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[Frumple]

Can I get my cyberlimbs though? That's what I want most. Maybe some not-quite-legit living between the cracks that can eventually lead to a big payout too with associated risk - Either I make it big or I die, and that's a win-win in the hellscape.

You can! There's functional mechanical prosthetics in this world, today, up to and including cybereyes!

It's just this cyberpunk dystopia is, as noted, flaccid.

They exist.

They just suck, and unlike a proper cyberpunk dystopia even the sucky ones are probably too expensive for you to get access to.

[Egan_BW]

Given advancements in biotech, I wonder if the real life limb upgrades will just end up being improved meat. Nature already has plenty of examples of eyes, ears, and noses which are higher quality than ours for us to copy from.

What? No, I'm not hoping for cheap cat ear implants, don't be absurd.

[wobbly]

Sad thing is I think we have. Too often the solution is to do the opposite of what we are doing now. Look arond the world and look at how various countries have come up with solutions to this problems,since the 70s the agenda seems to be to break those solutions.

[wobbly]

Idle comment on the topic

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-18/singapore-homeownership-sock-yong-phang-henry-george/104237980

[McTraveller]

I'm going to muse on that article about housing and land value tax over in the economics thread.

[King Zultan]

Its all fun and games until someone gets their eye put out by a cyberpunk extend-o-dick.

[Il Palazzo]

Currently dying.

What's going on there? Have we lost another, or are about to?

[Loud Whispers]

You can! There's functional mechanical prosthetics in this world, today, up to and including cybereyes!

It's just this cyberpunk dystopia is, as noted, flaccid.

They exist.

They just suck, and unlike a proper cyberpunk dystopia even the sucky ones are probably too expensive for you to get access to.

Actually, there is a low cost alternative which is appropriately cyberpunk dystopia nightmare fuel. Getting experimental cybereyes, then having the company that made your cybereyes fail, leading to a situation where you have experimental prosthetics installed in your body with the full knowledge that the company never made the software that runs your eyes open source, there is no source of spare parts, and no one to turn to as your eyes go dark pure rage inducing abandonment of duty

[heydude6]

Currently dying.

What's going on there? Have we lost another, or are about to?

They haven’t posted anything in two weeks and they’re not normally an infrequent poster. Their last post was on that day.

I’m assuming the worst.

[Great Order]

If they'd received bad news, it might be that they've withdrawn.

[Truean]

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Singapore: issues, but good housing. Many need housing, cars, food, and good stable employment.
Any group providing those cheaply could be a powerhouse, but sadly this is practically fantasy.
Would solve a lot of issues. Monastery? Multi-generational family homes? Collectives? Who knows?
Wanted: an average population that is sufficiently stable. Sincerely, the overwhelming majority of us.

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