Annihilation by Vandermeer/Garland. I really loved the Southern Reach trilogy but the film did a great job of capturing a book that was mostly vibe and reflection and used striking visuals to condense it and keep it powerful. Neither were perfect but I’m so glad both exist.
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If you use ‘em end-to-end encrypt the storage and transmission. You lose some features but at least it makes hijacking them more inconvenient.
Woodn’t have guessed that was so interesting!
But as conservatives of decency we can’t have people(one specific type) having ARCANE knowledge!
Seems like it’s either deliberately negligent or sinister:
« The switches are equipped with safeguards, including a locking mechanism, to prevent accidental movement.
They are most often used to turn engines off once a plane has arrived at its airport gate and in certain emergency situations, such as an engine fire. The report does not indicate there was any emergency requiring an engine cutoff.
A US aviation safety expert, John Cox, told Reuters a pilot would not be able to accidentally move the fuel switches that feed the engines. “You can’t bump them and they move, »
« The switches flipped a second apart, the report said, roughly the time it would take to shift one and then the other, according to US aviation expert John Nance. He added that a pilot would normally never turn the switches off in flight, especially as the plane is starting to climb. »
« According to the mayor, the incident may have been related to Asian hornets threatening a beehive that had been installed on the roof terrace of a downtown hotel more than a decade ago. He said that this had likely caused the bees to become aggressive. »
Seems as plausible as some dumb kids throwing rocks at a hive or a smelly wind, I guess 🤷♀️
They could use the inside lane of the four lanes on 4th Ave for a bike lane and a lot of their traffic problem would be gone without anyone missing anything. That would be constructive w/o construction tho.
Privileged solution to a waste problem, just throw more salt over your left shoulder!
L’Apocalypse est pour demain!
Someone way to far down in the comments mentioned Arthur C Clark and the Rama series already.
I’ll go with Philip Jose Farmer and the Riverworld series then. Excellent 70´s to 2000´s philosophical sci-fi!