Carl B Latro
carlblatro.bsky.social
Carl B Latro
@carlblatro.bsky.social
Aging New Zealand Pākehā male
Computer programmer of sorts
Current interests: Tilt Five, Banglejs, existential threats
Since there's room for two more, you'll need to ask them if they want their new siblings to be two brothers, two sisters, or one of each.
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 AM
New Zealand's Opportunity party, (formally The Opportunity Party, or TOP), has a new leader and a policy refresh, and is once again thinking about a basic income, if not quite a UBI. It's policy list is here...
www.opportunity.org.nz/platform
Platform
The Opportunity Party
www.opportunity.org.nz
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I doubt AI to video will ever work very well. What may do though is AI to 3D worlds and videos made of stuff happening in those worlds. No continuity problems with videos of 3D model trucks rolling through a 3D world.
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
But it still won't prevent this from happening, right?
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Phone or dish direct to satellite does have a lot going for it.
Weather and power cuts take down cell towers
In the face of more frequent and extreme weather events, and our heavy reliance on mobile phones, is the network robust enough? Last week's storm wiped out cell phone comms for great chunks of Southla...
www.rnz.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Not a bad booster landing, either! I've not heard if the satellites have been launched ok though?
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Reposted by Carl B Latro
We (the world at large) are making enough fucking babies. We're cool on the babies. We need to start FEEDING the babies and VACCINATING the babies and WELCOMING the babies to various places, but we have babies out the wazoo. They just might have different melanin levels
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
And some people in cars get upset by cyclists...
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
And there's a follow-up comment, which isn't shown unless you're signed into the letter before why...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My solution - hmm - from pre-covid days...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM