@doctorwhom I used to live there. My family is from Umeå, for many generations. I hope to return some day, but it is too cold and dark in the winter for my wife, so I am not sure. I still have land nearby that I hope to build at least a cabin on!

@DrMikeWatts it’s too late here and I’m too tired to read this tonight, but won’t Texas also have an issue providing enough water? I’ve not known Texas as a land of plentiful water resources.

@BeamMeOut there are still people who get angry when asked to give some specific, practical examples of how llms increase their productivity. I have yet to see a believable instance.

@sesivany I did this for my kids as well. It was totally worth the decades of waiting!

@GrahamDowns We have almost gone from don’t believe everything you see to maybe you shouldn’t believe anything you see. I agree with you, and I think people don’t realize just how much of a difference these two positions require of us. The first used to let us be mildly skeptical, but the second requires active defense against all information just in case.

@viim Copyright is not applicable to anything created by AI, so it is not really necessary (and certainly not effective or meaningful) to include it in your post.

@cstross @SteveBellovin @KarlSchroeder @hendric @isaackuo @sudnadja @nyrath @FredKiesche completely agree with you, and I would put few on that Banks/Culture level, but one that has always stuck with me in terms of epic feeling at least is from Singularity Sky.