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[thewertsearch]

GG: so anyway, that reminds me ive got to talk to john! GG: ive got to get him to make me some new gizmos… TG: no dont bother john TG: hes on like his fuckin TG: wind mission or whatever [...] TG: in any case egbert lost his computer and game disc TG: so he cant do anything for you anyways

I honestly didn't think that was going to be a problem. Dave's Turntop had Sburb preinstalled when he alchemized it, so I assumed John could make another Sburb machine without the need for a disc.

Maybe John just didn't save the code for his computer. Damn it, Egbert!

TG: we just have to think outside the box here [...] TG: [...] honestly i figured wed have to do something like this TG: so i guess here we are doing it GG: doing what?? [...] TG: i need you to deploy something first [...] TG: deploy the intellibeam laserstation

Ooh, I remember that thing.

I originally thought it was a turret - but a turret wouldn't help Jade recover her Sburb devices.

Maybe it's a range-extender for the Sburb Server program, allowing Dave to move his cursor from Rose's house to Jade's, and deploy her gear himself.

TG: it reads captcha codes GG: on the back of cards? TG: yeah GG: but GG: we can already read those! TG: some are too garbled and complicated TG: the human eye cant decipher them

Captcha codes! Hell yes, it's been so long since we've done anything with the Captcha system.

I did always hope that we'd eventually be reading the 'locked' codes we occasionally saw in earlier Acts. The Laserstation breaks one of the final limitations of the Alchemiter, allowing us to duplicate forbidden items like pumpkins - and, notably, Sburb discs.

It also allows us to perform alchemy with these objects. We may have just unlocked some very, very powerful items.

GG: but isnt the whole point of captchas that only humans can read them? GG: and not robots???

Cackling right now.

TG: so the solution to the anti piracy measure is to override the anti spam measure [...] TG: cause god knows the last thing youd want was some web bot being able to figure out the code for like TG: a potted plant

The idea of Sburb alchemy being automated by computers is fascinating beyond words - it just begs so many questions.

Can a computer take on the role of a Server Player, or maintain a Grist Cache for itself? Can an AI be a fully-fledged Player, created in the Veil and sent to Earth on a reinforced hard drive?

We're pretty deep into the comic now, and I can say with a reasonable amount of confidence that Homestuck isn't going to go there - it's just not what the comic is about. But I'd love to read a fanfiction which dealt with ideas like this.

TG: basically robots are in control now TG: which is good news and bad news TG: the bad news is theyre all pornbots and theyve got LOADS of provocative material theyre just dying to share with us GG: whats the good news? TG: thats also the good news

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[tmt-sketch-a-day]

Sketch a Day 3024 -Loonatics Wolfie- 6/29/24

This one didn't come out very well, but yee

[harveyphotography]

La Toscana è paesaggio magico dove tutto è gentile intorno, tutto è antico e nuovo

[iamlisteningto]

Martyn’s Through Lines

[manoelt-finisterrae]

no meio... o que somos?

© Manoel T, 2022

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writing tip #3024:

you need to put it on the blurb if a dog dies. you can’t just let someone READ that without a warning

[ophiuchus-interactive]

SUBJECT 3024

They weren’t a weapon. They were hope.

In the final days of the Vidarri empire, right on the verge of collapse, the royal family did what they could not only in an attempt to save themselves, but their kingdom. Factions had been created, terrorist groups and splinter cells were eating the empire from inside out. People begged for change and they were met with the firm hand of the empire, which instead of snuffing their cries out, only made them stronger.

Powerful machines were made, tools of destruction were used brother against brother- in the waning years of the Vidarri, it had become a dissenting civil war that would last until there was no man left standing. There almost wasn’t.

Men were killed by the hundreds of thousands, homes destroyed by the millions, the proud nation that boasted estimates of conquering almost half the galaxy, had come to barely being able to control their own system.

This civil war had lasted over a hundred years when the Vidarri crumbled. The two sides of the Vidarri crown had pushed and pulled, given and taken, and it all came to a slow, whimpering halt.

In a vain attempt to put an end to the rising faction, the crown decided to create a single weapon- a weapon that would not only change the course of history, but put an end to all who opposed it.

Self-aware A.I. The Vidarri were capable of creating A.I and had done so generations beforehand, but were never able to perfect it to make it a truly live person.

Until now.

Their name, translated from Vidarri tongue, is Hope.