Some middle-aged guy on the Internet. Seen a lot of it, occasionally regurgitating it, trying to be amusing and informative.

Lurked Digg until v4. Commented on Reddit (same username) until it went full Musk.

Was on kbin.social (dying/dead) and kbin.run (mysteriously vanished). Now here on fedia.io.

Really hoping he hasn’t brought the jinx with him.

Other Adjectives: Neurodivergent; Nerd; Broken; British; Ally; Leftish

  • 0 Posts
  • 6 Comments
Joined 6 months ago
cake
Cake day: August 13th, 2024

help-circle


  • There’s that bit in an episode of Red Dwarf, that may or may not have been a collective hallucinated memory of the crew, where they talk about a series of mechanoids (servant androids) that were “too human” looking and which unnerved customers.

    The result of that was that they made their next series of mechanoids look like Kryten, with the low-poly heads on a similarly angular body.

    Even if it was a false memory, the logic is absolutely sound. You want your 'bots to be at the other side of the uncanny valley, not at the bottom, creeping all horror-show-like up the side towards us.


  • You haven’t watched or read much dystopian fiction (or fact, as below), have you?

    My mind always goes to that one scene in Roots where, below decks on the slaver ship, the captured slaves-to-be stage a revolt and resolve to swim to the bank of the river the ship is sailing on. They succeed in reaching the top deck, a masterpiece of planning, only to become dazed both by the daylight as well as the fact there was no riverbank in sight.

    Those poor bastards were from inland, had probably never been more than a few miles from their villages. They literally couldn’t conceive of something as large as the Atlantic ocean.

    Likewise you’re failing to conceive all the ways that your plans won’t work. You really think you’ll get to someone’s crotch or eyes? And if you do, that you’ll not be overcome and won’t get that opportunity next time?

    The only hope is a whole heap of incompetence on behalf of the captor. And in that case you will still not win the fight. Run.

    And hope there’s a riverbank nearby or else you’re cooked.



  • Me: “Oh no, that wtf means it’s gonna be a LiveLeak site isn’t it?”

    platform for general use

    Me: “Ah, so maybe not so bad then.”

    Every topic is welcome.

    Me: “… and yet…”

    Seriously though, I’m all for the Fediverse in all its many forms, and without people like you it wouldn’t exist. Thank you.