Interesting video about the subject from Ryan McBeth

Similar with “get up, Trinity” from The Matrix’s opening scene.

Pair of marines turn up with a VPN key in a diplomatic bag.

The standard protocol for friends list and “who’s online” would be https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP

Like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_Interactive_Simulation or you mean the match-making protocol?

There’s an “editorial complaints” link at the bottom of BBC news website.

Your last example reminds me of someone editing Wikipedia to list Ronnie O’Sullivan as the winner of the World Open, about 20 minutes before the final match finished.

They were right, and anyone would agree that it was all-but-certain, but it hadn’t actually happened yet.

Right, an original at Mosaic [Netscape] before it got into that fight with Internet Explorer, went open-source, and became Mozilla.

The original developer has a great blog, and has commented on this

This computer.

That was so insane - “we need a unique number, let’s just use the MAC” - it was like people didn’t even think through any of the implications when making ipv6 address schemes.

Similar with the address proposals that ignored the need to minimise the size of core internet routing tables.

Substitute Chaos Bringer to really give everyone flashbacks

Main menu theme, Myth II Soulblighter

I like it here, from RimWorld.

Today you, tomorrow me

Satisfactory.

The good news is that everyone is going to be experiencing that for the first time again in about a week’s time!

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Thomas Midgley Jr. (leaded petrol, CFCs, lots of deaths at the “ethyl” factory)

It might be a trope by now, but when you mention “rich tourists and digital nomads”… have you read For The Win?

When Cory Doctorow considers this question, … His character, an archetype of the subcultures you mention, voiced by the most cyberpunk author you ever read, chooses a cargo ship.

Looks like the main options are the things you’ve already ruled-out:

• Lowest impact travel: passenger on a cargo ship.
• Zero-emissions vehicle: £6000 trip on a sailing boat, but any normal-sized boat is going to expect everyone on board to take shifts.

Maybe you can find a “tall ship” that’s big enough to have passive passengers (example), or pay the small boat to bring a higher ratio of paid crew to let the passengers sleep.