Milan's Apple Store looks nuts. And Carnegie Library, what?!
This is what happens when a company has too much money... they make really badass public spaces?
Hmm... maybe I have been putting too much faith in the government.
/heads down to the local exxon public amphitheater, library, and food distribution center
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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ThomamelasOnly one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered Userregular
honestly if I turn to crimes I'm going to rig my documents folder to self-incinerate on entering the wrong code
with some thought as to how one can do this without being charged with attempted murder of a public official
maybe a sign saying "warning if you attempt to open this and you are not me the thermite will ignite" and then after be like well it's not my goddamn fault you didn't believe the sign
maybe not thermite I feel like there is a law against that being ready to blow in your house
but sometimes that makes the drawers go PHOOOM and turn everything inside to slag
because encryption and wiping are so... ephemeral.
The real trick is to make things one time use and avoid digital storage whenever possible on a device that won't soon be completely destroyed.
Man, what 25 books am I even interested in, and should I think about that now instead of working?
yes
hm ok
sequels which I intend to read:
NK Jemisin geology books, Too Like The lightning Sequel, The Dark Forest, Sixth Watch, Annihilation sequels (but Liu and Vandermeer books are prob depressing/very emotional, Palmer and Jemisin maybe annoying, Lukyanenko prob bad. But I will get to them all)
what else is on the top of my head
Left Hand of Darkness, Netochka Nezvanova, The Gambler, that book sitting in my husband's house by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, reread of Ancillary Justice?, reread of The Eye, reread of Invitation to a Beheading, The Gift, Rivers of London
That's 18?
Often what I read is guided by what pops up in a book store or what catches my eye on my shelf.
What should I flesh this out with?
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. I'm about to do another reread of it and its sequels. Introduces a super interesting alien species that's made up
of several dogs as one entity
. credeiki
Is that good? I've always seen Vernor Vinge but have never read him and don't know his reputation. I've been losing patience with genre fiction that isn't well-written--is it?
oh right also on this list of sequels is echopraxia, so I guess that's 19.
I really liked it. It's slow but good.
I'm reading a second book of his now.
I wouldn't have told you that bit about the alien species - it was fun figuring that out on my own as I read through the first chapters.
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SummaryJudgmentGrab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front doorRegistered Userregular
i haven't had a country guy in me since that one night in rural Ontario so i'm pretty okay with the arcology
Um...
:winky: ?
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syndalisGetting ClassyOn the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Productsregular
Just want to say that the level of contrarianism and antagonism you folks put towards something people here are excited about is just so beneath how you act on everything else that I don't even really get it.
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
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Let's play Mario Kart or something...
i guess the problem with a massive totally human-controlled habitat is that
1) human control of extremely complex environments is very prone to being disrupted by unknown unknowns both internally and externally, and novel human systems don't have the advantage of billions of years of development like many natural non-human systems
and 2) the greater the control, the more we eliminate or address those problems, the more troubling it is to think of that control being put in the hands of untrustworthy people in government, law enforcement, corporate authority, etc. Imagine if Sheriff Arpaio were also in absolute control of the food you eat and the air you breathe.
I'm literally watching the apple event because I want their new phone.
I also think them leading with a big dick stroke about their new campus and how they call stores "town squares" and how they're going to make the Carnegie library a huge store really, really gross.
Just want to say that the level of contrarianism and antagonism you folks put towards something people here are excited about is just so beneath how you act on everything else that I don't even really get it.
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
on the one hand, yeah it's stupid and people should really curb their urges to ruin things just because they don't like them
on the other hand, man, it's not just with apple products
you could say you like puppies and someone here will comment how puppies are stupid and kitties are superior
Just want to say that the level of contrarianism and antagonism you folks put towards something people here are excited about is just so beneath how you act on everything else that I don't even really get it.
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
Synd, you are That Guy
And that's tough when Apple's market strategy is prestige tribalism over the great unwashed masses
Some days Blue wonders why anyone ever bothered making numbers so small; other days she supposes even infinity needs to start somewhere.
Just want to say that the level of contrarianism and antagonism you folks put towards something people here are excited about is just so beneath how you act on everything else that I don't even really get it.
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
Meh, you constantly shit on Sony because of Bleem!. And I get it! But you know, some of us like our PlayStations.
Just want to say that the level of contrarianism and antagonism you folks put towards something people here are excited about is just so beneath how you act on everything else that I don't even really get it.
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
I think you know by now that chat as a whole is never going to equal your enthusiasm and vigorous defense of Apple and its products.
But many people here do use Apple products while remaining skeptical or not as enthused.
That doesn't mean it's cool to just shit on things you like, but that's not exactly what I'm seeing happening here today.
Oh wow that's awesome! The building is basically kinda not used at the moment, as far as I can tell. Sometimes there are events there. I don't think it's a functional library (and in any case there's a different library close by) .I'd be psyched to have that sort of space near me instead of the nothing it is now.
The Apple Watch is not a good watch. I hope the new one is a better watch.
I really like mine! But I've gotten really good at using Scribble and voice dictation. Before my Apple Watch, I was like "meh". Now, I think it's an essential part of my mobile usage.
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SummaryJudgmentGrab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front doorRegistered Userregular
Did I say prestige
I meant Xclusive
Some days Blue wonders why anyone ever bothered making numbers so small; other days she supposes even infinity needs to start somewhere.
Just want to say that the level of contrarianism and antagonism you folks put towards something people here are excited about is just so beneath how you act on everything else that I don't even really get it.
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
on the one hand, yeah it's stupid and people should really curb their urges to ruin things just because they don't like them
on the other hand, man, it's not just with apple products
you could say you like puppies and someone here will comment how puppies are stupid and kitties are superior
Note how I did not say Apple anywhere in my post.
It is just a thing we do. It is ambient background radiation here.
SW-4158-3990-6116
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
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Powerpuppiesdrinking coffee in themountain cabinRegistered Userregular
Just want to say that the level of contrarianism and antagonism you folks put towards something people here are excited about is just so beneath how you act on everything else that I don't even really get it.
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
Wait what? You're allowed to be joyful and other people are allowed to be negative, surely? How can you be upset people are expressing negative opinions and simultaneously complain they're the ones silencing you and you're not allowed to like things?
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Donkey KongPutting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered Userregular
I'm literally watching the apple event because I want their new phone.
I also think them leading with a big dick stroke about their new campus and how they call stores "town squares" and how they're going to make the Carnegie library a huge store really, really gross.
This is every single apple event ever though. They always lead off with this shit. Normally it's sales numbers.
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
Just want to say that the level of contrarianism and antagonism you folks put towards something people here are excited about is just so beneath how you act on everything else that I don't even really get it.
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
on the one hand, yeah it's stupid and people should really curb their urges to ruin things just because they don't like them
on the other hand, man, it's not just with apple products
you could say you like puppies and someone here will comment how puppies are stupid and kitties are superior
Note how I did not say Apple anywhere in my post.
It is just a thing we do. It is ambient background radiation here.
We can read the context. Especially with that last sentence.
Just want to say that the level of contrarianism and antagonism you folks put towards something people here are excited about is just so beneath how you act on everything else that I don't even really get it.
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
I think you know by now that chat as a whole is never going to equal your enthusiasm and vigorous defense of Apple and its products.
But many people here do use Apple products while remaining skeptical or not as enthused.
That doesn't mean it's cool to just shit on things you like, but that's not exactly what I'm seeing happening here today.
Tbf, chat does shit on lots of things. So I can see how a fairly minor "shit" might eventually feel bigger when it's compiling with other stuff. I've learned just to shake it off or vent to Shark about it and then move on. But others might not have that vent available.
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SummaryJudgmentGrab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front doorRegistered Userregular
Just want to say that the level of contrarianism and antagonism you folks put towards something people here are excited about is just so beneath how you act on everything else that I don't even really get it.
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
on the one hand, yeah it's stupid and people should really curb their urges to ruin things just because they don't like them
on the other hand, man, it's not just with apple products
you could say you like puppies and someone here will comment how puppies are stupid and kitties are superior
Note how I did not say Apple anywhere in my post.
It is just a thing we do. It is ambient background radiation here.
We can read the context. Especially with that last sentence.
It's too late Hahn
We've activated his trap card
Some days Blue wonders why anyone ever bothered making numbers so small; other days she supposes even infinity needs to start somewhere.
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/heads down to the local exxon public amphitheater, library, and food distribution center
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
The Shadowrun player in me blanches and remembers the insane chamber of horrors an AI turned it into.
doesn't counter surveillance.
I really liked it. It's slow but good.
I'm reading a second book of his now.
I wouldn't have told you that bit about the alien species - it was fun figuring that out on my own as I read through the first chapters.
Yeah you just kill all the witnesses
Um...
:winky: ?
Are people not allowed joy? Can they only like the stuff you like?
I am not mad, just always a little disappointed when I want to hang out in chat and chat with the folks who are watching a big huge cool thing and there is a greek chorus of naysaying and negativity buzzing around it.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
waitttttttt
what's happening to the carnegie library? (You mean the one right by where I live in chinatown, right?)
1) human control of extremely complex environments is very prone to being disrupted by unknown unknowns both internally and externally, and novel human systems don't have the advantage of billions of years of development like many natural non-human systems
and 2) the greater the control, the more we eliminate or address those problems, the more troubling it is to think of that control being put in the hands of untrustworthy people in government, law enforcement, corporate authority, etc. Imagine if Sheriff Arpaio were also in absolute control of the food you eat and the air you breathe.
I also think them leading with a big dick stroke about their new campus and how they call stores "town squares" and how they're going to make the Carnegie library a huge store really, really gross.
on the one hand, yeah it's stupid and people should really curb their urges to ruin things just because they don't like them
on the other hand, man, it's not just with apple products
you could say you like puppies and someone here will comment how puppies are stupid and kitties are superior
Apple store going in there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/digger/wp/2017/05/08/apple-offers-first-peek-at-plans-to-convert-d-c-s-carnegie-library-into-new-store/?utm_term=.903cc46edd38
Synd, you are That Guy
And that's tough when Apple's market strategy is prestige tribalism over the great unwashed masses
I love my Fitbit Blaze. They just made a new version that looks to be on par with the stuff that was missing,( apps availability and waterproof).
Counterpoint: DC's hundred year old post office is now a gaudy hotel.
I think you know by now that chat as a whole is never going to equal your enthusiasm and vigorous defense of Apple and its products.
But many people here do use Apple products while remaining skeptical or not as enthused.
That doesn't mean it's cool to just shit on things you like, but that's not exactly what I'm seeing happening here today.
full on dick tracy shit bois
i knew there was a reason i got the blaze so cheap a few weeks ago
it's better than my surge was anyway i'm not mad
i'm not
mad
Oh wow that's awesome! The building is basically kinda not used at the moment, as far as I can tell. Sometimes there are events there. I don't think it's a functional library (and in any case there's a different library close by) .I'd be psyched to have that sort of space near me instead of the nothing it is now.
I meant Xclusive
God I wish he would lose the lease and it would be turned into a place I could enjoy going to.
Ah, the California Stop
Classic
Note how I did not say Apple anywhere in my post.
It is just a thing we do. It is ambient background radiation here.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Wait what? You're allowed to be joyful and other people are allowed to be negative, surely? How can you be upset people are expressing negative opinions and simultaneously complain they're the ones silencing you and you're not allowed to like things?
This is every single apple event ever though. They always lead off with this shit. Normally it's sales numbers.
Tbf, chat does shit on lots of things. So I can see how a fairly minor "shit" might eventually feel bigger when it's compiling with other stuff. I've learned just to shake it off or vent to Shark about it and then move on. But others might not have that vent available.
It's too late Hahn
We've activated his trap card
On average, this thread was zooming by at warp 2.4
@DasUberEdward will create the new thread
@Sir Landshark is backup
At 10:42 Shark's ten minutes to make a thread begin.
JUST TO BE CLEAR.