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Ancient language, lost to the modern day. Largely undecipherable.

So this got me to thinking . . . what if machines do have a subconscious of their own? What if machines right now are like human babies, which have brains but no way of expressing themselves except screaming (crashing)? What would a machine's subconscious look like? How does it feed off what we give it? If machines could talk to us, what would they say?

- Douglas Coupland, Microserfs

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on love and the english language

ennuipartie:

pugnax:

I’ve long felt that one of the major flaws in the English language was having only one word, love, to cover the vast territory of what love is. Think of a parent talking to their child, telling them “I love you so much” along with “God loves you” and “Don’t you just love pizza” and “One day you’ll grow up and fall in love” and “Don’t be so mean to your brother, he loves you” and “Wouldn’t you love to go to on vacation.” I understand that it is in the nature of language to have its abstractions, that we often divine the essence of what we are truly thinking or attempting to say in spite of the words we may choose or have available to us, this being true in every language. Still, I think certain concepts have much to gain by being broken down and new words assigned to them. To cite the obvious example of all the ancient Greek words for love:

Agape
Eros
Philia
Storge
Xenia

I can’t help but wonder what might be different if these distinctions were made long ago. Would it have made a difference to the pubescent teenagers that, no, your not “in love” with the guy you’ve been dating for 8 days, you are “in lust” with them? And yes I realize that very statement has been made to countless teenagers, but by the time such statements are necessary, they are futile in the face of subconscious understanding.

i’m (in) agape with you sounds more like a porno than a romcom.

this is why everyone should be following you.

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Jun
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1. Engineers as a group dig the original Star Trek. It’s a small wonder, since the only place on television with heroic engineers is the starship Enterprise. And even better, they occasionally get to have sex with aliens.

This is much more glamorous than the real life of an engineer, which consists of living like salaried prairie dogs, in fabric covered cubicles, deep in suburban office plantations, dreaming of alien sex.

— Here’s Why Engineers Aren’t Famous

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May
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…in the late 60s, when I was in high school, I fell upon a copy of Naked Lunch, among many other strange and unusual books. I found it innovative, weird and slightly disgusting — though not in the same way as Pride and Prejudice.

— David Byrne Journal: 05.17.09: Art is good for you?

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"I'd pick Veronica. I’ve picked Veronica every day since puberty, as a matter of fact."

After nearly 68 years, a grown-up Archie Andrews will ask either Betty or Veronica for her hand in marriage in an upcoming issue of his eponymous comic book. What do you think?

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Dec
8th

Mon

Not the post-hardcore band

magicmolly:

Woke up this morning to find Minsuk on the couch, looking at pictures of sinkholes.

“It’s crazy!” he said, and he was right. A huge variety of things fall into sinkholes. The phenomenon is well documented.

“How does this happen? What do we build our cities upon?” I wanted to know.

“Rock ‘n roll.”

After sinkholes we discovered a quicksand fetish subculture. Google it (it is pretty much SFW.) You can read stories that are all about women struggling to escape quicksand situations.

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Sep
16th

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Soon after insertion of the nVPL electrode, the patient noted that stimulation also produced erotic sensations. This pleasurable response was heightened by continuous stimulation at 75% maximal amplitude, frequently augmented by short bursts at maximal amplitude. Though sexual arousal was prominent, no orgasm occurred with these brief increases in stimulation intensity. Despite several episodes of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia [heart disturbance] and development of adverse behavioural and neurological symptoms during maximal stimulation, compulsive use of the stimulator developed.

At its most frequent, the patient self-stimulated throughout the day, neglecting personal hygiene and family commitments. A chronic ulceration developed at the tip of the finger used to adjust the amplitude dial and she frequently tampered with the device in an effort to increase the stimulation amplitude.

— Mind Hacks: Erotic self-stimulation and brain implants

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Sep
6th

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WASHINGTON - People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line, due to a printing error the government says would be too expensive to correct.

The carrier card for the duck stamp transposes two numbers, so instead of listing 1-800-782-6724, it lists 1-800-872-6724. The first number spells out 1-800-STAMP24, while the second number spells out 1-800-TRAMP24.

— Duck Stamp error sends callers to sex line

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Aug
27th

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Aug
26th

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5500:

katiebakes:

nickdouglas:

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HA! My favorite path is definitely: “Thanks … Here’s a dollar … in change … mostly pennies.”

YABBA, DABBA, DOO!

HELLOOOO, VICAR!

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Aug
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