotics starts to really take more jobs away from people.
AI might find it to be too confusing to imitate something like a Grindhouse_film or Queens Of The Stone Age music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Proof Some human productions might be totally unrelated, yet still have some similar aspects with other works.
Queens Of The Stone Age - 3's & 7's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgVfjXA_QY0
The US launch of a hypersonic nuclear missile
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/launch-hypersonic-nuclear-missile-hours-34046241
https://www.vice.com/en/article/everything-you-ever-needed-to-know-about-hypersonic-missiles/
There are several potential Nuclear+War+Scenarios and they all end terribly for civilization and the world in general.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=hypersonic+nuclear+missiles
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Russian+nuclear+forces
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Nuclear+War+Scenarios
ChatGPT's new search engine
Tuesday, November 05, 2024
US to test hypersonic nuclear missile just hours after election polls close - amid growing WWIII fears
https://scitechdaily.com/how-hypersonic-missiles-work-and-the-significant-threats-they-pose/
China's hypersonic missile https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59001850
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Russian+nuclear+forces
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=hypersonic+nuclear+missiles
History of Guy Fawkes Night
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night#Origins_and_history_in_Great_Britain
https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/guy-fawkes-and-the-gunpowder-plot/#gs.h7xgb3
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myJ6OFgBk6I , https://www.youtube.com/@historicroyalpalaces/videos
https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/torture-at-the-tower-exhibition/#gs.h7xjfq
https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/the-gunpowder-plot/#gs.h7xkjk
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/real-story-of-bonfire-night/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Guy-Fawkes-Day
The Twisted Story of the Real Guy Fawkes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDUyoPHfZMw , https://www.youtube.com/@Thoughty2/videos
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?sel=site&searchPhrase=Guy+Fawkes+Night
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Guy+Fawkes+Night
Monday, November 04, 2024
The Plethora of Comic Book Movies
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/tom-hanks-explains-comic-book-movies-flopping-1236199632
Several comic+book+movies are all full of the big hype, but that's no guarantee they will always be popular.
https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/favorite-comic-book-movies
https://www.gamesradar.com/best-superhero-movies Such big budget movie entertainment, but it's not always having the big expected return on investment.
https://collider.com/best-superhero-movies-all-time-ranked Of course anyone can have their own list of favorate comic-book-movies.
https://parade.com/1135800/samuelmurrian/best-superhero-movies/
https://www.timeout.com/film/the-50-best-comic-book-movies
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-superhero-movies-of-all-time/
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/greatest-superhero-movies-of-all-time-1367814/
https://superheroes.theringer.com , https://www.imdb.com/list/ls062822702
https://flightstightsandmovienights.com/review-index/the-list
https://screenrant.com/billion-dollar-comic-book-movies-ranked
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=comic+book+movies
Sunday, November 03, 2024
Inside Elon Musk's Colossus Supercomputer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw696JVSxJQ
Elon Musk on xAI: We will win | Lex Fridman Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRsxLLghL1k
Saturday, November 02, 2024
Christopher Lee Returns as Saruman in New Lord of the Rings Prequel – Without AI
There usually are a lot of audio and video recordings of various actors.
Friday, November 01, 2024
Dumb Phones are Making a Comeback
https://techround.co.uk/tech/dumb-phones-making-comeback-why/
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.
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://digidetoxing.com/what-is-the-dumb-phone-trend-in-2024
https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-portable-chargers-and-power-banks