Monday, November 13, 2023

3 people rappelling down Transamerica Pyramid in SF

 https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/people-performing-on-transamerica-building-sf-18488992.php

Its still quite a striking building after all these decades.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/people-rappel-down-transamerica-pyramid-san-francisco/3369743/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12745213/Peak-performance-Three-members-dance-troupe-rappel-iconic-853ft-Transamerica-Pyramid-San-Francisco.html

DP World: Australia sites back online after cyber-attack

 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67400164

Disruption of any essential infrastructure can have such far reaching inconveniences. 

https://www.9news.com.au/national/dp-world-australia-major-ports-shut-after-cyber-security-incident/296b75df-adc6-4d10-ad6c-67c6b5a8521d

Thus, Australian+ports have been hit hard.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-13/dp-world-deals-with-impact-of-cyber-attack/103097658

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/major-ports-around-australia-back-in-action-after-cyberattack-20231113-p5ejk8.html

https://www.afr.com/companies/infrastructure/dp-world-hack-strands-30-000-shipping-containers-20231112-p5ejbw

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-12/australian-port-operations-slowly-resume-after-cyberattack-on-dp#xj4y7vzkg

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/13/australian-port-operator-hit-by-cyber-attack-says-cargo-may-be-stranded-for-days

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-ports-operator-could-be-online-within-days-after-cyber-incident-2023-11-12/

https://maritime-executive.com/article/cybersecurity-incident-prompts-shutdown-of-dp-world-australia-terminals

https://www.dpworld.com/australia/ports-and-terminals

https://www.portsaustralia.com.au/value-of-ports/economy


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Australian+ports

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

Major cyber-attack on Australian ports

 https://theconversation.com/major-cyberattack-on-australian-ports-suggests-sabotage-by-a-foreign-state-actor-217530#

There must be some sort of redundancy in place. Otherwise, anything without a proper backup system runs the risk of descending into chaos.

https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/major-cyberattack-on-australian-ports-suggests-sabotage-by-a--foreign-state-actor-.html

https://www.cnxtrans.com/post/exploring-the-5-major-sea-ports-of-australia

https://www.marineinsight.com/know-more/8-major-ports-in-australia/

https://www.icontainers.com/us/2020/01/20/top-10-ports-australia/

https://container-news.com/top-10-the-busiest-container-ports-in-oceania/


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Australian+ports 

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

Friday, November 03, 2023

Elon Musk says his AI company is ready to release

 https://qz.com/elon-musk-says-his-ai-company-is-ready-to-release-its-f-1850990564

X Twitter provides so much essential data input for xAI.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/11/03/elon-musks-artificial-intelligence-startup-launching-its-first-product-saturday---heres-what-to-know-about-xai/?sh=31fea50b3f2a

EM has planned this out for a long time.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/03/elon-musk-says-his-new-startup-xai-will-debut-tech-for-the-first-time.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-03/musk-says-mysterious-xai-product-to-be-offered-to-select-group

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1720645900471554146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1720645900471554146%7Ctwgr%5E67b3ab13625c5665b8f357004aa11cfd0cd2238e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Ftechnology%2Fmusks-xai-set-launch-first-ai-model-select-group-2023-11-03%2F

Musk's xAI set to launch first AI model to select group

 https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-xai-set-launch-first-ai-model-select-group-2023-11-03

The Timeline_of_Twitter into becoming X and AI or xAI. Twitter had a long path to take with gradual AI upgrades all along the way.

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

It's all part of the EM plan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter#Rebrand_to_X 

Now it's the dawn of xAI after so much X and Twitter data have been fed into it.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1720645900471554146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1720645900471554146%7Ctwgr%5E67b3ab13625c5665b8f357004aa11cfd0cd2238e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Ftechnology%2Fmusks-xai-set-launch-first-ai-model-select-group-2023-11-03%2F

Paying with your palm at Whole Foods using Amazon's futuristic scanners

 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-whole-foods-palm-hand-scanners-checkout-work-amazon-one-2023-10

Amazon_One is certainly a very convenient pay method, but at what cost?

https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/22/amazons-palm-scanning-payment-tech-will-now-be-able-to-verify-ages-too/

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/generative-ai-trains-amazon-one-palm-scanning-technology

https://www.investopedia.com/amazon-launches-palm-scanning-payments-at-all-whole-foods-7563543

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/29/21493094/amazon-one-palm-recognition-hand-payments-amazon-go-store

https://mashable.com/article/amazon-one-palm-scan-biometric-data-privacy-concerns

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/26/amazon-biometric-payments-privacy-concerns.html

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Did Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink?

Amazon sold bottles of urine marketed as an energy drink, a new documentary alleges. 

 https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-let-its-drivers-urine-be-sold-as-an-energy-drink/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_28880793-0a1f-4404-97aa-890e814459cd_popular4-1


Perhaps some company can sell, cat pee tea and dog shit cakes.

MCU's Reboot Theory Could Ruin What Made The Original Marvel Cinematic Universe Work

 https://screenrant.com/mcu-reboot-theory-ruin-franchise/

Obviously, some characters are rebooted sooner than others.

https://www.cbr.com/kevin-feige-mcu-reboot-mcu-avengers-secret-wars/

https://www.cinemablend.com/superheroes/marvel-cinematic-universe/avengers-secret-wars-reportedly-soft-reboot-mcu-mixed-feelings

https://screenrant.com/avengers-6-mcu-reboot-marvel-characters-return 

https://comicbookmovie.com/avengers/avengers-secret-wars/more-details-about-marvel-studios-plan-to-reboot-the-mcu-with-avengers-secret-wars-have-emerged-a207168#gs.752zgo

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2023/10/03/marvel-studios-begins-early-stages-of-x-men-franchise-reboot/?sh=3d34a2d42d49

The Marvels - The Biggest Flop In MCU History? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cfq8TbHzt0


lot of things have to go right for any movie to be popular.

It seems that no matter what was done to make Green_Lantern, it just never took off. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lantern_(film)#Reception

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lantern_(film)#Cancelled_sequel


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

Robyn McCall (Equalizer) vs. Robyn (Loxley) Hood

"Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall, a.k.a. "the Equalizer" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer_(2021_TV_series)#Cast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer_(2021_TV_series)#Reception

Two women playing Robyn as female versions of a character. However, The Equalizer TV_series has a much higher production budget.

"Jessye Romeo as Robyn Loxley (based on Robin Hood), young rapper and leader of The Hood" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robyn_Hood#Cast

This version of Robyn_Hood is a modern urban drama with some bizzare aspects. 

Indeed, the RH TV series isn't for everyone. 


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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robin+Hood

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Robyn Hood Might be the Worst TV Show of 2023

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BlO7xwaCN4

DespotofAntrim really hits hard on the many flaws of this Robyn_Hood TV production. It certainly could have been so much better as a satire and parody on social issues. Some might watch it for laughs, while others just will be bewildered by the urban Robin+Hood storyline. 

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Ethical AI

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaU6tI2pb3M , https://www.youtube.com/@PhilosophyTube/videos

https://www.ibm.com/topics/ai-ethics It's only as good as you can program it and then it do its own thing.

https://c3.ai/glossary/artificial-intelligence/ethical-ai/

https://hbr.org/2020/10/a-practical-guide-to-building-ethical-ai

https://www.unesco.org/en/artificial-intelligence/recommendation-ethics

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/06/16/experts-doubt-ethical-ai-design-will-be-broadly-adopted-as-the-norm-within-the-next-decade/


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

US space force internal memo warns guardians of-strategic pause in the use of generative AI

 https://thedebrief.org/us-space-force-internal-memo-warns-guardians-of-strategic-pause-in-the-use-of-generative-ai

AI is getting into almost everything.

https://www.eweek.com/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai-vs-ai

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/glossary/data-science/generative-ai/

https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/generative-AI

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2023/07/24/the-difference-between-generative-ai-and-traditional-ai-an-easy-explanation-for-anyone/?sh=2ae6b518508a

https://medium.com/@satish.jami/generative-ai-vs-traditional-ai-920f63db5bbb

https://www.rackspace.com/blog/distinctions-ai-ml-generative-ai


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

The Exascale Supercomputer

 https://thedebrief.org/what-is-an-exascale-supercomputer-and-why-is-europe-trying-to-build-one/

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Physics Revelation Could Mean We're All Living in a Simulation

 https://www.sciencealert.com/physics-revelation-could-mean-were-all-living-in-a-simulation

Fascinating implications about the nature of reality.

https://thedebrief.org/a-new-law-of-physics-could-point-to-evidence-were-living-in-a-simulated-universe/

https://www.sciencealert.com/expert-proposes-a-method-for-telling-if-we-all-live-in-a-computer-program


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

Can earthquakes be predicted?

 https://www.hindustantimes.com/science/can-earthquakes-be-predicted-dutch-scientist-forecast-nepal-quake-101696826101222.html 

Of course such a predictive technology would be quite beneficial to civilization.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2023/oct/03/after-nepal-earthquake-pakistanis-wonder-ifdutch-scientists-prediction-will-turn-out-true-2620482.html

 https://www.wionews.com/trending/dutch-scientists-prediction-of-earthquake-on-oct-3-turns-out-be-accurate-but-642182 

https://bnn.network/breaking-news/climate-environment/unsettling-seismic-forecast-dutch-scientist-predicts-imminent-major-earthquake 


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

Robyn Hood - The Greatest Show On TV (according to some)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDoS8dT5hlw

Of course TheCriticalDrinker would have to make several striking observations about this Robyn_Hood TV production. RH could have been a great satire on urban social commentary. However, the TV series might leave several viewers baffled and disinterested. 

The RH TV series could have been more of a nice modern urban parody on Robin_Hood mythology. 

I would watch a 2nd season of RH, but I doubt that the TV series will continue.


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robin+Hood

Monday, October 09, 2023

How Artificial Intelligence Can Deepen Racial and Economic Inequities

 https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/how-artificial-intelligence-can-deepen-racial-and-economic-inequities

There are obviously still some problems that need to be resolved with this tech.

https://www.vox.com/technology/23738987/racism-ai-automated-bias-discrimination-algorithm

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/artificial-intelligence-racism-bias-1.6027150

https://theconversation.com/can-a-machine-be-racist-artificial-intelligence-has-shown-troubling-signs-of-bias-but-there-are-reasons-for-optimism-197893

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2023/04/21/ai-can-be-racist-lets-make-sure-it-works-for-everyone/?sh=f3ccda92e40d

https://theintercept.com/2022/12/08/openai-chatgpt-ai-bias-ethics/

How ‘The Creator’ Crafted a Bold Vision of the Future on a Fraction of a Normal Blockbuster Budget

 https://www.thewrap.com/the-creator-making-of-gareth-edwards-effects/

This is quite a fascinating movie to behold.

https://collider.com/the-creator-global-box-office-61-million/

https://www.polygon.com/23904903/the-creator-russo-ukrainian-war-tank-scene-gareth-edwards-interview

Some YouTubers have responded to the Director X version of Robin Hood

 https://www.instagram.com/p/CyLmbpsub9z

Could several people be confused because Director X has provided a modern urban allegory on the Robin+Hood mythos?

https://www.instagram.com/directorx , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_X#Television_series

https://www.instagram.com/ROBYNHOODTV


https://www.britannica.com/art/allegory-art-and-literature

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allegory


The Robyn_Hood TV series just isn't going over that well with a lot of viewers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_and_television_series_featuring_Robin_Hood#Television_series


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robyn+Hood+TV+Series

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robin+Hood

What is Israel's Iron Dome air defence system and did it fail during the Hamas attack?

 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-10/what-is-israel-iron-dome-air-defence-gaza-rockets/102952172


Israel's Iron Dome: Did Hamas manage to outfox it?

Is it possible to penetrate the Iron Dome's air defense? If so, how did Hamas manage it? https://interestingengineering.com/military/israels-iron-dome-hamas-outfox-it


https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/israel-s-iron-dome-failure-concerns-rise-over-intelligence-failure-after-hamas-rocket-attacks-agencies-defence-forces-latest-updates-2023-10-08-896851

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-security-forces-face-questions-after-hamas-attack-lays-bare-intelligence-2023-10-08/

The Israel-Palestine Conflict

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ground-zero-in-israel-palestine-conflict-an-indian-perspective/ar-AA1hVc8x

So many unresolved issues and festering wars that go back for several generations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Israel#Mandatory_Palestine

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-767454

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

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/10/8/israel-palestine-escalation-live-israeli-forces-bombard-gaza

Of course there was always the potential for another war in this part of the world.

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/israel-palestine-war-latest-news-live-updates-8974187/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-gaza-war-fear-turns-jerusalem-into-ghost-town/

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/2023-10-09/live-updates-766315

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-767446

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palestine#Israel_and_the_occupied_Palestinian_territories


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Israel-Palestine

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

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake felt in Greater Victoria, BC 103.64 m (340.0 ft)

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/earthquake-greater-victoria-1.6990956

Victoria,_British_Columbia (V-BC) has some of the shortest buildings of any major city in Canada. V-BC is just a backwater provincial capital, whereas Melbourne, Vic. is a mighty state capital. 

The city seems bent towards never allowing a 30 story residential building anywhere in Victoria. The tallest office building isn't even 15 stories.

"The project was initially discussed as a 29- or 30-storey building. In the fall, Townline said it would go with a slightly shorter building after finding some resistance at city hall." https://www.timescolonist.com/real-estate-news/victorias-tallest-building-at-26-storeys-gets-approval-4661187

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/45-earthquake-shakes-greater-victoria-washington-state-coast-on-sunday-night-7658398 Perhaps this will help BC with another excuse to keep Victoria as a provincial backwater.

https://www.cgenarchive.org/victoria-earthquakes.html

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bc-earthquake-victoria-washington

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/small-earthquake-near-victoria-lightly-felt-by-residents-1.6325972

A stump building in Seattle or Melbourne would be a tower in Victoria, BC. So far, no building on Vancouver Island is allowed to be as tall as the Old_City_Hall_in_Toronto at 103.64 m (340.0 ft). Old_City_Hall_(Toronto) is still a grand building, but its become a stump in TO over the past several decades.

No building in V-BC is allowed to attain or rival the height of St_Paul's_Cathedral,_Melbourne.

"Once the central spire, named the Moorhouse Spire, was completed to its full height of 312 ft (95m),[5] St Paul's became the tallest structure in central Melbourne and dominated the city's skyline when viewed from the south." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul's_Cathedral,_Melbourne#20th_and_21st_centuries


https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/29/melbourne-earthquake-how-common-are-tremors-in-victoria-and-could-a-very-large-one-occur

Unlike the state of Victoria and Washington State, backwater BC will use any excuse to hold back its urban scale and its infrastructure. It seems that by the time electric power was installed in Toronto, TO was never going back to just being another provincial backwater city.

Wellington,_NZ is just as scenic as V-BC if not moreso, but it allows for some taller buildings and is also in an earthquake zone. The Vancouver_Island part of backwater BC should have had a modern train like this by now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Wellington_suburban

Apparently, V-BC is to never allow anything to rival the tallest buildings in Wellington, Ottawa-GatineauHalifaxQuebec_CityWinnipeg & Edmonton. Just barely taller than Regina,_Saskatchewan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington#Transport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island#Demographics


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

4.3 magnitude earthquake felt across western Washington

 https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/43-magnitude-earthquake-poulsbo/281-f0afda04-87de-42f1-b32b-2605eb2e7de4

https://komonews.com/news/local/earthquake-washington-sunday-evening-magnitude-tremors-pacific-northwest-seismic-network-pugert-sound-seattle-region-intensity-damage

https://pnsn.org/earthquakes/recent

https://earthquaketrack.com/p/united-states/washington/recent

By the time electric power was established in Seattle, the city was well on its way to becoming the largest in the Pacific_Northwest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_City_Light#History


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

Deadly earthquake hits Afghanistan

 https://www.reuters.com/graphics/AFGHANISTAN-QUAKE/jnpwwbxyqpw/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/08/afghanistan-earthquake-has-killed-almost-2000-taliban-say

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/10/8/photos-looking-for-the-dead-and-wounded-as-afghanistan-quakes-kill-2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan#Islamic_conquest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan#US_invasion_and_Islamic_Republic

Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Egypt’s pyramids continue stunning experts

 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-761577

It would take until the early or mid 20th century for many cities to have taller structures.

Monday, October 02, 2023

Sycamore Gap: Man in his 60s bailed over tree felling

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66980494


"Robin Hood actor Brian Blessed has urged park bosses to plant another tree near the felled Sycamore Gap landmark.

The 86-year-old former president of the Council for National Parks said it would give the stump "company" helping it to regrow.

The Northumberland tree, which featured in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, was cut down on Wednesday.

Saturday, September 30, 2023

U2 brings iconic songs to the Sphere Las Vegas

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/09/30/sphere-las-vegas-u2-opening-night-review/71008238007/

Just some old U2 music from the 1990s? Not exactly, it's an echo of Achtung Baby and ZOO TV in 2023 when a lot more people have become accustomed to smartphones and tablets, VR and AR...

 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/30/u2-review-an-utterly-astonishing-admirably-raw-vegas-extravaganza

The ZOO TV tour in the early 1990s was meant for stadium environments of 50K to 100 thousand people. The Sphere is only around 20 thousand at best, so it's more like an Imax arena thing.

https://www.youtube.com/@U2official/videos  


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ZOO+TV

Friday, September 29, 2023

Sycamore Gap: Cut down tree could regrow shoots, experts say

 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-66957589

Perhaps the tree could have been better protected. However, no one thought that some idiots would attack it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_Tree#Felling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Prince_of_Thieves#Filming


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Sycamore+Gap+Tree

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robin+Hood

Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398

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

https://decrypt.co/199263/metaverse-zuckerberg-lex-fridman-future-ai-ultra-realistic-avatars

MZ sure is ready to take things to another level.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/27/meta-ceo-zuckerberg-looks-to-digital-assistants-ai-to-push-metaverse.html

https://www.laptopmag.com/news/live/meta-connect-2023

https://www.engadget.com/metas-metaverse-is-getting-an-ai-makeover-194004996.html

https://www.aitimejournal.com/how-ai-and-the-metaverse-work-together/

https://www.hitechnectar.com/blogs/how-ai-and-metaverse-are-shaping-the-future/

Noam Chomsky on AI, Neural Networks, and the Future of Linguistics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkRft71_JrY

NOAM CHOMSKY - THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axuGfh4UR9Q

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/ai-makes-rules-for-the-metaverse-even-more-important/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2023/04/14/the-metaverse-and-ai-a-powerful-combination-for-business-growth-and-innovation/?sh=5586bd969a10

https://www.news.viverse.com/post/ai-and-the-metaverse-what-you-should-know

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/05/generative-ai-and-how-can-it-shape-the-metaverse-industry-experts-explain/


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

U2 at the LV Sphere

 Inside U2's Sphere Residency in Las Vegas | Apple Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfUGtUER1yw

Although it's nowhere as big as the ZOO+TV Tour in the early 1990s, its at a whole new level of interactive technology.


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=U2

The Creator (2023 film)

The_Creator is a spectacularly visually stunning movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creator_(2023_film)#Visual_effects_and_post-production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex3C1-5Dhb8

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11858890


AI can be a wonderful tool for humanity, or it could become the most inhumane thing in the world.

AI is Becoming More Dangerous And Threatening! - Mustafa Suleyman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTxnLsYHWuI

ChatGPT Could Be The Start Of The End! Sam Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmlrEgLGozw

Ex-Google Officer Finally Speaks Out On The Dangers Of AI! - Mo Gawdat | E252 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk-nQ7HF6k4

Why AI Is So Dangerous & How It Could Destroy Humanity | Mo Gawdat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itY6VWpdECc

‘Deepfakes, destruction’: Artificial intelligence's ‘real danger’ to humanity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb7NddXDdxs

How AI Is Changing The Future Of The Human Race | Spark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaTXtUoN9Cg

https://www.unitree.com There will be a point when these become ubiquitous and many people will be quite surprised.


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

Thursday, September 28, 2023

The Sycamore Gap Tree or Robin Hood Tree

Unfortunately, some idiot killed the Sycamore_Gap_Tree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_Tree#Felling

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/28/boy-16-arrested-in-connection-with-felling-of-famous-sycamore-gap-tree-hadrians-wall-england

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Prince_of_Thieves#Filming


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Forest#Major_Oak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Oak#History


The+Sycamore+Gap+Tree was destroyed the day after the Robyn+Hood+TV+Series aired.


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robin+Hood

A Supermarket customer's sweary rant on self-checkout tills

 https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/supermarket-customers-sweary-rant-self-31046085?int_source=nba

The Self-checkout terminals are certainly great in some ways. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-checkout#Advantages

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/self-checkout-cashiers-1.6931122

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2023/04/11/the-rise-of-self-checkout-navigating-the-current-evolution-in-retail/?sh=143e40ac50fa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-checkout#Typical_systems

https://www.soocial.com/self-checkout-statistics/

https://www.business.org/software/point-of-sale/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-self-checkouts/

https://uwaterloo.ca/arts-computing-newsletter/spring-2021/feature/pros-and-cons-self-checkout-technology

https://www.glory-global.com/en-gb/blogs/en_gb/2020/cash-integration-in--retail-self-checkout/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/self-checkout-cashiers-retail-jobs-technology-1.5020299

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/09/business/self-checkout-retail/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-checkout#Disadvantages

https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-self-checkout-is-coming-no-matter-how-much-you-hate-it There seems to be a push to have more automation at the expense of less jobs for people. 

https://www.icxa.org/articles/examing-the-disruptive-innovation-of-self-checkout/

https://mozo.com.au/bank-accounts/articles/australians-shun-cash-in-2020-but-70-still-oppose-cashless-society

https://globalnews.ca/news/9233528/cashless-canada-digital-future/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-are-you-being-served-1.3422736

If humanity realizes one day that its totally under the management and control of AI, will anyone be curious as to when the takeover started?

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Expend4bles Is An Embarrassing...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPJvr58ibMA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expendables_4#Critical_response

The Worst Movie Of 2023? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AO_0a37fIc

Expendables 4: One Of The Worst Films... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiPggYJEyzY

It would have been a good idea to take enough time to make a good part 4 of this series.

The Robyn Hood TV Series

Robyn_Hood is a fantastic modern urban take on a legendary story.

https://www.globaltv.com/shows/robyn-hood

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20918756

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_and_television_series_featuring_Robin_Hood#Television_series


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robyn+Hood+TV+Series

The Document Sustainability Citizen Identification Digital ID System

 https://blog.hidglobal.com/2022/11/beyond-document-sustainability-citizen-identification-digital-id-systems-part-1

AKA, the conformity and obedience card. Injectable or nanotech versions could be optional, for now.

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-obedience-2795894

https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/fighting-the-climate-crisis-with-carbon-credits Getting the world on board so that most people can be conditioned to accept a global human herd management system will make life that much more comfortable for the billionares. 

https://greenly.earth/en-gb/blog/company-guide/what-is-carbon-management Eventually, people can AI through their phone if they have permission to leave their home and go to various places. If their carbon footprint is too high for the week, they might be confined to their local 15 minute area. 

https://www.verywellmind.com/the-asch-conformity-experiments-2794996 Just think how wonderful things could be if things are totally managed by a Global aGi system. Wonderful perhaps for those that want to have a Borg type world. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg

https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-borg-villains-history-explained/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Assimilation 

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nanoprobe_virus

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg_history Of course science fiction stories don't have to be 100% accurate or fully prophetic. They can be about alternate worlds, situations and timelines, etc.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Neural_link


So many people are trapped within a Left or Right paradigm when things are much more complex. Totalitarianism under any name is of no benefit to free people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming You are what you buy or what you eat?

https://www.livekindly.com/poo-legally-allowed-food

A personal carbon_footprint management system run by AI, is a clever way to condition humanity into accepting the inhuman world of technocracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint#Shifting_responsibility_from_corporations_to_individuals

https://greenly.earth/en-gb/blog/company-guide/what-is-carbon-management

Eventually, AI can determine if you can own a car or go on a plane to another country or continent. It can also decide whether or not to grant you a breeding permit.

https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon-footprint-calculator/


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Sustainability+Citizen+Digital+ID+System

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The Battle for Las Vegas

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dAp1PmhH8g

LV was almost built from scratch, because there wasn't much there in its early years.

Scam City: Las Vegas - A City with a Seedy Underbelly of Pleasure and Swindlers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr3vtZwztNQ


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Las+Vegas

The North Bay Nazi of Canada...

https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/rota-under-fire-for-honouring-a-north-bay-resident-with-nazi-ties-7592368

 https://www.sudbury.com/around-the-north/rota-takes-responsibility-for-decision-to-invite-a-nazi-war-veteran-to-the-commons-7599198

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/nazi-parliament-standing-ovation WTH?

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2012891/trudeau-calls-invite-for-ukrainian-veteran-who-fought-with-nazis-deeply-embarrassing

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66919230

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/house-speaker-anthony-rota-apologizes-after-inviting-man-who-fought-for-nazis-to-parliament-1.6575593

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/26/canada-parliament-speaker-faces-calls-to-step-down-after-honouring-nazi

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/anthony-rota-ukrainian-veteran-apology-1.6977117

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/holocaust-education-north-bay-1.6623500


https://www.history.com/news/the-7-most-notorious-nazis-who-escaped-to-south-america

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ratlines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)#Ratline_escapes

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117093/Secret-files-reveal-9-000-Nazi-war-criminals-fled-South-America-WWII.html

https://wienerholocaustlibrary.org/exhibition/the-perfect-hideout-jewish-and-nazi-havens-in-latin-america/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)#Argentine_connection

The Real Reason Why Nazi Officers Fled to Argentina After WW2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiAR4O7fl-E

BBC Breakfast host jokes about royal butler doppelganger

 https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-66910327

The Doppelganger is a fascinating phenomenon with interesting implications.

https://www.britannica.com/art/doppelganger

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/11/twice-in-a-lifetime-would-you-dare-meet-your-doppelganger-

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/naomi-klein-speaks-with-jia-tolentino-about-doppelganger

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/doppelgangers-dont-just-look-alike-they-also-share-dna-180980635/

Why are we so fascinated by doppelgangers? | The Stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6WDQBLd62w

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160712-you-are-surprisingly-likely-to-have-a-living-doppelganger


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+doppelganger

Friday, September 22, 2023

U2 Sphere in Las Vegas

 https://lasvegasmagazine.com/entertainment/2023/sep/22/u2-sphere-las-vegas-music-residency-bono-edge/

Three decades after the Zoo_TV_Tour, it's time for an update and repackaging of what amazed so many people in the early 1990s.

https://news3lv.com/news/local/sphere-in-las-vegas-releases-general-admission-policy-ahead-of-debut

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Conception

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2:UV_Achtung_Baby_Live_at_Sphere

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2:UV_Achtung_Baby_Live_at_Sphere#Set_design_and_show_production


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=U2

The Expendables 4

The_Expendables_4 had a long time to develop into a good story and movie, but it didn't.

However, such a movie can still have its moments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expendables_4#Filming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expendables_4#Reception

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/expend4bles-movie-review-2023

The 15 Most Powerful Sith Lords

 https://movieweb.com/star-wars-most-powerful-sith-lords/

The ever expanding STAR+WARS universe has become the epitome of multigenerational entertainment.

The Continental Hotel

 https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/john-wick-director-had-sage-advice-for-the-continental

https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/where-the-continental-hotel-fits-into-new-york-geography

https://movieweb.com/john-wick-the-continental-plot-cast-release-date/

The world of John+Wick keeps growing through the years.

https://johnwick.fandom.com/wiki/Continental_Hotel

https://gamerant.com/john-wick-continental-hotel-facts-trivia/

https://movieweb.com/john-wick-continental-hotel-rules-explained/

https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2021/12/continental-hotel-john-wick.html

The similarities of various simulations

 https://georgebelll.medium.com/the-similarities-of-simulation-d5a6f0121821

The MATRIX is just one of a series of science-fiction VR stories over the decades.

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/science-behind-the-fiction-humans-as-batteries-as-in-the-matrix-probably-not-gonna-happen Of course since science-fiction stories are of a speculative nature, so they can't be 100% accurate.

https://www.vulture.com/2021/12/what-the-matrix-predicted-about-life-in-2019.html

THE MATRIX: Every Glitch & Details You Missed | The Deep Dive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMWFruxxt_o

https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/18/how-to-build-the-matrix

https://onezero.medium.com/we-need-to-find-out-if-we-are-living-in-a-simulation-1ae70919505b

If this world is part of a digital cosmic simulation, there could be countless parallel or overlapping and intersecting simulations running all at once.

Is THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR IS BETTER THAN THE MATRIX? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipHTAGNh4Qo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor#Plot , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139809 

https://medium.com/predict/metaverse-imaginaries-sci-fi-vignette-1-affa6e401b6d

Rizwan-Virk knows a thing or 2 about digitally constructed realities. https://rizstanford.medium.com