It’s kind of crazy how prescient the original novels were about AI, and how much that was undone by Brian Herbert - the Butlerian Jihad was such a consequential event that even ten thousand years later, the theocratic feudal oligarchy that runs the universe still refuses the break the taboo that it set across countless religions and capital interests, and the best reasoning Brian Herbert could come up with for why this was such a huge taboo was “a giant robot enslaved humanity ten thousand years ago.”

So is he just joking, or very stupid?

We used to have postal banking - this is a very good argument to bring it back

I mean, the tweet says it - work printer. Though in all seriousness, I think the last time I needed to print a return label, I think I just did it at the UPS store for a few cents.

You would think it’s already there, tbh - whenever I see an AI generated ad, all I think is “wow, that’s a business I will never patronize if even their ads are bottom-of-the-barrel slop”

TBF, Cecil is like the gold standard for shadowy government operation heads - he’s not corrupt, he listens to experts, he has no hidden agenda besides a full commitment to the Earth’s defense from near-constant alien invasion, and the worst thing he does is not fully trust Mark (with pretty good reason, let’s not lie) and rehabilitate villains by forcing them to use their abilities to protect the Earth. That and teleporter abuse, but he’s earned that.

Don’t forget the paroled convict

Yup. My friend is a high school teacher, and he did the same thing to his class - told them not to use Wikipedia, but that Wikipedia sources were fine, and the kids did actual research.

Aren’t wind turbine blades fiberglass? Can fiberglass be printed?