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  • masterofn001@lemmy.catoTechnology@lemmy.world•Best gas masksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Water to rinse once hit.

    Lemon juice (on a rag or bandana as make shift mask) and milk (soothes).

    Wear Layers of clothing. Remove contaminated.

    Heavy gloves - leather. Canisters get VERY hot.

    Stay upwind if possible. They’ll try to move you with the wind.

    Don’t look up. Wear face obscuring and impact resistant glasses and mask.

    No makeup or contact lenses. Chemical warfare will fuck that shit up.

    Yes, I’ve done this before.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.catoTechnology@lemmy.world•Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private CompanyEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    A couple short stories on the matter:

    Is there a god? (Less than a page, but says it all)

    Dwan Ev ceremoniously soldered the final connection with gold. The eyes of a dozen television cameras watched him and the subether bore throughout the universe a dozen pictures of what he was doing. He straightened and nodded to Dwar Reyn, then moved to a position beside the switch that would complete the contact when he threw it. The switch that would connect, all at once, all of the monster computing machines of all the populated planets in the universe – ninety-six billion planets – into the supercircuit that would connect them all into one supercalculator, one cybernetics machine that would combine all the knowledge of all the galaxies. Dwar Reyn spoke briefly to the watching and listening trillions. Then after a moment’s silence he said, “Now, Dwar Ev.” Dwar Ev threw the switch. There was a mighty hum, the surge of power from ninety-six billion planets. Lights flashed and quieted along the miles-long panel. Dwar Ev stepped back and drew a deep breath. “The honor of asking the first question is yours, Dwar Reyn.” “Thank you,” said Dwar Reyn. “It shall be a question which no single cybernetics machine has been able to answer.” He turned to face the machine. “Is there a God?” The mighty voice answered without hesitation, without the clicking of a single relay. “Yes, now there is a God.” Sudden fear flashed on the face of Dwar Ev. He leaped to grab the switch. A bolt of lightning from the cloudless sky struck him down and fused the switch shut.

    (Fredric Brown, “Answer”)

    https://www.roma1.infn.it/~anzel/answer.html

    Or

    The Last Question - Isaac Asimov

    https://xpressenglish.com/our-stories/the-last-question/