boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoA Virus that Generates Electricitywww.the-scientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down11
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minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80arrow-down1·11 months agoThe energy generated by this virus is how the infected undead will continue to walk the earth.
minus-squarejunderwood@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·11 months agoOoooh nice - that idea will definitely make it into the Starfinder campaign I’m gonna run
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·11 months agoSo what you’re saying is this should be combined with cordyceps in a random lab in China that has really shitty containment procedures.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoI was gonna bring up the human batteries in the Matrix, but I like your thing better.
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-211 months agoThis still pisses me off. The original idea was they use our brains for processing power. Which actually makes sense. But the studio thought people would have trouble understanding that.
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 months agoThe people who would have trouble understanding that wouldn’t be good candidates for matrix insertion though, so there’s at least some symmetry.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoThey have the same wetware and clearly aren’t using it. That gives the machines extra downtime to run on. They’re excellent candidates.
minus-squareTherouxSonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWe’re so close to the zombie horde!!!
The energy generated by this virus is how the infected undead will continue to walk the earth.
Ooooh nice - that idea will definitely make it into the Starfinder campaign I’m gonna run
So what you’re saying is this should be combined with cordyceps in a random lab in China that has really shitty containment procedures.
I was gonna bring up the human batteries in the Matrix, but I like your thing better.
This still pisses me off.
The original idea was they use our brains for processing power. Which actually makes sense.
But the studio thought people would have trouble understanding that.
The people who would have trouble understanding that wouldn’t be good candidates for matrix insertion though, so there’s at least some symmetry.
They have the same wetware and clearly aren’t using it. That gives the machines extra downtime to run on. They’re excellent candidates.
We’re so close to the zombie horde!!!