Existence
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| Originally published | 2012 |
| Authors | David Brin |
| Genres | Science Fiction |
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| ID | 2976013 |
About Existence
Bestselling, award-winning futurist David Brin returns to globe-spanning, high concept SF with Existence. Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector. For a hundred years, people have been abandoning things in space, and someone has to clean it up. . . .
Can sci-fi films teach us anything about an AI threat?
...In an apocalyptic warning this week, big-name researchers cited the plot of a major movie among a series of AI " disaster scenarios" they said could threaten humanity s Existence...
Everything Everywhere All At Once: A guide to the references, Easter eggs and meanings
... An alternative universe version of Waymond suddenly appears, informing Evelyn that all of Existence is being threatened by an agent of chaos known as Jobu Tupaki - who also happens to be her daughter...
Pentaquarks: scientists find new " exotic" configurations of quarks
... Some of these may have a less fleeting Existence - perhaps a hundred billionth of a second...
Companies must help cut living costs, says new cost of living tsar
... " I wasn t born into any kind of charmed Existence - I grew up in South Wales in the 1980s and early 90s in a single parent family with three brothers...
Ukraine war: 'Almost every family has lost someone close to them'
... " The reality of life - or rather Existence - under Russian occupation is at jarring odds with the propaganda on prominent display in Mariupol...
Pakistan's Imran Khan is fighting for his political life
... Analyst Arifa Noor believes that while in Pakistan conflict is " inherent" in the relationship between civilians and the military - which has directly ruled the country for almost half of its Existence - the issue of replacing intelligence chief General Faiz Hameed caused a rift...
Rapping burglar who boasted about Leeds car thefts sentenced
... " But I can t lie, " he continues, and goes on to opine that " graft life" - his criminal Existence - is " hard"...
Life could exist on planet orbiting 'white dwarf' star
... The research team do not have direct evidence of the planet s Existence - but the movements of 65 Moon-sized structures orbiting the white dwarf s habitable zone, suggest it is there...
Rapping burglar who boasted about Leeds car thefts sentenced
A teenage burglar who recorded a boastful rap about His exploits has been given a three-year sentence.
Dylan McEwan, 19, who styled himself as MC McEwan and the B-Town Grafter, was involved in the thefts of four cars from homes in Leeds.
In a Mobile Phone clip found by police, McEwan launches into a rap where he brags of " getting paid out for Brand New cars".
He pleaded guilty to burglary and car theft charges at Leeds Crown Court .
McEwan and two younger accomplices stole four vehicles from two houses in Pudsey and Bramley last December.
Christmas presents were also stolen during one of the raids.
Officers discovered the rap video after The Trio were arrested following a police pursuit through Bradford.
In the clip, McEwan is seen driving as the caption " big whips" - Slang for an expensive car - flashes up on screen.
After encouragement from Two Passengers , he starts rapping, referring To Himself as the B-Town Grafter.
" I creep through your yard. Getting paid out for your Brand New cars, " he says.
" But I can't lie, " he continues, and goes on to opine that " graft life" - His criminal Existence - is " hard".
" Spend half your time sitting behind bars, " he adds.
McEwan, of Barncroft Drive, Seacroft, was sentenced alongside His accomplices, who cannot be named due to their age, on 4 February.
All three admitted two counts each of burglary and car theft.
The younger defendants were each given community rehabilitation orders.
Det Insp Vicky Vessey, of Leeds District Crime Team, said McEwan had " brought misery to His victims who have had to suffer the indignity of having their homes invaded and their property stolen.
" The utter disdain he has for The People he targets to steal from is abundantly clear from the lyrics in His Social Media post. "
Source of news: bbc.com