What if it’s actually a reasonable concern? Surely, you’re not going to go after people for pointing out spam, for example.

If only it were that simple to train something into an AI.

Hmm. Small measuring spoons?

Advanced tactics: forgo dirt, just dump in a bin of carefully-oriented 1/4 teaspoon measures.

We move to hand spades then?

I did not expect to see that referenced today. It seems like pretty obscure old sci-fi to me, but I guess I found it once somehow.

I should do napkin calculations on how many blankets they’d actually need to get an airtight-ish space at breathable pressure.

Edit: Honestly just an airlock shouldn’t have been too hard, seeing as leaking atmosphere was no issue. Seal it up, crack a little valve on the side you’re going towards. Every blanket scheme I can think of is just a shittier version of that. Just as a sealant for structural gaps I imagine blankets would be impermeable with a bit of coal tar added, but maybe I can do some math for unimproved blankets.

The story actually specifies 30 blankets, on a double-check. There’s science now known to be bad elsewhere, but it’s all excusable considering when the story was written. Ditto for the weird gender dynamics.

Yeah, I’m kinda glad it’s not my job to figure out. There’s no manual, you just have to read the mood of the Russian establishment about what looks like expected consequences of their actions delivered in an orderly manner, and what looks like a NATO first strike.

Oh come on, the potential for shenanigans would be massive.

MAD wouldn’t be a thing in a first place if it weren’t for human spite, and the potential thereof. The ideal rational agents from game theory turn out to ignore it.

To top it all off, I found my first grey today, too.

I’m in my late 20s and scared, now.

They didn’t teach reading comprehension back in the age of steam, I guess. /s

Yep. I’m going to fight like hell to never get out of touch.

Well then, congratulations, you’ve arrived at a stance you can never be argued out of regardless of it’s truth.

Only for a 5.

It’s about ability to visualise things mentally.

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Oh yeah, there’s that. Ideally you’d want semi-disposable covers of some kind.

How powerful is this thing, anyway? I’m assuming it’s more of an “overheat” than “vapourise” situation.

I’m guessing you’ll ignore any evidence I provide based on BMI, which is the only useful form of weight information available at the historical population level (given that it’s based on weight and height, which has also changed)?

I never made that connection, somehow.

Yes, because there’s a sudden abundance of overweight people, not underweight people. Epidemic refers to any sudden population increase of a health problem. I don’t think public health people mean it to be stigmitising.

Dieting is dumb though, you’re right about that. At least locally the authorities try to be clear that you’ve got to make a lasting lifestyle change.