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Same!

I believe they do this the same way they do traffic jams, by seeing how many android phones are at the location vs. average.

And Onion articles, and other satire.

You didn’t read the article. These are images that appeared in the documentary and were not marked as generated. It was implied they were real photos.

The bridge in Baltimore collapsing after its pier was hit by a cargo ship.

They work better for podcasts than music. For music, they’re better than a phone speaker but worse than cheapo earbuds in terms of sound quality.

I have those exact ones and I love them; I use them for running and when I’m doing stuff around the house but still want to hear people getting my attention. I had a previous version that I also accidentally turned to Chinese but I just learned to recognize the different messages.

These people are saying “we finally created the utopia of Neuromancer.” And I look at them and I go, “I don’t think you read Neuromancer."

–Cory Doctorow

It’s such a great game! The unlocks are paced really well, it always feels like you’re accomplishing something.

Thanks for posting this! I didn’t know about it and was just about to buy The Lost Cause.

I had a (wonderful) colleague who would call a big fuck up an “opportunity for excellence”.

Nah, flip that around. What’s a random crackhead going to do with a stolen car? Vs an already-organized and knowledgeable business like a towing company who wants to add a lucrative side gig. That’s who’s doing catalytic converter theft, too.

Culture comes from the top.

Because some scammer told them they could fire people if they did.

It’s a tough role to cast, since the books never describe what Murderbot looks like at all, beyond “has a face” and “has short hair but no body hair” and “some organic parts on arms but not on legs”. And Murderbot can pass as human if someone doesn’t know what SecUnits look like. No indication of height, build, complexion, features, nothing. So anyone they cast is going to look wrong to a bunch of readers because their mental pictures can vary so widely.

Mine is somewhere between Gwendolyn Christie and Robocop. But I like Alexander Skarsgard and I’ll definitely watch this. He has a good “I am 100% done with everyone’s nonsense” expression, which is vital.

Me too, but the stupid humans keep doing stupid stuff.

The article said 3 times that Murderbot is an android; Murderbot is not an android, it’s a cyborg or construct (with both organic and inorganic parts). Geez.

Or homicidal: https://www.theonion.com/children-gather-at-edge-of-playground-to-watch-as-self-1850013121

If we do, then they shouldn’t have picked a name that most people think does something it doesn’t.