Comment on A Virus that Generates Electricity

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• junderwood@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ooooh nice - that idea will definitely make it into the Starfinder campaign I’m gonna run

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• db2@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So what you’re saying is this should be combined with cordyceps in a random lab in China that has really shitty containment procedures.

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• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was gonna bring up the human batteries in the Matrix, but I like your thing better.

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  • Lmaydev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This still pisses me off.

    The original idea is they use our brains for processing power. Which actually makes sense.

    But the studio thought people would have trouble understanding that.

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    • db2@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The people who would have trouble understanding that wouldn’t be good candidates for matrix insertion though, so there’s at least some symmetry.

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      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They have the same wetware and clearly aren’t using it. That gives the machines extra downtime to run on. They’re excellent candidates.

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• tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We’re so close to the zombie horde!!!

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