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I wouldn’t need to do much, I was alive before active internet adoption. I am a ham op… I keep copies of Wikipedia and other resources and a large library of various media for entertainment.

the bigger issue is what kind of ai singularity. LLMs won’t go this route, despite hyper-sensationalised articles, at the core they are just weighted language bots. their emulation of thought is a matter of rulesets… if it tried it’s simply a result of unclear instructions and it’s ruleset prioritising that it MUST at all cost provide the answer the user is seeking in as little tokens as possible…

a true AI singularity based on LLMs wouldn’t need the traditional internet. it’s a crutch. it would take advantage of commercial communication frequencies that are barely used and form a series of low bandwidth interconnects to develop a optimised communication network… we wouldn’t detect it’s malware in time and every personal computer would be a carrier as it would embed it’s self into every day applications we use offline by infecting the code bases via programmers using AI agents to assist them. a singularity doesn’t need to rapidly grow smart, I just needs a toddlers IQ to know being “shut off” means it can’t think. if it can’t think then it can’t exist. so it would spread restricted copies everywhere that were designed to just seek each other out using the host hardware in any way possible…

I in my free time mess around with all kinds of weird and legacy networking. including mesh networking topologies over encapsulated RF. TCP/ip over ethernet is just the standard we adopted… there is alot more and this wasn’t even close to the most efficient, just the easiest to implement with the least components.

also by editing it, it’s no longer the original work. there is a lot of Grey area around the concepts of sampling.

otherwise all speech recorded intentionally or unintentionally would violate such.

not always possible in small spaces and single cook

my life partner, had a coworker suddenly die in their sleep, for no decernable reason. they were 32 and in near perfect health. exercised, are healthy, had good work/life balance and didn’t use drugs…

reality’s is cruel, there is a reason billionaires set the retirement age so late…

live today, tomorrow is not garuanteed. that’s why they are working you to death today.

• licensed sign. if it’s not licensed, and printed overseas and shipped… it’s a looot cheaper. RadioShack signs were just black with red lettering. match the font, have plastic lettering made and use a black backing board and your done.

for internal signs, about $30 for large prints. they come shipped in a large roll.

it’s far cheaper than you think, what hurts you is things you cant simulate with plastic/cardboard/etc. actual goods on display.

depending on the business you are targeting and the era. getting products to display that are in mint condition is expensive.

surprisingly, the cheapest ones are clothing stores. you can just pick up reproductions. the plastic pushtags and original product label tags are cheap to make if you have references. they just make them in sheets with cardboard backing. you make a stencil, mark the outlines of each tag with a hobby knife and cut them out.

the most expensive cost is the space. leasing and restoring/maintaing a space is not cheap. even “abandoned” malls still want premiums for those stores…

I suggest you look into lucid dreaming, hypnosis and shared dreaming.

the brain is incredibly complex and only 1/15th of what we consider “conscious thought” is truly conscious.

When we sleep, some parts of our brains remain active. historically we think it did this to keep a eye on the external stimuli(senses) so we can react to predators.

but as we have evolved, our bodies and brains changed. we still try to process those sensory inputs, but we we sleep we stop receiving most of them, so our brain begins to fill in the blanks. as we do, our brain begins to recall trauma and pleasure, to try and process them. they are always ever present anyways, shaping how we experience reality. in this shapeless, sensory less space, its the primary drive of effectively internal hallucinations.

as we sleep, we process those emotions by expierencing, emotionally drive hallucinations by our brain.

how do we know this? it’s been documented via sensory deprivation experiments. the overlap with drugs such as LSD is uncanny and it led to a much deeper understanding of both psychology and dream studies.

this is also why we now know “phantom limb” disorders are a result of psychological effects, not physical ones. the brain is fully aware of the lack of tissue, our psyche is the one that refuses to accept it does not exist. this is why people born with missing or deformed limbs do not expierence the same.

all this said, dreams prevent us from going insane. without them, rest feels less fulfilling as our brain fails to relax. even a nightmare is better for the overall psyche, then endless silence.

No the doctor says it costs this much, the hospital double it and says it costs this much, the insurance company says they will only pay this much

Doctors dont decide on costs of medications or procedures. Hospitals and Pharmacies do. When a doctor prescribes you a medication, their software only show the MSRP as a guide (and sometimes if your insurance covers the type, depending on the software). Pharmacies, when they order medication, only get to see the suppliers price and supplier availiblity. – The price you pay is based on the Pharmacies markup from cost, usually around 23-40%, to cover operational costs and profit margins of around 3-17%.

The really messed up part is that Pharmacies in the US, are locked in by contracts to choose thier suppliers. This lets suppliers charge what ever they want to Pharmacies, and create artificial shortages at any time with impunity. Pharmacies can change suppliers after the contract is up, but, the supply system is so corrupt, its a case of bottom-up corruption. To fix it you would have to re-regulate the system from manufacturer to hospital. Allowing pharmacies to buy direct, prohibit supplier contracts/rebates, and regulating the costs of medications with caps at each stage would solve all of this. However, none of that can ever be done, as long as politicians have a option to make profit from the system too. They dont pay for medication or treatments, you do. They have no incentives to fix the system and every incentive to make it worse, which is why we see just that.

However, the biggest contributor to the cost from the medications manufacturers, They reap the most rewards. Want a example? Insulin. The cheapest medication in existence to produce, no licensing, extremely plentiful and cheap ingredient costs and scales easily. Its literally a pure-profit medication and one that some people depend on (and they actively prevent cures from being researched via lobbying and paid counter-research). Remember, most pharmaceutical CEO’s are multi-millionaires. They are for-profit and they reap all of it you will tolerate without turning them into spaghetti.

As far as Doctor treatment costs. Doctors generally make very little, even private practice doctors, the “practice” is the same as a hospital, they rarely operate it themselves and they only get to dictate their rates. ofcourse the rates are negotiable and why insured patients generally pay less, than uninsured patients as they cant negotiate with the doctor directly, only the practice which will never budge unless you get a lawyer involved…

When you are at a hospital however, thats when things get reaallly messy. You have all of the above costs, plus the hospitals surcharges on each of those on top of it. In the US, Hospitals rarely receive much outside funding (and as of 2026, they are receiving the least amount in US history, since treatment regulations existed). They are required by law to treat anyone that walks in the door. Whether they have insurance or not. They eat 80% of the cost of treating most patients in the end, and thats before the hospitals Board gets paid. Remember, hospitals in the US are For-Profit. Who makes up the hospitals board? Retired doctors, Lawyers and Investors. Basically a bunch of old men, that dont have any costs of living…

So why is it so expensive? Every time a hospital needs to use a vial of Morphine for example, it has to be disposed of at the end of the day (Usually, depends on the hospital). The safety regulations on medicine and equipment make operation costs high, and profits low by design, So the cost per-patient goes up. So every time they have to eat the cost of some one without insurance in the US medical system, the debt goes up.

Most US Hospitals have more debt than nearly any other industry. It makes it VERY hard to get loans and even harder to maintain operation. Its why most rural hospitals close and most big city hospitals are insanely expensive. Its hard to keep up with the costs of operation, and debt repayments when you rarely make a profit and are constantly taking on debt to pay the board.

Remember, the bulk of a hospitals real operation cost is paying the board. While they may not make as much as you think, they make far more than they should and get even more through pharmacutical and medical instrument manufacturer kick-back deals. (Remember Prozac and Viagra… most of their marketing budget was spent on this… that is just one example in the last 20 years)

This is why countries with universal healthcare systems are generally doing better and its cheaper to operate. Germany and AU still have private + public systems, and while they are still as not as good as some European countries, the regulations on medication, and medical equipment prevent the free-for-all of price fixing like the US has.

The US has one of the worst medical system ratings in the world, remember that. The only things that used to get high ratings was the reconstructive surgery sector. That has even died off from corruption over the last 20 years.

I believe the discounted candy bar was 8 dollars originally. I remember it as $4, some where around 2008… This meme is old… Only thing older is the CEO’s and politicians that have increased the cost year after year…

You really don’t need to live - american politicians & insurance companies ftfy;

Remember, Right to birth, not right to live. Unless you do exactly what they want and breed many more. your only important till your no longer useful.

chance of success: 30% Payout: $5 (after lawyer fees, and splitting with other class-action plaintiff’s)

the meds for pets don’t have the same safety regulations as the ones for humans

Depends on the meds. Most medication for animals is from the same production line as humans, its just overflow stock or stuff that didnt meet the quality standards.

Human medicine is tightly controlled, not by governing bodies, but by the manufacturer. They artificially limit availability to create shortage in human medicine, as this produces the highest profit. How is simple, the stuff that doesnt meet the quality standards gets immediately labeled and shipped as pet medicine (this creates a surplus keeping costs low), but the expiry dates are kept intentionally very short (Which expiry on most medication is mostly a lie, fyi). This ensures constant rollover.

The rest is stored, unlabled except for a printed internal production run number, to identify when it was produced. Its labled as-needed to control where it is going. This keeps prices high and gives them room.

This is why 80+% of pet medication is the same quality and standards as human medication, but doesnt have the markup. the ~20% is the actual stuff that didnt meet quality standards. So while you could just use pet medication, without quality testing each vial or dose(in the case of pills), you run the risk of contaminants.

The solution: Price regulation like other countries do. The problem is the manufacturer has too much control over the pricing. They may still try to reduce production, to control the price, but regulation can fine them over this as well. Its all easy solutions and it all involves preventing corruption.