at last we have invented the computer that draws paranoid conspiratorial connections, from Unberto Eco’s classic Do Not Become Addicted To The Computer That Draws Paranoid Conspiratorial Connections
“The memory of forgotten history” is a lovely turn of phrase.
A jury of my peers? TWELVE murderers?!
I feel like we owe Kojima an apology because he’s like “This is my villain, Corrupto Moneyguy. He controls the media and eats children.” As it turns out, this is a nuanced and accurate view of global politics.
That’s what big Australian bridges are for.
Fair enough, but the guys shouted me a few rounds.
For bragging rights at the pub, I’ll say yes for myself
Do any of us *really* know Ned Kelly?
pagliacci the clown: doctor, i think i am depressed. life is harsh and cruel, and i feel abandoned to an uncaring world
therapist: This is an automated e-mail. Regrettably, we are taking on no new patients until [QUERY ERROR//: QUEUE OVERFLOW] due to high demand. Thank you for your understanding.
On this basis, analytic philosophers assert the proposition than Pac-Man has consciousness, while others say this is only an epistemological seeming, but that he has no qualia, and is some sort of P-zombie.
In the grim dark futura…
~250 born a minute, so that’s baseline. Assuming he sticks to his usual techniques and hunting zones, that’s going to be impracticable unless you posit slasher numbers above critical threshold and some degree of targeting (wiping out healthcare globally, say).
Fascinating the way then-prescient thoughts circa 2009 become near-universally accepted wisdom here in 2025 - 16 years of echoing the analysis - and yet comics never really broke free of the gravity well you were staring into.
This from a diehard “why does the like button have to be a heart?” guy.
Hell of a thing, you’re making me all sentimental-like.
Well I heard there was a secret chord,
That Tommy played to call the Dragonzord,
But you don’t really care for music, do ya?
Would you say the vision of the thing you hope is made could be all-consuming, obsessive, even?
That flavour mix seems extremely you, for sure.
You can, nominally, if it’s a dude doing the psychopomp job that can be circumscribed or influenced or banished for a time. Which it almost sometimes kind of it except when it’s not.
It’s ways torn between “implacable inevitable natural process” and “invisible but anthropomorphised antagonist with opinions and rules it must obey”, and the swerves between make stakes… odd.
me watching Othello and the Merchant of Venice: wow it's incredible how Shakespeare managed to write texts centuries ago that would be relevant to racism and bigotry today
me finding Shakespeare's lost manuscript THE TRAGEDY OF KING DEATHBOT, OR THE RISING OF THE MECHANICALS: oh no
The greatest role for any actor is Unnamed Recording Studio Technician in a musical biopic who turns to their colleague and says "are you hearing this?" when the hero starts playing their Very Famous Song
Starting with Candle in the Wind? Woof, I love it, but I don’t think that’s help you *now*. That’d be like starting Babylon 5 with the last season.
It is, I think, the best Arthur.
‘Shields up, Captain?’
‘Pitter patter, let’s get at ‘er.’
‘Hailing frequencies open.’
‘Sarek. How are you now?’
‘Infinites Diversity’s in Infinites Combinations. That’s what’s I appreciates about youse’
lol Keanu Reeves says exactly 500 words TOTAL across all three John Wick movies. If you eliminate "yeah", the count goes down to 100.
Wild how Shadowrun today feels like an optimistic alternate future. Native Americans gain independence from the U.S. government? A benevolent dragon becomes the president and governs by suicide? People still communicate primarily through message boards? Sign me the fuck up.
“If you remember these tasks and structures, they’ll help you remember stuff…”
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A close-up of a contents page of a OS development book. It reads: 9.4 Process Primitives 9.4.1 Having Children 9.4.2 Watching Your Children Die 9.4.3 Running New Programs 9.4.4 A Bit of History: vfork() 9.4.5 Killing Yourself 9.4.6 Killing Others 9.4.7 Dumping Core The book is "Linux Application Development", by Michael K. Johnson and Erik W. Troan (ISBN 0-201-30821-5)
The 7 stages of adult life