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@chiffchaff yes! This has bothered me for a while. The answer to most trolley problem instances is "find whoever set up the problem and stop them before they kill again".
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@ZachWeinersmith You might find An Imaginary Tale (Paul Nahin) interesting - a very detailed account of the history of √-1. An unusual combination of history book and maths textbook.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691169248/an-imaginary-tale
A book in PDF form is still a book, right? And an adventure game you play with a computer is obviously a video game.
I have in my posession a PDF of a choose-your-own adventure book. The "go to page X" instructions are clickable. Is it a book or a video game?
(You're not allowed "both".)
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@chiffchaff@tech.lgbt @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @gbargoud@masto.nyc @davidgerard@circumstances.run the gents at Stansted have a proximity sensor flush in the form of a tablet-sized screen displaying an animated "ipee" logo. Absolutely ludicrous waste of money.
(They have set things up so you don't have to touch anything after washing your hands though.)