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Avatara scanned through the key words. Images of the search results were flying through the room as holograms. | Avatara scanned through the key words. Images of the search results were flying through the room as holograms. | ||
Southern Spain turning into deserts, [[wp:Arctic resources race|looting of arctic resources]], deep-sea mining, animals dying from oil spills, [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/16/fish-confusing-plastic-debris-in-ocean-for-food-study-finds open stomachs of fish full of plastic][https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/19/more-plastic-than-fish-in-the-sea-by-2050-warns-ellen-macarthur (*)], [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/insect-apocalypse-under-way-toxic-pesticides-agriculture insects killed by pesticides], [[wp:Chytridiomycosis|amphibians killed by fungi]], [https://www.google.com/search?q=species+extinction+rate&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X the sixth mass extinction of species], cows at the bloody slaughter houses, [https://www.google.com/search?q=burning+oil+fields+tanks&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X burning oil fields], dead soldiers and civilians in destroyed cities, people mutilated or killed by [ | Southern Spain turning into deserts, [[wp:Arctic resources race|looting of arctic resources]], deep-sea mining, animals dying from oil spills, [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/16/fish-confusing-plastic-debris-in-ocean-for-food-study-finds open stomachs of fish full of plastic][https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/19/more-plastic-than-fish-in-the-sea-by-2050-warns-ellen-macarthur (*)], [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/insect-apocalypse-under-way-toxic-pesticides-agriculture insects killed by pesticides], [[wp:Chytridiomycosis|amphibians killed by fungi]], [https://www.google.com/search?q=species+extinction+rate&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X the sixth mass extinction of species], cows at the bloody slaughter houses, [https://www.google.com/search?q=burning+oil+fields+tanks&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X burning oil fields], dead soldiers and civilians in destroyed cities, people mutilated or killed by [https://www.the-monitor.org/ landmines - relicts of older wars], [[wp:Child soldiers in Africa|child soldiers in Africa]]<!--https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/23/joseph-kony-child-soldier-return-uganda-lra parent murdering is not longer happening as the LRA was mostly defeated-->, [[wp:Persecution of people with albinism|human albinos killed for their skin]], [[wp:Human trafficking in South America#Forced labor|labor slaves owned by companies in Latin America]], utterly poor people [https://www.google.com/search?q=poor+people+landfills+india&tbm=isch living on trash dumps in India], mistreatment<!-- and honor kills--> of women<!-- | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban_treatment_of_women | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban_treatment_of_women | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia | ||
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Kimura knows that they cannot afford building their own capabilities for research. The only person who could give them access to isn't allowed to. After using Avatara's resources for a few months Kimura ''kidnaps'' Pensatore to get full access. | Kimura knows that they cannot afford building their own capabilities for research. The only person who could give them access to isn't allowed to. After using Avatara's resources for a few months Kimura ''kidnaps'' Pensatore to get full access. | ||
For the Daodan project they gathered all computing resources they could get. Capacities of the state, of [https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ volunteers], of bot nets, and of the very Syndicate. It was biggest collection of capacities for one project in human history so far. It was so impressive that the GV directors later believed that the Daodan might be from the future. | For the Daodan project they gathered all computing resources they could get. Capacities of the state, of [https://web.archive.org/web/20241205122719/https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ volunteers], of bot nets, and of the very Syndicate. It was biggest collection of capacities for one project in human history so far. It was so impressive that the GV directors later believed that the Daodan might be from the future. | ||
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