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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by rightbyte on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @06:38PM (#33809683)
Oh ... so in dystopian Snow Crash (I read up on it) there is a also dystopian virtual reality named Metaverse. Well, I wonder i Zuck knew about that.

Interesting that the book essentially seems to render the "gig economy" as some dystopian element. Quite good prediction.

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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by sangnoir on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @07:08PM (#33810087)
It's all very We are proud to introduce the "Torment Nexus 1", which you may know from the hit sci-fi novel "Don't Create the Torment Nexus"[0]

0. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/torment-nexus

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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by andruby on Thursday December 01, 2022 @02:47AM (#33813488)
I can only recommend you to read the book. It's amazing.

It is so relevant for today, you'd be forgiven for not knowing it was actually published in 1992.

But really, it's probably the best book I've ever read.

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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by mcv on Thursday December 01, 2022 @05:42AM (#33814606)
If we're going to see someone driving around with a nuclear bomb in their sidecar, it's more likely to happen in Russia than in the US, though.
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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by funcDropShadow on Thursday December 01, 2022 @07:46AM (#33815534)
But "Reason" is absolutely thinkable in the U.S.
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