Not all species reproduce sexually. Not all sexual reproduction involves pairs.
Melllvar
Seer of the tapes! Knower of the episodes!
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I got a contact sugar high just from clicking that link.
That motherboard has a CMOS reset jumper next to the CMOS battery–two metal pins sticking up labelled “JBAT1”. Connecting the pins with a jumper cover tells the system to clear the CMOS memory on boot. In normal operation the pins should not be connected.
2·2 天前The problem is that an AI built to maximize paperclips might conclude that converting the planet to paperclips is an acceptable cost of maximizing paperclip production. It might understand why humans think it’s bad to convert the planet, but disagree. It would need to be explicitly programmed to prioritize human life over paperclips.
otherwise we would just switch it off
If it were super-intelligent, it could probably trick us into leaving it turned on.
What, am I meeting the Pope or something?
A paperclip maximizer driven by self-preservation? What could possiblie go wrong?
2·5 天前Pirate King: HE DID?!? … oh… oh, yes so he did… I was there.
5·5 天前Now wait a second. I don’t think Quark ever sold shoddy merchandise. Overpriced? Sure! Stolen? Probably! Contraband? Absolutely! But low quality merchandise doesn’t breed customer loyalty. It doesn’t generate repeat business.
Remember the 57th rule of acquisition: Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them.
Who grades the test? Who judges the competition?
The true captain will give up the chair rather than see it cut in half.
There are three things you need to remember as a starship captain: 1) keep your shirt tucked in; 2) go down with the ship; and 3) detailed knowledge of ornithology.
Replacement panel 4: “Surely, you can’t be serious?”
New panel 5: “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley”
Gotta be Phantom of the Paradise. It’s a rock opera and spiritual successor to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. The story is a mix of Faust, the Picture of Dorian Grey, and Phantom of the Opera, set at a nightclub called the Paradise.
God dammit Loch Ness monster, I ain’t gonna give you no tree fiddy.
Relevant Robot Chicken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf5BkEhJ5fI