A shutdown means that the government is insolvent, though. At some point, the funds will run dry without borrowing more. A default would likely send the US and world economy into a recession. Though could be that Trump will just bypass congress to borrow more money anyway.

They’re the ones selling shovels in this gold rush, though.

Design inspired by the hit game “Cyberpunk 2077”, I assume?

I kinda feel like the uncertainty principle is the 🐘 in the room whenever it comes to 🧠 uploading.

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I can clearly do it sometimes, but the other people in this thread got me beat.

Paint a cup handle, some of the side where it is attached to the cup black, so that it looks like the cup has no handle.

Well, I hope he enjoys burning 🔥 in hell.

Thing is, Lemmy is the pocket.

What if we’re not smart enough to build something like that?

Bees aren’t aggressive enough for that.

Whatever will produce the best outcome in both the short and the long term. Trying something and failing would be demoralizing, but still better than just getting slaughtered. Proving that escape is an option may encourage others to try and escape.

So there’s no real definitive answer to your question.

Well, given that the correct statement in that situation would be “We should run for our lives”, the 🐑 on the right is technically correct, the best kind of correct.

I gave my sister food poisoning.

Language simply changes over time.

Problem with Starlink is that the satellites need to be replaced every 5 years or so.

Yeah, but my point was that our current economic system can’t deal with, not that we can’t deal with it in general. Migrating away from the current system would require the powerful to give up their power, which they won’t do willingly, even as the walls are closing in. (In fact, when it comes to global warming, the walls are closing in).

So, why are declining birth rates not a problem?

It’s not shrinking yet, the birth rate is declining, and the world population is projected to start declining 2050.

Maybe. Could also be that humans never invent anything that comes close to a biological brain. Either because we simply aren’t smart enough, or because civilization regresses before we get there. And there’s several trends going on currently which could cause civilization to regress. For example, climate change and declining birth rates (While we could set up an economic system that can deal with a shrinking and aging population, our current one cannot).

So, you admit that it was funny?