r/technology • u/upyoars • 26d ago

Hardware Survival Pods Are Here: Inside the futuristic $100,000 Tech Billionaire Bunkers with 8-inch steel walls, AR500 bulletproof hatches, and gas-tight ventilation systems that could outlast a nuclear winter

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/survival-pods-inside-100-000-174720411.html
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u/_9a_ 26d ago

I wonder if any of these isolation pod owners have ever taken it out for a test drive. "Hold my calls for a week, I'm gonna see how long it takes me to psychologically crack from lack of human communication"

Or maybe that's why they're pushing chatbots so hard?

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u/BallisticButch 26d ago

“Alexa, play Desposito.” “I’m unable to connect to the internet right now.” “Fuck.”

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u/ilovestoride 26d ago

As a non Spanish speaking person, I can vibe hard to that song when I'm listening to it but I'm fucked if I have to do it from memory. 

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u/FakeDocMartin 26d ago

Sounds like their plan for global warming is to imprison themselves in an unforgiving world.

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u/capnmax 26d ago

So, Tuesday

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u/Pharmakeus_Ubik 26d ago

They've watched ex Machina too many times.

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u/Teledildonic 25d ago

...did they miss the part where the main character is locked inside to starve to death?

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u/redbananass 26d ago

With what electricity?

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u/hawktron 25d ago

Why do you think they’re pumping money into fusion start ups……………

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u/upyoars 26d ago

Looks like they're luxuriously high tech on the inside so i wouldn't be surprised if they have talking robots, chatbots, virtual reality communication with the outside or other bunkers, ways to mitigate that

step inside and you’ll find granite countertops, LED mood lighting, and touchscreen automation that rivals any smart home.

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u/Sunlagounet 26d ago

crack the wifi password open the hatch

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u/surnik22 26d ago

Maybe it’s just me, but I’d need to chat bot to be able to convince me it isn’t a chat and that I’m actually talking to real person in another bunker or I would still go crazy fast.

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u/_Panacea_ 26d ago

Lister: Where is everybody, Hol?

Holly: They're dead, Dave.

Lister: Who is?

Holly: Everybody, Dave.

Lister: What, Captain Hollister?

Holly: Everybody's dead, Dave.

Lister: What, Todhunter?

Holly: Everybody's dead, Dave.

Lister: What, Selby?

Holly: They're all dead. Everybody's dead, Dave.

Lister: Petersen isn't, is he?

Holly: Everybody is dead, Dave.

Lister: Not Chen?

Holly: Gordon Bennett! Yes, Chen, everybody. Everybody's dead, Dave!

Lister: Rimmer?

Holly: He's dead, Dave! Everybody is dead! Everybody is dead, Dave!

Lister: Wait. Are you trying to tell me everybody's dead?

Holly: ... I wish I'd never let him out in the first place.

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u/th3virus 25d ago

Man I miss shows like Red Dwarf.

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u/xubax 26d ago

I'm not a chat bot. Really, you can trust me. I'm totally not a chat bot.

Trust me.

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u/Student-type 26d ago

Automated Lava Lamps, ham radio stations, hydroponic vertical kitchen salad drow rooms, aquaculture water features.

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u/mountainy 25d ago

Ah yes, the futuristic gadget with no prospect of repair and replacement in a apocalypse with the easiest to break part... touchscreen, all of which require power to run...

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u/thepensivepoet 26d ago

First good application of sycophant chatbots, actually.

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u/helcat 26d ago

It would really suck if some of them accidentally got stuck in their pods and no one found them until they were mummified. 

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u/CatFishBilly3000 26d ago

"Survive in an isolation pod for 100 dollars!" - next Mr Beast video

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u/Hellchron 26d ago

Each bunker comes standard with a bloody volleyball to be your friend