The Witness? Dinocop? Golden Idol? Chants of Senaar? Dimhaven?

The difference between ChatGPT and Computer (not into Star Trek enough to know what its actual name is) is that Computer doesn’t pretend to be a person or have feelings, and it doesn’t encourage harm to anyone. Computer’s purpose is to serve its crew in a constructive manner, not to keep the user engaged at all costs.

It’s bad etymology unfortunately. One referred to time and the other to grinding. The closest I got is that a luncheon was original a chunk of a food item. Nuncheon was a “noon-drink” which makes sense when you consider that many workers would consume alcohol as their primary lunchtime calories during certain parts of history.

No, corporations wanted it so that they all had proprietary chargers that either you had to pay inflated prices for, or that third parties had to pay fees for to sell you cheaper versions. The only reason they all use USB-C now is because of government regulation.

I don’t need to pay them additional money for a charger because I already have a variety of USB wall adapters and cables, and I could buy them from almost literally anyone if I didn’t. There are whole bins of them in lost-and-founds and secondhand shops.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xb3a3EKwhGQ&t=321s&pp=2AHBApACAQ%3D%3D

It doesn’t come with a controller either. You don’t have to use their controller, so it’s good that it’s an optional purchase.

They used to sell PCs with a keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, and various software all without the option to buy just the PC. It was awful because it made the machine more expensive for the consumer, and it also generated a ton of waste.

Eating human eggs is way more ethical than the eggs of other species because humans can consent to you harvesting them.

If a new PC comes with a keyboard and my old PC also came with a keyboard, one of those keyboards is excessive and will probably end up in the trash as society is overwhelmed by everyone’s excess keyboards. It’s why phones have to all use the same charger now, and they don’t come with a cable.

But the point is that if you’re going to make a villain you can’t get upset when your heroes try to help their victims.

Oh no, I have a really easy means of getting my players organically motivated in my story. :(

I’m not criticizing people who are quietly kind; I’m criticizing the idea that loud people should be quiet.

https://archive.ph/rN8xp

To add to the other post, when someone says something “is praxis” it’s shorthand for good praxis, something that helps people and/or convinces others to be helpful.

I’m not sure if supporting liberation silently is effective.

They’re nuggets for people who are afraid of nuggets.

I’m against industrialized abuse and slaughter of animals, but unseasoned meat is delicious. I don’t think making things up about the flavor is a good argument.

Vegan wings are naturally boneless!

You’re correct. Book Melisandre had been using chemistry to perform magic tricks, as was the normal practice in a world where magic had ceased to work and was starting to be considered mythological. She’s as surprised as anyone when suddenly her spells start having a bit of kick behind them not explainable by anything other than actual magic.

Where the books end, a character is joining an ancient order of mages, and new recruits are sent into a dark room to light a candle made of obsidian. The task is understood to be an exercise in recognizing one’s limits. Magic is not real; we cannot do the impossible. But it’s heavily implied to the reader that lighting this candle was the bare minimum magical skill required at the time of the order’s founding, and that this character will in fact light it.

We don’t know where magic comes from, but we do know that it waxes and wanes in sort of meta-seasons. Is it related to other celestial bodies maybe? There seems to be a heavy focus on a cyclical nature of time rather than linear, and gods seem so far to be social constructs corresponding to phenomena, ideals, and powerful people.

“You should watch Love is Blind so that we have something to talk about.”

You seem to attach a negative meaning to what I’ve said. Compromising values is one way that a person can change and adapt.