icerunner_origin

joined 2 years ago

Oh, I thought it stood for Fuck Off, Miserable Osborne

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The only good use of AI would be to use the heat from its excessive power consumption to keep our sausage rolls warm

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A really nice essay, I agree with the sentiment of it. We don't need European tech billionaires, we need government support for open source

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hmm, doubt it's for security. Seems more likely they're looking for backdoors in order to spy on users. There are far too many governments desperate to backdoor encryption and messaging apps to trust any government's stated intent when it comes to technology

If true, God spends a lot of time dreaming up scantily-clad, uwu-looking cat girls for an army of socially isolated believers

Vibe math. No thank you

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 8 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Arthur C Clarke is an excellent author and the Rama series is one of my all-time favourites. I'd recommend anything by Philip K Dick, though honestly I think a good reference would be to pick works listed in the SF Masterworks collection, it's how I found many of my favourite SF novels.

If you fancy venturing into modern SF classics, my favourites are by Peter F Hamilton, Iain M Banks and William Gibson; though does Gibson count? He doesn't even have a middle initial 😄

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The bat travelled 1,000 miles. It is not stated how far the car travelled.

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think we see a reform manifesto pledge to 'bring back good, honest turkey twizzlers' to school canteens 🙃

O'Biden? First the Irish claim Obama, now Biden 😄

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