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And second, what happens as you simulate movement at and past c?
February 17, 2026 at 11:27 PM
And second, what happens as you simulate movement at and past c?
Isn’t the structure that the photons must arrive at the “same time” more and more constraining and artificial the closer the object gets to c? The odd geometry of measuring a moving thing with a moving thing-in order to get a sharp image, you have to constrain in ways that conflict with intuition?
February 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Isn’t the structure that the photons must arrive at the “same time” more and more constraining and artificial the closer the object gets to c? The odd geometry of measuring a moving thing with a moving thing-in order to get a sharp image, you have to constrain in ways that conflict with intuition?
No idea if Equoid’s been picked up already though reactormag.com/equoid/
Equoid - Reactor
Winner of the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novella. Charles Stross's "Equoid" is a new story in his ongoing "Laundry" series of Lovecraftian secret-agent bureaucratic dark comedies, which has now grown to...
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February 16, 2026 at 12:49 AM
No idea if Equoid’s been picked up already though reactormag.com/equoid/
It seems there’s a stack of issues that added up to that swing: www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-... I think it’s an opportunity to study the cracks in the R coalition and a cause for hope. But not one for complacency, as the other commenter said, because not all the factors scale elsewhere.
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February 1, 2026 at 12:04 PM
It seems there’s a stack of issues that added up to that swing: www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-... I think it’s an opportunity to study the cracks in the R coalition and a cause for hope. But not one for complacency, as the other commenter said, because not all the factors scale elsewhere.
I can think of at least 2 or 3 ways a state level actor could subvert that, and we don’t necessarily want every image to be attributed. Nor will every source be signed. But the problems look closer to solved than I thought this afternoon?
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I can think of at least 2 or 3 ways a state level actor could subvert that, and we don’t necessarily want every image to be attributed. Nor will every source be signed. But the problems look closer to solved than I thought this afternoon?
I thought someone should be working on that, and it seems like C2PA is the thing that has buy-in, both from camera manufacturers and software vendors (eg Adobe)? It uses CAs, and relies on hardware keys for chain of trust from the camera.
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I thought someone should be working on that, and it seems like C2PA is the thing that has buy-in, both from camera manufacturers and software vendors (eg Adobe)? It uses CAs, and relies on hardware keys for chain of trust from the camera.
Critical background on military oaths, plural: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
And why it matters there are two military oaths.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Critical background on military oaths, plural: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
There’s an interesting wide-ranging discussion here about threat models, hardware vs software image generation, scalability, business models and regulation. But what’s the problem we’d be solving? Taking a guess at the response to that, what does it mean for an image to be true?
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There’s an interesting wide-ranging discussion here about threat models, hardware vs software image generation, scalability, business models and regulation. But what’s the problem we’d be solving? Taking a guess at the response to that, what does it mean for an image to be true?
MWAH, Charlie Brown, MWAH MWAH MWAH father
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
MWAH, Charlie Brown, MWAH MWAH MWAH father
And some, I assume, are good people.
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
And some, I assume, are good people.
In @cstross.bsky.social Children of Saturn, the main character IS a loitering fuckbot, but I think you meant something with less malaise and more rotors 😬
October 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In @cstross.bsky.social Children of Saturn, the main character IS a loitering fuckbot, but I think you meant something with less malaise and more rotors 😬
You mean the GNU/news?
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
You mean the GNU/news?
They Probably Aren’t Giants
August 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
They Probably Aren’t Giants
Wow, I didn’t see this when posted. Hope you’re recovering speedily and well
June 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Wow, I didn’t see this when posted. Hope you’re recovering speedily and well
SMBC says it better www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ai-15
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AI
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AI
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May 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
SMBC says it better www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ai-15
If true, the closest analogy would be the car. We did revamp society around cars, and they take a lot to maintain. But your point and others’ stands that what would we do with robots that is as valuable as a car? If it fills many of the needs and functions as “spouse”, maybe? How sad.
May 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If true, the closest analogy would be the car. We did revamp society around cars, and they take a lot to maintain. But your point and others’ stands that what would we do with robots that is as valuable as a car? If it fills many of the needs and functions as “spouse”, maybe? How sad.
Sour cherry season should be coming up soon
May 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Sour cherry season should be coming up soon
The Little Mr Maid
May 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Little Mr Maid
This is straight out of Charlie Stross’ Accelerando
April 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is straight out of Charlie Stross’ Accelerando
It’s … and … except when it’s not?
April 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It’s … and … except when it’s not?
I rather liked the “give the controls to the 15 yo who deactivates the autopilot and crashes the plane” metaphor: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflo...
Aeroflot Flight 593 - Wikipedia
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April 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I rather liked the “give the controls to the 15 yo who deactivates the autopilot and crashes the plane” metaphor: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflo...
