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I promise this is worth reading in its entirety
Over time, we have managed to shrink technology further and further down, the iPhone 16 for example contains 16 billion transistors, drones have also been shrinking and will keep shrinking down to the microscopic scale, to a scale so small they are invisible to the naked eye and are able to enter the pores of our skin, these are called Nanobots. The media tells us these bots will be used for healthcare purposes, that they will be used to fight off diseases, maybe even stifle aging, but couldn't they also be used to take control of the brain and muscles of the host?, and be piloted around by the administrator? We already know about the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis and its ability possess other organisms that consume it, nanobots will be engineered with the same ability, whilst also being airborne drones. Once this is achieved we would have no way to object to this, ask yourself can you protest against the common cold? Not against vaccines or quarantines I mean literally protest against the Cold virus: you cannot see it (they're 30 nanometers in diameter), you cannot reason with it (they doesn't talk), you cannot avoid it (they travels through the air and statistically speaking; 100% of people will catch a cold in their lifetime), Nanobots will be as communicable as the cold and as nefarious as the Cordyceps.
The rise of 3D printers has given the public access to machines that can manufacture 3 dimensional structures, structures like firearms, explosives; bio-printers soon to be capable of printing diseases. The populace are now able to bear arms without licenses and other weapons that are entirely illegal.
AI has almost perfected the ability to simulate a human being, fake audio and video of someone can now be generated via a plethora of websites, this is blatant identity theft. There have been cases of prompters: impersonating others to access bank account details, creating pornographic deep fakes, generating CP. Legal evidence can now be dismissed as AI generated. To the person reading this, Your own identity is at risk of theft.
In the workforce, people: demand wages, demand time off, make mistakes, are often one-trick-ponies only knowledgeable in a specific field. AI does not suffer from these constraints, AI: demands only energy to continue working (maintenance and supervision will downsize as AI improves), can work uninterrupted 24/7, will eventually make no mistakes at all, is multifaceted and can multitask. The consequence of this imbalance is that employers will favor automation over people and will begin mass workforce replacement. This has already happened with primitive robots in factory positions, so much so that production occurs in total darkness. AI is destined to replace everything, every job, every skill, every talent, every hobby, there will be nothing left, to the person reading this right now, you will be fired in the near future and replaced by technology, or if you are still in school you will never find work because of technology.
As time progresses AI will become more sophisticated, it will be able to execute a broad range of tasks: carrying out cyber attacks, hacking into accounts, manufacturing robots (possibly nano bots) to do physical damage. Technology is capable of doing ANYTHING so long as scientific laws are not broken, imagine the most abhorrent atrocity imaginable an AI could do it within 10 years. Warfare will no doubt accelerate the development of harmful technology, it was ww2 that gave us the atom bomb, think of what future conflicts will give us.
There are other fields of technology that are just as concerning, the point of this post is to demonstrate that there is a limit to how close our species can fly to the sun before we fall to extinction (or worse), We must enact regulations on silicon valley, certain fields (nanobots, 3d printers, AI) should be banned altogether. I am calling for a global revolution against technology for the safety and autonomy of the human race, we only have 5 or so years left until its too late, spread the word, protest or perish.
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Animal abuse
Not sure if this if this is the right place to post but it seems like it, is this piece of shit decided to attack a stray cat with a pot of boiling water simply because "Cuz Dat Mf Always Around Like It Live Here 💯" i don't know if its just me turning into a big pussy but shit like this is not right at all and just like this scumbag got arrested for kicking a cat i think this one should also for this degenerative shit
cat kicker:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ExxAHtud8
Boiling water attack:https://www.facebook.com/RocNationMook/videos/vb.100000710832928/1094270203939997/?type=2&theater
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>Never grew up with pets.
>Been in apartment for the past year of college.
>Lease ends p soon.
>Taking out the garbage
>See this adorable little thing.
LOL NIGGAS! I have a cat nao.
My brother is deathly allergic to cats, so I won't be able to bring it with me when I move back in with my parents.
I'll ask around for whoever the owner might be, tomorrow, but for tonight, do I need to worry about this cat shitting anywhere?
I fed him ONE can of tuna. Will that be enough to hold him over the night?
Dog owners like to feed their dogs chocolate and cheese even though it's poison for them. Is tuna poison to cats? I saw the cat eating grass outside, I didn't know cats did that.
Speculative Evolution General -/se/: Dragon Edition
Discuss speculative evolution/biology stuff here
Definition of spec evo: Speculative evolution, also called speculative biology and speculative zoology, is a genre of speculative fiction and an artistic movement, focused on hypothetical scenarios in the evolution of life.
Thread Question : favorite spec evo genre?
READ:
https://sites.google.com/site/worldofserina/
>A world colonized by Canaries, Sunflowers and others
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/5694942/1/
>A Chinese cave with very strange inhabitants
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/8050626/1/
>An Antarctic island home to strange lovecraftian creatures
https://specevo.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=67
>The Seychelles are a collection of miraculous islands, carrying a precious cargo of life from vanished world. But what if the Granitic Seychelles were merely the mountain peaks of a much larger island? What strange life might call such an island home?
https://www.deviantart.com/biofauna25/gallery/39451145/Epimethius
>The concept of life unlike that of Earth has always been fascinating to mankind, and we can now see what life elsewhere in the universe can be in Project Epimethius.
>Several hundred lightyears from Earth, the planet Epimethius is remarkably similar in its composition, but it is larger, has greater weather extremes, is subject to frequent solar radiation storms, and full of bizarre life forms. The seas are filled with strange darting rods and terrifying leviathans, lumbering pod-like beasts and creeping monsters stalk the land, while the skies are ruled by eerie drifters and majestic dragons. There are living mountains, musical sirens, fire-breathing demons, glowing forests, monstrous serpents, and many more wonders not of our planet.
https://www.deviantart.com/dragonthunders/gallery/49884273/The-Future-Is-Far
>Welcome to the future…
>Be the spectators of the history of life on earth in the next million of years in the future after mankind left the earth and leave in its course.
https://www.deviantart.com/herofan135/gallery/45327524/The-urban-future
>There is always movies and stories predicting the fall of mankind, but what if humans never go extinct?
>This project takes place 10 million years into the future, in a world were the entire planet consists of one giant city. It expands over mountains and seas, and is home to billions of people. Most wild animal and plant species have gone extinct, but some have adapted to this new world. Which modern day species were the lucky ones that could adapt and flourish in a world dominated by humans and their structures?
Insect thread
Tell me, anon, what do you think is the best insect?
This little guy is the Cataglyphis Bombycina, better known as the Saharan Silver Ant. How would you feel if I told you that an insect like this can tolerate more than 54°C and you don't? And look at his colours! Isn't that cute?
My bird thinks its name is nigger
>have budgie
>call it nigger when it does something I don't want to do
>whenever it eats off the ground
>flies into my room
>flies into my bathroom
>he never really thinks doing above is bad and keeps doing it
>end up calling it nigger more often than its real name
>he responds to nigger
>he thinks his name is nigger
At least he doesn't talk.
How do I explain this to a vet?
Pic is not him, but similar color.
/herp/ Reptile & Amphibian General
Boss fight edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SapYObP6o3w
Reptile classifieds for finding breeders of various scaled and sundry creatures
>kingsnake.com
>faunaclassifieds.com
>reptilescanada.com (Canadian breeders)
>caudata.org for newts, salamanders and lots more amphibians
>Also check to see if there are any annual reptile shows/expos in your area as these are good places to find good animals from good breeders at partial discount
/herp/ officially official all purpose care sheet of wonder and magic
>sand a shit
>use a thermostat
>read all the caresheets
>set up your tank before you get your herp
>regulate temps & humidity levels prior to herp arrival
>do not fuck with (handle) your herp for at least 7 days after bringing it home and ideally wait until herp has eaten at least one meal (for snakes), two meals for lizards, frogs, etc.
>PVC tanks are way better for most applications and worth the extra money
>it is best to avoid chain pet stores when looking to purchase live animals as mass breeder suppliers are not especially careful about health and sound genetics… it often saves you money long term to spend a little extra up front to get a healthy animal
>Jump Start (formerly Hydrofarm) thermostat is a good basic and inexpensive thermostat for regulating ceramic heat emitters and under tank heaters (Amazon sells it)
>if you want something more advanced for temperature control, look at Herpstat products
Hi /an/. I just inherited a plant from an aunt. It originally belonged to my grandmother who knew what it was but has long since been forgotten. It has a climbing habit & puts out aerial roots that cling to brick apparently. It also roots easily. Does anyone here know what it is? I want to research what it likes so that I do t kill it. Thanks in advance.
Not sure if this is the place to ask as this board seems quite dead, but I guess it's worth a shot. I had to take my rooster inside the day before yesterday as it's gotten really cold all of a sudden, and he started to act really lethargic and wasn't eating. After bringing him inside where it's warm he started to eat and drink again. His shit looks pretty normal as well, no blood or worms or anything and it's of normal consistency. I decided to take this opportunity to check him for mites. Everything appeared normal except for his vent, which had a couple of small scabs on it. Could this be indication of other chickens pecking at him? He's my only rooster, so I wouldn't have expected him to be picked on by hens. I really don't think he has mites. When I was bathing him I noticed he had built up a very noticeable amount of earwax in both of his ears, and was yawning and shaking his head quite a bit. so I got most of it out with warm water, qtips and a pair of tweezers. There's still a bit of wax left, so I will get the rest of it out when I get my neosporin and peroxide tonight. I think it's the wax buildup that's causing him to yawn, since I couldn't see any signs of gapeworm when I looked down his throat the other day. That would make sense since he scratches at his ears from time to time.
Do you guys think the peroxide and neosporin is a good plan? And in the off chance that he does have gapeworm, does anyone know where to get thiabendazole? I couldn't find any online store that sells it, but I could just be retarded.
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/an/ was one of my favourite boards on halfchan…I haven't been back there for weeks. So I'm sad to see the new /an/ is fading so fast. I'm gonna post some pics from my hdd, hope to brighten the place up a bit. It is a selection of mutants and other interesting things, some are genuine and others are shopped.
magic + animals
stole this gif from 4chan
I saw another gif like this once that was pretty much the same, but different–somebody doing a simple magic trick in front of a monkey, and you could see that the monkey "got" the trick by their surprised reaction
I find this very fascinating–that they're not real intelligent but the animals can still see that -something- very odd appears to have happened….
anybody got any more stuff like this? with monkeys or any other animals?
/an/ , they said that a bull would win in a fight with a lion but not really .
/an/ , lions are the bull beaters despite what any ram says so cheer those lions on when they take down a tyrant bull because the courage to defeat a patient problem is an amazing order good thing .
go lions !!
Rare encounter with Shopping Mantis
I found a praying mantis in my shopping cart today just as I entered the store. It was a large brown one, like this one here. Must have come off of some of the bushes in the parking lot before the carts were brought in. It fought me and tried to run away, but I managed to scoop it up without hurting it. I left the store and let it crawl onto some bushes at the edge of the property. There's a nice backyard on the other side of the fence, so maybe it'll live a while.
Mantis thread?
Cat might die soon and I don't know what to do
My young sister was playing with my cat earlier today and fucked up his jaw or something. His tongue hangs out of his mouth and he can't stop drooling. He isn't meowing like he's pain but he is acting very stand-offish from the rest of the family which is very unlike him. I suspect that he can't eat or groom himself because of the problems with his tongue and jaw.
Worst thing is, I'm poor and don't have the money to really take him to a vet or get some kind of surgery done on his jaw. Would getting him fixed cost much money? Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I could try and feed him? I would appreciate any suggestions here. I've never browsed /an/, so forgive me if I'm doing something wrong or stupid.
Guinea pig with diarrhea
Got half dozen guinea pigs. Menu is hay/pellets/vegetables to all.
Abyssinian 5 year old male eats tomatoes and cucumbers and gets diarrhea. WTF???
Began a couple of months ago and first time he almost died of severe dehydration…
Today I directly linked veggies with diarrhea and changed his menu to fix the problem.
But still don't understand… why only that one gets sick?
I have a cichlid fish given to me by a coworker who wanted his cichlids out of his community tank for obvious reasons.
He gave me two, now I have one.
He's great - really curious and friendly and intelligent as fuck for a fish.
His tank is decked out just the way he likes it and he's glorious and happy and colorful and healthy.
What else can I do to make the little guy happy?
He's alone in the tank right now.
Would he enjoy a pretty female companion?
Or would he just get sexually frustrated if she doesn't want to mate and beat the shit out of her? I've heard of that happening.
Or would I end up with a million baby cichlids?
Is there any way to have a mated pair but prevent them from successfully making babies?
Also would he enjoy having some agile, hyperactive top-tank dwellers to chase around?
I don't want him to get bored or lonely. And whatever other fish I put in the tank, I want him to remain the alpha dominant fish.
Was thinking about rummynose tetras, or tiger barbs, if I do get more fish for him. Suggestions would be appreciated - the fish will just have to be a species that are faster than the cichlid, naturally hyperactive so they won't get stressed if he chases them, and have compact fins so they won't be too badly damaged if he manages to nip them a bit. Freshwater, and 75-80 degree farenheit fish
Hello /an/, have a bear.
There is also a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SasjuOxs2rs
Alrighty /an/, I found a young/baby mouse in my garage a few days ago, which I assume was orphaned. It had all it's fur, but it's eyes weren't open, although they kinda started to open today. At the behest of my younger brother, I'm keeping it in a small cardboard box (about 6 X 7 in). I'm sure it'll likely die soon, but it doesn't hurt to be hopeful. Most google results recommended feeding it puppy/kitty formula that's extra watered down, and rubbing its junk with something like a q-tip to help it go to the bathroom, but the people who asked those questions seemed to be talking about even younger mice, that are only a couple weeks old, and I don't really know if that info could really apply to mine. I tried the formula, and got him to lap up a tiny bit, but other than that I haven't been successful in getting him to eat/drink anything. He does have small teeth, and I can feel him lightly nibbling my hand when I let him on, and he'll also lick my hand a lot, which leads me to think solid food would be suitable for him to eat. He's pretty mobile when he's warmed up, too. I have his box sitting on top of my cable box, which is pretty warm all the time, and gets even warmer when it's on. Anyways, my biggest priority at this moment is getting him to eat, but I'm not sure whether I should keep trying liquid food, or to get him on solid food, like seeds/nuts, I really have no experience with rodents. Any of you guys have advice? I'm not a hopeful guy but it would be bitchin if he/she pulls through
Dog kidnapper and animal abuser
This bitch from Manchester UK is kidnapping peoples dogs and then returning them injured. Saw this video posted online:
https://www.facebook.com/gaz.egan/videos/10208867075297910/
This is her page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Manchester-Dog-Spa-Day-Care/1507733602801421
Howdy faggots, I'm about to get a ball python. My room is always kept 70-80 degrees (day & night), and the cage is big enough (10.5x24 and probably about 18 tall, inches btw) IF I'm able to let it out occasionally, which I can absolutely do.
A lot of people on python-specific forums mention having a heat pad that covers no more than half the tanks length, while no less than a third, with a "proportional thermostat"
(basically something that regulates the heat pads power output so it always keep it at an exact temp), along with a thermometer with a probe to observe the temperature of the warm AND cool side of the tank, since they need a warm and cool area.
Basically, I'm just wondering if all that's really necessary, and if so, what brands would YOU recommend?
I'm continuing my research atm, just want some sort of live feed back. I didn't see any reptile threads so maybe I'm in the wrong place, but thanks anyway fellas :)
Hello anon, let's talk animal rights. More specifically, let's talk about better treatment and a better quality of life for our dogs.
We should address the problem of pet overpopulation with more humane methods of sterilization such as vasectomy and tubal ligation for dogs instead of spaying/neutering.
Dogs sterilized with vasectomy or partial hysterectomy remain hormonally natural, which allows them to live more natural and fulfilling lives. This is much more humane than spaying/neutering.
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Tips for cold weather
I'm going to be moving from a tropical climate to a climate that gets cold and I want to be prepared with knowledge (and gear if needed) for my dog so she can be comfy. I'll be going to a state that can get down to the 30s in the winter.
All I'm looking for is cold weather tips for dogs who aren't accustomed to it. Will I need a coat or boots? If you think I will need a coat or boots, could you recommend me something? I do plan on taking her with me on trails and hiking.
Anything will help. I could really use the advice so I can plan ahead of time.
As a side note, my dog is medium sized short haired mutt.
I wish my ichthyology class had covered sharks more (freshwater pleb here), but I'm having a hell of a time looking this up. Anyone have any idea what the function of this anatomical feature is?
It doesn't appear to be a synapomorphy of any one shark clade, and so many sharks have it that I'd be hesitant to assume it's just a vestigial artifact of development.
Predatory Animal Identification?
Yo /an/, I don't normally post on this board, but I feel like you guys would be qualified to answer. Could you help me ID a predator I saw in my backyard? I live in Southern NH, and the temperature is starting to drop, if that helps.
I was going outside about 10PM to check on my quail, when I shone my flashlight into the woods about 35-40 yards away. I saw a light, and when I shone my light on it more, I saw two. I called out to it, thinking it might be my dog. I doubted it, since my dog's eye shine is more whitish, this animal had a more red glare to it. It turned tail and ran, and looked sort of gray-ish, and looked like it had a tail. It might have just been a leg, but I am unsure. I am fairly certain it is a cat of some sort, maybe a bobcat, but those guys are smaller than what I saw. It moved way too fast and was too big to be a coon or a porcupine.
I have heard reports of a mountain lion in my town, and have seen scat that resembles that of a mountain lion in the woods. The scat could easily just be raccoon or bobcat, but I have seen actual, fresh, mountain lion scat when I was in New Mexico that looked similar. But, I know I am in the wrong area to have one of those around.
Anyone here know, it definitely spooped me out, so some details might be off.
What's the biggest/baddest animal you anon's think you could fight? Setting is wherever the animal is on the first image you get on google. Just assume the animal is pissed off and wan't to get you. Pic related-The biggest animal I think I could take and the field I have to fight it in.
