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tfw a joke character with five minutes of screen time is running for more than a protagonist

#fantasy high #dimension 20 #fabian seacaster #squeem #chip.txt #alf.exe

the movie really undersells the fact that frodo spent half a year planning to make his departure from the shire as inconspicuous as possible and merry and pippin and sam saw him doing that, figured out he was leaving the shire and that it had something to do with bilbo’s ring, and then spent nearly as long preparing to go with him. icons

#lotr #frodo baggins #merry brandybuck #pippin took #chip.txt #alf.exe

I don't think I've ever seen this pointed out, but murderbot seems comfortable using its name to refer to itself with familiar humans! possibly since they already know its name, theres no reason to hide it

#tmbd #murderbot #exit strategy #chip.txt #alf.exe

Lyna shadowbringers has it so funny. imagine mourning your depressed wizard grandpa while also fully aware that he's off in a different dimension as a young 20-something having the time of his life getting kicked out of libraries and almost blowing up the moon

#post.txt #lyna ffxiv #crystal exarch #graha tia #shadowbringers spoilers #alf.exe

In The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red, an important plot point is the murder of the other survey team on the planet, DeltFall, by GrayCris. The first attempt to do so was via malware disguised as an upgrade package intended for their secunits. If it had been applied, GrayCris would’ve been able to remotely take over the secunits and force them to murder the DeltFall team.

(notably, this attempt failed, and GrayCris had to hack the secunits in person, but thats not important for this post)

Importantly, GrayCris sent this same malware to Preservation Aux at the same time, intending to take over Murderbot. Take a look at the reason Murderbot gives for refusing the download:

“I don’t do automated package updates anymore, now that I don’t have to.”

Throughout the series, especially early on, Murderbot will bring up two things: The memory wipes it had undergone, and the mass-murder at it’s hands that had prompted said memory wipes.

In Artificial Condition, Murderbot goes back to the scene of the crime to figure out why it committed mass murder.

As it turns out, malware disguised as an upgrade infected the system and causes the deaths of 57 people.

it might be a stretch to assume that Murderbot subconsciously remembers the cause of the incident. the upgrade package was sent to the comfortunits, not the secunits. But we do know that Murderbot hacked its governor module almost immediately afterwards, so that it couldn’t be forced to kill against its will ever again. It might be more accurate to call it a demonstration of autonomy.

The moral of the story seems to be that automatic updates are bad for security

#the murderbot diaries #tmbd #tmbd meta #murderbot #secunit tmbd #all systems red #artificial condition #chip.txt #alf.exe

Book one of The Murderbot Diaries, All Systems Red, is a survival mystery as a small team of scientists are faced with an unknown threat while trapped on an isolated, hostile planet, with no hope but to trust their second hand, possibly murderous, robot security.

Artificial Condition, book two of The Murderbot Diaries, is about two robots in a trench coat pretending to be human for a job interview.

#the murderbot diaries #tmbd #all systems red #artificial condition #murderbot #perihelion #asshole research transport #i love the interview scene its so funny <3 #chip.txt #alf.exe

#alf.exe #meme.jpg #will tumblr let me post it lets find out #i think o accidentally posted it to my art blog but i cant check #for obvious reasons

turns out healers will desire you carnally if you actively take steps to avoid tank aggro battles

#alf.exe #art.png #comic.png #ffxiv art #ffxiv comic #nitaya.oc