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What no one mentions about the bear hypothesis

This actually provides we here in the Post-Industrial US immense cause for celebration. All of our lives(Regardless of gender)are so cushy, we have the luxury of devoting days and weeks to mulling over an extremely far fetched hypothetical, the likes of which no one who isn't living in rural Alaska will likely encounter

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Not really... it only says something about the internet, where a recorded conversation can include everyone talking at once and it can last as long as 1 person is still willing to respond to it (even if years pass).

Also I'm sure there's some fallacy (or more) here, as it's very likely there have been some truly ridiculous/mundane conversations in survival situations that we would never have any chance of finding out about (because of death or simply because of privacy). That and it's a pretty human thing for mismatch for a lot of different reasons, so using that as evidence for how great things are going (or even how well people are or aren't handling things) doesn't really work.

EDIT: Or pulling back... you're allowed to have more than one problem at once, including ones of statistics. I mean I do find this one tiring yet I do understand the point.

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@itsfoss Using a Steam Controller as an art input. Trigger for pressure (or flow), touchpach for rotation, gyro for tilt, which possibly could allow using position from the mouse or a pen (that doesn't need much/any pressure on a drawing monitor) in your other hand assuming it doesn't cause an issue for mixed input in Krita.

I mean SCC does exist (and surely it could be used for shortcuts) but doesn't seem to work with these types of events (even pen pressure).

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society must allow for 200lbs of meat to be moved fifty miles per day

And in the US, said transportation will likely make even less sense (in terms of weight, cost, and health/comfort).

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2,000Lbs is a low estimate. 2,500Lbs assumes they drive a subcompact, 4,100Lbs is the current average weight (and 2004 was already at 4K so I'm not sure if this statistic counts SUVs/trucks or not). Even Kei cars are 1500-2500Lbs (ICE versions being lighter, though there are smaller and lighter cars including 2-person EVs that are under 1K*.

I would also add the time spent in a car (particularly in slow/jammed traffic) is also sedentary time (which an office job also likely is) and thus a health issue. So some people buy gym memberships which they must also drive to. If they even have the time/money/energy.

Also lots of bad things to be said about roads(/stroads) and parking lots etc. But the short of it is, they aren't places hospitable for living. Particularly on a hot day.


*=Though this lower-size vehicle may be legally classified as something else, such a a "covered motorcycle"/autocycle (or from what I'm seeing, some other close-enough category) which may be an issue or a boon with laws, and may even depend on local laws.

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In my defense it was a Mazda 3.

From the collective consciousness I pulled the 2004 Toyota Corolla weighing in at 2,502 to 2,590 lbs. Because certainly there's no other way I would guess The the most average car so on-the-nose. And I have seen the videos about the Honda Insight being good for gas mileage (even back in 1999, it's a hybrid).

I guess actual price, availability, perception, mantenence etc. molds it for most people though.

Would You Try New Pastimes If Star Trek Level Medical Care Was Available?

Star Trek’s level of medical care is far more advanced than today’s. As Beckett says in LD, “Doc will wave a light over it.” Yet, in Star Trek people aren’t shown doing hobbies and pastimes that are much different from what’s done now. Still, I wonder about differences in a society where people know they won’t be...

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I don't have hobbies and barely leave the house now, so does a yes still count there? Honestly cut out the paperwork, travel time, and multiple visits and pretty much any scifi medical treatment would work for me... be it automated, vats, comas etc.

Some of my problems could likely be solved by today's tech (at least significant relief), but not much hope of that when a place I want to go to doesn't even have a website (or more generally, call-centric appointments etc).

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Personally, I don't see much of a difference between the 2 scenarios if your new hobby kills you and they clone you "back to life". Particularly if you are scanned at the "hold my beer" moment (perhaps initiated by you) and they bring you back immediately, and nobody tells you(/thinks) that you're a clone.

I could even see that as a psychological crutch. "No I didn't die, they were locked on to my location and just used the transporter to save me when my parachute didn't open! I was never in any danger."

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