We found some interesting things in the ruins of that Superior Civilisation™.
That photo on the left is (I think) an RT-64 radio telescope in Russia, although similar to the RT-32 Irbene Radio Telescope in Latvia built to spy on the West.
Actually though, it contained tapes of Western music.
The disillusioned conscripts stationed there were using their Superior Civilisation’s most advanced tech to circumvent the censorship imposed by.. er, that same Superior Civilisation™.
The Soviets then wrecked the place themselves on their way out. They set off explosives inside, cut cables, poured acid into controls, and shred all schematics, manuals, and wiring diagrams.
They left believing that the Latvians could never possibly use it.
Nevertheless, Latvian scientists and engineers managed to fully reverse engineer it, restore it, then gave it an actual useful purpose.
They pointed it at the stars instead to advance humanity’s understanding of the cosmos.
The facility is now at the frontier of civilian science with advanced new telescopes integrated into the world’s largest low-frequency radio telescope network.
It’s currently undergoing its fourth modernisation, led by Ventspils University.
Fortunately, they don’t have to attend those dull parades and they have easier ways to listen to decent music!
Huge thanks to MarxistInfo for highlighting all this.
one of the twists in real world AI is that, in scifi, it was assumed that the danger would be that we'd raise the machine to the level of a human soul. but to be honest, it seems we're most in danger of debasing the human soul to the level of machine.
Action star Jackie Chan tells the media that his new action-comedy film “Nosebleed,” which is about a window washer at the World Trade Center who stops a terrorist attack, is set to begin filming on location on Tuesday, September 11.
@talschneider זה שהוא אחד החברי קונגרס שהגיע הכי מעט, משחק בטלפון כל הזמן, ומצביע עם רפובליקנים למרות שרץ כדמוקרט נגד כיסא ריק יותר מדאיג אותי מאם הוא לובש חליפה או לא
אני בטוח שאם היה אגם במרחק שעה מהבית שלי שהוא לא מפוצץ ואפשר לשבת להתפנן בו בשקט החיים בארץ היו 40% יותר נסבלים ומי שרוצה רת הקול שלי בבחירות צריך להתחייב להקים אגמים ולרצוח חצי מהאוכלוסיה
The leftoid position is now, without exaggeration: "diversity is our strength and there's nothing wrong with Muslim migrants, but Israel is using them to punish us"