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“The sky was the color of television tuned to a dead channel”

80s meaning: grey
90s meaning: blue
Today: full of ads from the smart tv vendor

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@jwcph @pluralistic Speaking of paperclip maximisers, I've long suspected that Asimov's true target with his Three Rules of Robotics wasn't robots per se but private enterprise.

It'd be ... interesting ... to have an incorporation statute which ... incorporated those rules of behaviour.

#ThreeLawsOfRobotics #corporations #IsaacAsimov

Sigh. Backed another one. backerkit.com/c/projects/2nd-d "Agog to be the 21st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Aesir Fleet: 28mm Ships for your tabletop!"

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#television #ScienceFiction #scifi 32 years ago, in the U.S.A. “The Gathering” was broadcast, the TV movie pilot that introduced the saga of “Babylon 5” english.netmassimo.com/2013/02

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*I'm with your scoldy Mastodon program here, but I'm a 71-year-old cyberpunk

*I used to write sci-fi books with manual typewriters

*How much "dismantled future image" do you imagine I would somehow personally fret about

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@Computer I am reporting myself to Internal Security, and volunteering for Reactor Shielding duty in hopes that my failures can still point the way to a better Complex for everyone.

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Funko called, not the creator of itch, but *his mother,* about "accusatory statements".

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OK, this is pretty damned funny

And if you haven't heard our discussion on AI and tabletop gaming with David Thompson, it was this episode of our podcast, Mentioned in Dispatches

armchairdragoons.com/podcast/s

#boardwargames

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What paywalls were made for!

New essay on how so many people have camped out, so enthusiastically, in the departure lounge of reality…

…in which I share the beliefs of some of actual real-life family members, and I do not want to get in trouble.

catvalente.substack.com/p/ther

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I'm gonna keep posting this until one of you fucking boosts it

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@shlee im about halfway through and cannot tell if this is a shitpost or not

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