This looks like a field of variety sized bubbles in different stages of erosion by sandwind. The large ones across middle path seem to have thinner walls thus faster to grind down than the smaller ones with relatively thicker walls.
i imagine that the technology which allows immortality will do it by genetically andor mechanically modifying bodyform at will, shifting & accellerating evolution into conscioussness driven process.
you can draw / buy and grow or modify your body or transfer the mind to a completely new one... i guess whatever is less jarring to the consciousness continuity - your preference from an assortment of options changing & increasing with technical progress and price.
i imagine entire industries around custom bodyform development - design/mod/grow your own or purchase like an ingame avatar.
humanity will evolve by competing on 'fashion' aesthetic and functionality. accidental deaths prevented by raid'ing consciousness stream. a very pretty version of 'individual hive' borg. ... <just guessing and seeding the future>
i'm puzzled and somewhat amused with the downvotes because i'm aiming for maximum honesty and truth. the market organises to elevate the best and raise standards for all others - it's like a force of nature, whereas government seems to systematically mismanage libraries into mediocre grey soulless underused smelly wastelands.
neighbourhood watch and locally funded andor volunteer police, vigilanteesm & personal responsibility
fire insurance includes fire department service. you can go cheap and risk burning down but it's more likely that decent friendly neighbours will gladly cover yours if you can't. or you can move to more affordable housing within your means
health insurance with discounts for taking care of yourself
competition between doctors and between pharmaceuticals driving innovation, skills and real results forward while driving prices down.
would you rather get chemo for pennies while someone else can get immortality for millions or would you rather pay millions for chemo equally with everyone else
private or shared roads according to free will and common mutual interest
i don't want just anyone to come in to my house as they please. or my driveway, or if my driveway is very long = my road
i'm responsible for my property amd my own actions. i don't want to tell you what to do and i don't want your money. we can agree to exchange things for mutual benefit and i will do everything i can to keep to agreed terms - staking my word and reputation
there is nothing wrong with public libraries or charity regardless if selfish or for common good as long as it's funded with free will instead of threat of tax prison
crappy mismanaged unused library should go broke while the good library can pay for itself with fees and donations
yes. i think the warm fuzzy feeling is how the body internally represents the vague and unspecific expectation of 'social' reward from doing something that benefits others
the sense of something being a 'good deed' comes from expecting harmony and general social cooperation (reciprocity) and since the cause effect is so disconnected and complex - it's too difficult to grasp with reason (for some people) and just has to be felt in this way. (?)
also the neurological 'mirroring' and empathy
.. anyways. people who want and use the library should pay for it. people who don't should not pay. isn't this fair?
he is not an ethical hacker. he did not offer his services to facebook to agree on a price. hacked it of his own initiative
then disclosed the vulnerabilities with his real identity which means he assumed-expected to somehow benefit, probably not financial - just craved recognition / 'pat on the back' / coolness / job offer
i'd rather not pay for other people's benefits unless the benefit returns to me with reasonable probability and period of time. on one hand i'd like to see libraries turn profit (like 'lite' version of video rental model) or at least be self sufficient. on the other hand i want to enjoy reasonably educated population with easy access to methods for self improvement and economic mobility (both up and down) and a 'safety net' in case of uninsured unforeseen events. there's a balance between socialism and pure libertarian model but its so local and complicated and constantly evolving that i just resign myself toward the purest liberty and self responsibility and say fuck the libraries.
i sense a disconnect in the premise. do non-technical people really need latex? - to invest the time to study prettyness of presentation... depends on definition, scope and degree of technical'ness but generally i'd think they (should) focus on quality of content in their own field because it's just much cheaper to outsource the nonessentials (latex being one of them) to more competent experts who dedicate lifetimes to 'making the presentation pretty'
guerilla tactic: if the trial ever proceeded it would have launched this guy's film career by giving him immense public exposure instead of just another sob story on reddit.
why did it take the lead of the studio's lawyer's team to make the phone call - it would imply how seriously they were concerned about real potential risks.
instead his surrender was exactly what the studio lawyers aimed for.
btw since this was 10 years ago it's conveniently outside the statute of limitations for slander - so he doesn't have to prove this story is even real and not just viral promotion bs for his lame student project.
depending on who sponsors this and what control they have over the content, a positive side effect of this social program (ironically) might be exposing the kids to the beauty of consumerism and opulent realities outside of their backward culture and spark the evolution out of it - in the sentiment of shanty towns sprinkled with satellite dishes
step 1: give every kid a laptop. step 2: gaming begins.
accessibility definitely plays a role but it's not the main impedance to education. you could say the same about access to basic pen+paper or regular books (libraries). this ain't no panacea - if a kid has the motivation to learn he will find a way. stupid and unmotivated children will approximately remain so regardless what tools or toys you give them (from experience of 1st world education)
the visual 3d zooming and panning seems to work well enough to isolate focus on relevant parts while simultaneously keeping the less relevant stuff still visible in the background. the 2d flat track hiding environments are already available, the 3d is this one's edge.
by immersion i meant better coupling between my internal representation of the project/song tracks and how the program's ui represents it
however i probably got too exhuberant at first - i got carried away after the pretty graphics triggered this imaginary trip where i saw the whole thing like a giant construction site / sort of a space dock / giant cavern where my point of view is floating in the midst of it and all around me are these timeline beams which i rearrange amd modify at will. but reality is a bit limiting through the single mouse pointer.
another idea that sunk in since last post is that this program may be more practical as an addon ui envelope of sorts to already existing music production tools. currently only the ui seems to be the core benefit while a high quality music production backbone is a separate huge project in itself.
the ui may attract newbs to toy around, however advanced users will not switch from their already preferred environments unless this tool also has an edge in the music department
actually the interface is very simple once you grasp the synth model:
each instrument > played by 'seqencer' timeline triggers notes > whose output sound textures modified by 'automation' lines
now see a whole bunch of instruments side by side each one with its own timeline for sequencer and bunch of timelines automation
this just explodes the whole stack of standard 2d tracks to be visible all at once instead of being hidden or listed one below another
the 3d gives me a feeling of full immersion and thorough visual control, i actually crave the next step: to manipulate with my own hands these timelines in realspace
however few issues i see with 3d:
- trouble precisely aligning individual notes in time, easy in 2d grid but in 3d space they feel distant and disconnected, (messy?)) : maybe solved with a quicker more integrated swing to flattened 2d sideview or better yet - 3d gridlines
- handy way to time slice select a sub set of instruments to cut and paste slices (loops) around the song
possibly all implemented already. i'm just bsng this after view of one video