In this scenario, what would we be seeing on HN? What sorts of stories, comments and posts?
• Rewriting Skynet in Rust (fasterthanli.me)
• Cyberdyne Insider says Terminators are Sentient (futurism.com)
• Really Sharp Stick Unveiled: New Russian Superweapon Against Alien Menace (businessinsider.com)
I think it's because the people here are mostly comfortable upper middle class planning for retirement. Most humans are trying to have enough to survive the next month. A delivery driver once said the odds of dying and long term injury from a motorcycle accident were much higher than dying to COVID. Someone in Ukraine here said similar about the odds of dying to a missile or drone attack. But the odds of dying without a job is pretty damn high so they do their dangerous jobs nonetheless. Blue collars tend to be less affected.
White collars, however, tend to have a 35 year plan and there's all kinds of black swan events that can mess up that plan. People go into lockdowns with more grief than losing a parent.
If essential services and utilities collapse as well as govt functions, you’re talking about a mass panic, looting, and just pure chaos as every family fends for itself.
Most likely, there would be no HN.
top comment: Explain what this does that flint and steel cannot.
If it were, why would you be wasting your time on it instead of trying to survive?
> If it were, why would you be wasting your time on it instead of trying to survive?
Implying we're not already trying to survive. Most of the time I've spent procrastinating is during the hardest times, and honestly I've been here much less when times are good. How many view HN on vacation?
And a lot of articles about DIY robokillers.