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Post #Ao1xtHQJKyaLCnVA48 by [email protected] |
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gotta say, douglas adams prepared me better for our absurd future than isaac as… |
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Post #Ao1yyrDPn5tVc9h1gO by [email protected] |
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@lritter Surely an even more important lesson is:“the President… His job is… |
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Post #Ao1z9AUsxMYGJNmV84 by [email protected] |
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@simonf let's settle for equally important. :) |
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Post #Ao27fPH8LWcf2sETAm by [email protected] |
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@lritter ChatGPP |
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Post #Ao27jmfzHgWimQwe2K by [email protected] |
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@lritter but at least there was tea. |
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Post #Ao28e8RFYkoOUWvD9c by [email protected] |
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@sol_hsa it was the best cup he ever had! |
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Post #Ao2DhGjxeLEosWzHeq by [email protected] |
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@lritter @pitrh Was going to repost but it was at 42. |
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Post #Ao2EYD5jwilYuUQ1GC by [email protected] |
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@lritter i mean the technocult planning is still happening but yeah it doesn’… |
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Post #Ao2SivX4y9hIzmD7aq by [email protected] |
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@lritter Now that you say it like that: you are absolutely right. :cwy: We are … |
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Post #Ao2TajqadBUsOKzo9o by [email protected] |
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@lritter Don't forget Stanislav Lem: in "Ananke" he exercises wha… |
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Post #Ao2Thu8KmlVYJwiFSS by [email protected] |
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@slowtiger yeah i won't throw shade on lem. his fables for robots alone are… |
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Post #Ao2U9pFGYMaBGiGj5M by [email protected] |
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@lritter Most amazing for me is that he wrote a whole bunch of groundbreaking s… |
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Post #Ao2VvDi9VVR0iFwYgi by [email protected] |
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@lritter because he's a stupid monkey who doesn't know any better. |
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Post #Ao2W1tFly0j1I7qjvk by [email protected] |
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@TheMNWolf which we both know is a badge of honor |
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Post #Ao2WLn8KQlzY6NrDeK by [email protected] |
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@lritter maybe, but I also know where my towel is. |
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Post #Ao2WP4blurA9AUC6E4 by [email protected] |
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@TheMNWolf i should have said "a towel of honor" |
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Post #Ao30yFHdDP5f2LSeYq by [email protected] |
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@lritter I always feel torn between "I should re-read the books (re-listen… |
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Post #Ao31Fkpr9u9fogoo2i by [email protected] |
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@jcolag there's also a hit BBC series |
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Post #Ao322pSKlgR8KwDULw by [email protected] |
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@lritter Also the fact that the machine does an invasive scan of your taste bud… |
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Post #Ao322pYiNxXaejCaIa by [email protected] |
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@SymTrkl if so i wish the machine could scan my brain to find what tickles my n… |
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Post #Ao34TfgXP6aplAmssK by [email protected] |
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@lritter not to mention that the result is "almost... entirely unlike tea.… |
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Post #Ao3muVtaIzOtCSV2C8 by [email protected] |
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@yarndragon the intermediate result |
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Post #Ao4NxqICcesndJStMW by [email protected] |
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@ClipHead can't find it |
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Post #Ao4pWLp2bG7W1qVKOu by [email protected] |
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@lritter One difference was that Adams could write characters, which Asimov nev… |
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Post #Ao56IclCWh2NjBkTLM by [email protected] |
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@lritter Also, the inevitable decline in footwear quality. |
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Post #Ao56dxj9laVOpxy1Kq by [email protected] |
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@lritter yeah but the Trantor and slow decline of the empire stuff hits hard ri… |
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Post #Ao5ByJbYdUTOFdwA6a by [email protected] |
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@lritter DJT like Zaphod Beeblebrox has an ego the size of the universe. #tota… |
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Post #Ao5Jq7MN4smTahR5M0 by [email protected] |
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@lritter Oh you’re so right @nomdeb |
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Post #Ao5Z7ANebBQ9C8choe by [email protected] |
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@lritter @static Don’t forget the populous reelecting Zaphod Beeblebrox multi… |
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Post #Ao5tjQfGV9exmoNpCa by [email protected] |
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@lritter locking up all the ships computers, in fact, because they failed to re… |
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Post #Ao5xhVPAJ1Dvj3BtoG by [email protected] |
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@lritter I always think of the weird way Picard in Star Trek TNG always says &q… |
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Post #Ao67rI6paobOvXv6oa by [email protected] |
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@lritter also empire of galaxy lol. Humans aren't able to ensure their own … |
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Post #Ao6USedYzljmVDS4MC by [email protected] |
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@lritter I recently reread Foundation. Now I read it as a plea to develop soft … |
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Post #Ao6fbtHl0AAq2FrIuW by [email protected] |
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@lritter @sol_hsa that part’s a divergence |
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Post #Ao6ozLDeD5AKuzC3V2 by [email protected] |
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@lritter 🤣🤣 |
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Post #Ao6zwAj3rmeX06Zv6W by [email protected] |
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@lritter we’re heading towards a time like that in the movie Brazil |
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Post #Ao71s9mpcGnAq0YTGy by [email protected] |
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@lritter and also all of earth's resources getting destroyed before the com… |
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Post #Ao73FJi6zAIgEMxFxo by [email protected] |
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@lritter Unfortunately, Philip K Dick is seeming very much on point as well.“… |
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Post #Ao75fSEY7Qtk6PianY by [email protected] |
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@lritter Seriously. Who can get a grant for a project that will take that long … |
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Post #Ao7jbHvwT8DTAJaDDM by [email protected] |
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@lritter Terry Gilliam was a similarly prescient futurist with stuff like Brazil |
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Post #Ao7zWZqm1hBIYFwPVw by [email protected] |
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@lritter s/prevent/ameliorate/ |
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Post #Ao89TnqwVVUaeYKthw by [email protected] |
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@lritter Douglas Adams wrote the later HHGTTG stuff on a Macintosh, and had bee… |
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Post #Ao8B1USHEa2yI9QTT6 by [email protected] |
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@lritter Asimov was an optimist, Adams was a realist. |
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Post #Ao8QEOKonbzQO3Xz7o by [email protected] |
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@lritter Have you red Lem? |
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Post #Ao9Bd17GxREdSfSIW8 by [email protected] |
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@lritter amen to that. Plus Adams' books were just plain better. Foundation… |
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Post #Ao9KpR4bAwxF1mCXNg by [email protected] |
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@lritter The fate of Golgafrincham has some parallels to the current rash of te… |
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Post #Ao9QEUyAKHM87cxjVY by [email protected] |
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@lritter When I look at the astronomical investment dollars going to AI develop… |
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Post #AoDR3AQHFqThnb6zmi by [email protected] |
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@lritter The fact that someone said our way of life is ending and their first i… |
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Post #Ap5VtCVTdxHTfmRmMa by [email protected] |
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@lritter I am constantly reminded of the prescience of Douglas Adams when I’m… |
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Post #ApDnlNQSW1Ndf1CLiq by [email protected] |
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@lritter ha! Truth! |
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Post #ApsV14KqXuhA3pecK0 by [email protected] |
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@lritter Computer, Earl Greayh, tepid max threads and proccessors skip borrow-c… |
