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I imagine it’s just that community administration is not what they do. Moderating a forum isn’t usually their primary area of expertise...

On that same note I think Tolkien's Middle Earth is also supposed to be set in a mythical past age of Earth similar to Conan.

I'm good with that. There is a lot of good work being done on TTRPGs that does not use generative AI. We are spoiled for choices...

That's not entirely accurate. It is not "because of bureaucracy". We note that SpaceX has become known for "rapid unscheduled...

It’ll be like Antarctica. Or the ISS. There will be a permanent presence —a research station—on the moon, maybe Mars, but nobody is...

Yes. Mind you, that's total cost spread over more than a decade. Amazon intends to spend that much on AI infrastrucure in a single...

I agree. Real runaway greenhouse, with the oceans boiling away, isn't coming from our fossil fuel burning. The last work I saw on that...

Yes.

"Poorly" is not a technical term, or even one we have defined. No. As above, I do not accept the point as true, for it being...

I know.

It feels like a few are actually in the "stop space exploration" camp. I suspect that at least a little colonization would be...

It's not an exaggeration, it's very possible. Worst-case scenario, to be sure. And not an unavoidable fate . . . but very, very possible.

I don't think there is anyone in this thread saying that we shouldn't be funding space programs. At least, I'm not. But rather, should...

As human-caused climate change continues, some places will get worse and some will get better for us . . . but overall, the planet's...

You would make a terrible Ferengi.