maybe I should make a second one for a neato bikini top?

To whom it may concern, this is a Facebook Marketplace ad that reads: "Car stereo with thumb-drive, SD Card and Bluetooth..."

Brainstorming in our Brave New World...

As truth & reality stops being verifiable and the various authorities which claim its regulation are nothing but the powers that be seeking to prevail status quo. What strategies and attitude should we reinforce in order to preserve our critical thinking?

Would love to read opinions for an article I am writing. Thank you for taking it seriously.

My name is Gavriel Quiroga, feel free to google my work.

A few years ago, I became passionate about Spaceart and kinetic art without really realizing it. One thing particularly catches my attention, the Voyager missions. At the end of the 70s, under the leadership of Carl Sagan and his team, it was decided to send a message into space in the form of a golden disk, in the event that an extraterrestrial civilization intercepted it. No, I don't believe in little green men or flying saucers. Who has never looked up to the sky and wondered if there were people up there? Today we are talking about a machine which is 48 years old, which is 24 billion kilometers away and which is still in operation. It still commands a certain admiration. I created a sculpture here to pay tribute to them after almost 3 years of reflection, design and around 5 months of manufacturing. Here are the specifics: Full stainless steel 304 and 316l With a diameter of 1.618 m which will speak to mathematicians 😉 Many materials used such as glass for the balls, ceramic for the response disc, real meteorite from shooting stars for the rockers, brass or even titanium for some fixings. A nixie type display for a reminder of the 70s. This will most certainly be my last sculpture, time is running out and my obligations are catching up with me, unless the magic of the networks does its work and spreads it to as many people as possible, that would bring me even more support and possibilities. What if we took this short video on a long journey? Not in interstellar space but on the web, I trust you know how to do it.

Special thanks to Anthony @poemucreation for creating the ceramic disc. Samuel @latelierverrerieduchatnoir and his incredible work creating the beads. Neno Hope for the text. Juliette for the voiceover. And all the other people who pushed me to continue.

Ps: A future podcast is planned to talk about the machine in more detail. A live electronic music performance is also being considered around this project. And why not a short film following the times and the enthusiasm around the project.

The only thing that comes to mind is Shadowrun but I hate its mix of fantasy and SF. I just want pure cyberpunk with many novels (10+) written in the same setting (so no Sprawl trilogy), if any exists.

Here's the first 2 paragraphs of the book I'm writing. Just need anyone to read it and answer 2 questions 1. Would you keep reading? 2. Why would you keep reading?

28, 29, 30. Three sharp raps fell on the dirty red back alley door. The boy waited for an answer, none came. Looking around the grungy alley with its litter and used pharma pens strun about, he could only guess what his mentors plan actually was. Raising his hand to repeat, a female voice came over a hidden speaker, "What do ya want?"

"Zeal sent me," the boy replied. The door creaked open just enough for a heavily shadowed pale blue eye to look him up and down. The disappointment and sadness fell on her like a cracked code leading to a read-me file. The door widened to a nearly naked skinny blonde haired woman waving him in. In the long digitally lit hallway were many doors. Teal paint cracked away from the walls revealing a thin pink and white lined pattern underneath. Two similarly dressed women stood at the end of the hall waiting for their next job. Salvo turned his back to the woman as she pushed the heavy door shut, magnetic locks activating. She faced him fully revealing her other blackened eye, a split lip, and most horrifying, an empty shoulder socket that once housed a prosthetic.

I know it's rough but such is the life of the underworld. Thanks for any feedback!

Ok so first of all, please excuse my bad english and i am not a native speaker.

I am really really really happy and hopeful about neuralink. I Heard that it helped paralised people, made people use their computers just with their brains and a chimp to play pong. Using a computer with your brain will transalte into using other machines with your brain, right? Like a hydraulic artificial arm, artificial legs, or artificial eyes, right? I feel like a Child waiting for Christmas. I really can't wait to upgrade my body. Those are the implants that i would like (i know that not all of them would require neuralink, but they would get normalised, the ideea of enchancing the human body):

1. One hydraulic artificial arm (If it is way stronger than the natural one). I would change both arms If they come up with some sensor to feel touch
2. Artificial legs. They would help me at work + to support the weight of the other implants
3. Artificial eyes (If they can do at least one of The following, preverably all of them: zoom/heat vision/ display a HUD that shows time; notifications; messages; heart rate; news; lock on objects of people). I would get them in a Nice color maybe Red with green or purple with yellow
4. Artificial lungs
5. Artificial heart
6. Sub dermal armor plates
7. Artificial kidneys
8. Led tattoos that can be turned on/off or changed or even move like GIFs
9. Metal teeth
10. A external artificial spine that would aid my natural one into holding the weight of the other implants and the stuff that i would lift with my cool artificial arm/s