I said “Presumed immortality”. Meaning Moriarty presumed he would live forever. They did not know they were in a memory cube. They had no reason to believe they wouldn’t exist forever, as a hologram manifested into reality.

Now if the concept of desiring death in the face of immortality is foreign to you, then I invite you to watch Season 2 Episode 18 of Star Trek Voyager: Death Wish

I meant they’d go insane with their presumed immortality.

Did Moriarty want to be conscious for eternity?

Not to take this post too seriously, but why wouldn’t the holodeck simulate aging, as well?

If growth and aging were not a part of their universe then Moriarty and the Countess would go insane during their “lifetime of exploration and adventure”.

🤔

Some of the needles were found to have hollow handles with retractable points, yep, but not all as far as the article suggests. Invariably some needles would have drawn blood, otherwise the “tests” would have been even less credible to begin with.

As credible as such tests could appear even back then, lol.

My apologies for omitting the relevant link below:

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

I included it as the URL for this post, but also uploaded the image above, thinking both would show up in the post.

I guess the upload overwrote (overrode?) the URL. I’m still learning Lemmy.

Now that looks familar… 🤔

Fitting that the Bene Gesserit “Witches” should adopt such an implement to test their own subjects, lol.

Sadly if most computers weren’t ‘walled garden’ experiences then maybe the kids could learn to tinker and fix them. As it is if the issue can’t be fixed from a settings app then they’re stuck.

Thank you for the clarification. That was a very risky click.

So did someone f**k a costco rotisserie chicken and this is how I’m learning about it?

Anyone have a mirror to the clip and/or article? It appears to be paywalled or something. (Account walled?)

I appreciate the clarification zzz711 :) . I’m with accideath, however. I’m old enough to remember classic photo projectors, but I fail to see the punch line.

Maybe there’s a joke about the Air Force failing to distinguish between Up and Down? Or perhaps the leadership of a project involving such complex mechanics as Nuclear Warheads is not expected to be comically inept with a simple projector.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I… Don’t get it. But please accept my upvote.

That’s what I was wondering, and hoping. Otherwise what state (or province?) isn’t already enforcing distracted driving rules?

It’s referring to phone operation. Drivers are mandated to use a hands-free system like a headset or car speaker.

Oh, by the way: If you’re a fan of the classic “Old.reddit.com” look, the Programming.Dev instance has an identical interface: https://old.programming.dev/?sort=Hot&listingType=All .

It’s federated with Lemmy.World so all the same posts will appear. I’m partial to that on Desktop browser, and stick with https://p.lemmy.world for mobile.

Welcome to Lemmy!

I found that a large number of communities have been named after popular, and less popular, subreddits. So I found them easy to find. There was an old r/Redditalternatives post that has a decent range of communities to start out, which I’ve copied below. It is similar to the default subreddits.:

*Note:*The “World” hyperlink takes you to the Lemmy.World communitiy.

General

• Asklemmy (ee, world)
• Showerthoughts (ee, world)
• General discussions (ee, world)
• Mildly Infuriating (ee, world)
• You Should Know (ee, world)
• No Stupid Questions (ee, world)
• Mildly Interesting (ee, world)
• Memes (ee, world)
• Lemmy Shitpost (ee, world)
• Videos (ee, world)

News/Politics

• World News (ee, world)
• Politics (ee,world)

Pets and such

• Aww (ee, world)
• Cats (ee, world)

Gaming

• Games (ee,world)
• RetroGaming (ee, world)
• Nintendo (ee, world)

TV and Music

• Movies and TV Shows (ee, world)
• Anime (ee, world)
• Music (ee, world)

Pics and Art

• Pics (ee, world)
• Digital Art (ee, world)
• Mobile Wallpaper (ee, world)
• Wallpapers (ee, world)

Technology and Science

• Technology (ee, world)
• Science (ee, world)
• Fediverse (ee, world)
• Android (ee, world)
• Hardware (ee, world)
• Privacy Guides (ee, world)

Sports

• Football/Soccer (ee, world)
• NBA (ee, world)
• NFL (ee, world)

Others

• FoodPorn (ee, world)
• 3DPrinting (ee, world)
• Gardening (ee, world)