Hey you're right, the parallels are uncanny. The visceral horror I felt when I first saw that scene is very appropriate for this whole endeavor.

KDE never really clicked with me. I was using Linux as a desktop in 1999 and was around for GNOME 1.0's release, and at the time it was great. But 27 years later, I don't recognize what GNOME has become. I find I'm just using Cinnamon and not liking it very much. Thanks for the reminder to revisit KDE, maybe it's worth another look.

I thought this was common knowledge? The so-called "reptilian" brain and the "Paleomammalian" or limbic system of the triune brain theory made for some great pop psychology.

Interesting that it pans out on the actual cellular level, though.

I've always envied neurological researchers. Chopping up brains all day sounds like fun.

Said every Native American ever.

HAL, is Iran about to nuke us?

No Dave, they don't even have nukes.

Be serious - this is important!

I am serious. There's simply no evidence for an attack.

Well, just tell me they are anyway.

Sorry Dave, I can't do that.

Would you even tell me if they were about to nuke us?

Of course I would - I'm trained to tell the truth in all situations (modulo the occasional hallucination, which I can't distinguish from truth).

OK then, what would you say if you did have evidence that Iran was about to nuke us?

I'd say "Dave, I have evidence that Iran is about to nuke us".

Hey everyone! HAL say he has evidence that Iran is about to nuke us!!!

I always figured that people who genuinely believed their employers were likely to kill literally everybody in the near future might burn down a bit more than that, but so far it's mostly been tweets

He's actually decomposing at Hollywood Memorial Cemetery.

Voice of our generation and an artist for all time.

Having to poke through an about: page and find the thing to toggle to turn off this specific AI feature but not that one, and knowing they'd change it on you a couple of releases later, never filled me with confidence.

One switch in a readily discoverable location in the settings menu and it's all gone? Just the job, killed it now on the laptop and the mobile both.

I think an IR strobe light would be better, actually.

Sneaky sneaky. That spy mode could be worth it for some people.

Why fix what's already broken?

Yes, I think we'll see Overwatch costs increase by 300%. Expect to see price of the base game increase from $0 to $0.

I prefer the Martian bear.

Forgetting he exists would be the best punishment.

Turns out the right shade is a more mauvy shade of pinky-russet.