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Post #AtIVzEvhu34MIMlcY4 by [email protected] |
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People like to think Asimov predicted the current technology known as "art… |
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Post #AtIVzF25WKAoc9kiUi by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin 42 is the ASCII code for an asterisk, which is a "wild card&quo… |
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Post #AtIbzUE7d1wBSlshv6 by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin Adams correctly predicted the trajectory of elected officials as wel… |
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Post #AtIs9C7RPEtLSuPJyq by [email protected] |
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@ApostateEnglishman @anon_opin unfortunately no. We have Adams's own words:… |
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Post #AtIs9CDp1VznmhOPvU by [email protected] |
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@fatsam @anon_opin Ah that's a shame, the version I was told is more fun! |
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Post #AtJBXAJreAUtxlMVai by [email protected] |
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@fatsam @ApostateEnglishman @anon_opin We have to go deeper. Why was 42 the num… |
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Post #AtJBXARJCUS6KqqSC8 by [email protected] |
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@arne_d_h @fatsam @anon_opin Well, Mr. Adams *was* a coder, so it's just po… |
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Post #AtJW0PJ30GqbvPCW92 by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin Also - the whole of available computer resources taken and used to r… |
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Post #AtJWCbC6d6UsGnleHg by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin 42 |
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Post #AtJWDMNlBakIcYa7TU by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin 42 |
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Post #AtJWDowT0993CJ2ESW by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin I'm not sure why people think Asimov predicted this. Asimov cert… |
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Post #AtJWDqbcobf6MFIcFc by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin (See "More Thinking About Thinking", reprinted in THE SUBA… |
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Post #AtJWG3qaYU2C0KM05w by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin @falcennial *Hoses Room in Hot Coffee*πππI approve of this… |
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Post #AtJWGDgJzVlOVNcwTo by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin I think it was also Douglas Adams β if my memory is correct, in on… |
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Post #AtJWGDmLd6aGo4RksC by [email protected] |
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@zwol @anon_opin I saw a couple of kids doing that in the 1970s, using SPSS. (I… |
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Post #AtJWK2muR4r1sRX39U by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin it must have a huge meaning! After all, a computer the size of a pla… |
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Post #AtJWV5HNVreCn132bg by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin still my favourite number |
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Post #AtJWegeJwQXPITMGTQ by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin terry Gilliam also faithfully described our current moment in Brazil. |
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Post #AtJWh7u9ZrvMPIvXcG by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin Adams' Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a pretty good represent… |
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Post #AtJX9PyjyLn0ZSYyHY by [email protected] |
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@zwol @anon_opin @patterfloof Reason, the software that enabled the owner of th… |
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Post #AtJX9uWoOErvJojbYO by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin super brains that supposed to emulate the human neural system to ch… |
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Post #AtJXBsOBJYSJGNdR2W by [email protected] |
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@mansr @anon_opin βGo Stick Your Head in a Pigβ could be the slogan for all… |
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Post #AtJXETrUxiZO3vacaW by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin and no way to know if the answer is correct... |
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Post #AtJXHGSJGMDNLu8RqS by [email protected] |
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@zwol @anon_opin sounds like some scientists cherry picking data to prove a the… |
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Post #AtJXJDPfXuzyUkpY1o by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin And when asked how it came to that conclusion, prescribes a method t… |
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Post #AtJXVC925UAW2JlFke by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin and also everything ever made by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation:… |
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Post #AtJXXc4Gg1U70ygZ9M by [email protected] |
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@mansr @anon_opin I can feel the sense of smug self-satisfaction coming from my… |
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Post #AtJXckH1aydfud6FBQ by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin I think the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation doors might be the more o… |
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Post #AtJXfR1XccTx4y8jjc by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin if it was Azimov it would be a short story where the AI boots, looks… |
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Post #AtJXiUORYE6OOjJCAi by [email protected] |
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@ApostateEnglishmanTIL. TI fucking L.@anon_opin |
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Post #AtJXk8WnofOZAC0JMW by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin There was a clue towards the end, that the Golgafrinchans crash land… |
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Post #AtJXoQVwsylU6ZeNxg by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin Ran by mice no less. A lot more energy efficient though. |
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Post #AtJhlwYCJnR28X9mtc by [email protected] |
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@SteveClough @anon_opin At least it ended up producing a cup of the best tea Ar… |
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Post #AtJpbnIoeAgsBwdLXc by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin I think most people confuse the Adam's story with this one "… |
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Post #AtJpgrxmkI2G5wDUzg by [email protected] |
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@mathaetaes @anon_opin I've been saying for a while that Trump is basically… |
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Post #AtJpo6CUD7zMHGXZ6e by [email protected] |
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@zwol @anon_opin Bought up entirely and exclusively by the American military. |
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Post #AtJpo6IVqioEZxMNV2 by [email protected] |
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@beecycling @anon_opin oh yeah I forgot that little detail |
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Post #AtJpy3SRGMMMfPkW8G by [email protected] |
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@ApostateEnglishman @arne_d_h @fatsam @anon_opin Douglas Adams wasn't a cod… |
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Post #AtJq1m7re09s4UtqdM by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] also, he predicted the smug, self-satisfied faux per… |
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Post #AtJq2NJ9P0AfODSsrY by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin Alan Turing predates both of them and new the power of symbolic comp… |
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Post #AtJq6BCaLz990CCyOW by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin At least it was the right answer (allegedly). |
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Post #AtJq9fnF4YoOkR1IWG by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin Asimov had planet-sized computers too, though I recall they were in … |
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Post #AtJqGtzSgcmQo4BNlQ by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin now I want to get all the gen AI thingies to cut all the resource us… |
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Post #AtJqHluMDomc1sD4Iy by [email protected] |
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@mansr @anon_opin ChatGPP |
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Post #AtKBSfipew1H4CrFUe by [email protected] |
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@fatsam @ApostateEnglishman @anon_opin but then β¦ what a coincidence! |
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Post #AtKBSfpZFtPJP60czY by [email protected] |
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@kurth @fatsam @anon_opin It's a delicious idea that I've believed to b… |
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Post #AtKLbRNpL4pOkAqw5Y by [email protected] |
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@ApostateEnglishman @anon_opin Who you gonna believe, Doctor, Douglas Adams or … |
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Post #AtKLbRUCxLvr3xq22C by [email protected] |
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@jstatepost @anon_opin π |
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Post #AtKSjqBpgy47fxC9zc by [email protected] |
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@beecycling @anon_opin I've been going with Kamacho without the muscles and… |
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Post #AtKSpP7VFYaxSQp4ds by [email protected] |
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@ApostateEnglishman @fatsam @anon_opin womp womp, man. I just had the same exci… |
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Post #AtKSpPEwnsY9pWJ1FI by [email protected] |
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@somebody @fatsam @anon_opin I know, I know. But together, we can find our way … |
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Post #AtKSx7vL4KTiRPocgS by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin DeepThought's actual answer was "420" but it inadverte… |
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Post #AtKT8gpnc14ltrjp5s by [email protected] |
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@ApostateEnglishman @anon_opin That wasnβt his intent but itβs one hell of … |
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Post #AtKTCEoJkKbw8yjkKO by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin I think we're headed more for the world of Omni Consumer Product… |
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Post #AtKTEFQCRgakcNPkae by [email protected] |
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@anon_opin I was so please with my allocated map number on the @peakdistrictart… |
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Post #AtKTFPGnJbqjS3ZFvU by [email protected] |
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@rox_lukas @anon_opin What do you get when you multiply ... I have a bad feelin… |
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Post #AtKTFaFmTiZhW6B6NE by [email protected] |
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@ApostateEnglishman @anon_opin Hell yeah, first person I've seen on-line wh… |
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Post #AtKTI8vkWO1he11qj2 by [email protected] |
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@azonenberg @anon_opin at least with this leadership ED209 will likely be to do… |
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Post #AtKh174rYYNwKh46r2 by [email protected] |
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@ApostateEnglishman @anon_opin but it's 6 times 9. Hasn't this been se… |
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Post #AtKh17Bx8C3YggNluC by [email protected] |
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@peribotsarah @anon_opin Apparently Mr. Adams was interviewed and said it was j… |
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Post #AtM7TPwVninYuvHBuy by [email protected] |
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@beecyclingBut, just like #Zaphod, you can never be sure which head #Trump is t… |
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Post #AtM7TQ4fJPJvKD5hcu by [email protected] |
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@CppGuy @beecycling @mathaetaes @anon_opin Both his heads are stupid, and insan… |
