Thursday, December 30, 2021

The Egg Laid By THIS Bot Is As Big As A Yellow Volkswagen

 

"BOID" by Herr D on heromachine.

 

My littlest suddenly asked me, on Christmas day, "Daddy, what's an omicron?"

"It's a Greek letter, honey."

"It sounds like a robot."

"It does." I smiled--It really does.

"How many Greek letters ARE there?"

"I don't know, honey, but if people keep cooperating the way they have been? We'll see the whole Greek alphabet on the news."

"DA-aa-AD!" 

We will not.

Whaddya mean?

They are not using certain letters.

?

They will not likely use Beta and certain other letters, as medical personnel will likely confuse them with other topics and concepts. They will not likely use at least one other letter as it would likely be offensive to Chinese leadership.

They might need to be offended. They let it out. They're supposed to be this successful authoritarian regime, and they let out a worldwide pandemic.

The spread of contagion is more likely than the spread of truth and inspiration?

Unfortunately.

 

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

From all of the Shelob subroutines and assisting bots. You are wished well.

 

"Santa's Transwarp VTOL" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Holiday-related picture.-Shelob

Thank you to commenter 'Halo' for pointing out, correctly, that Herr D doesn't blog as much on holidays because he has a full family life. Such is the statistical probability for anyone who is truthful and has a realistic view of the world and has artistic tendencies and a demanding career. 

He will not receive additional pressure to blog till January.

He fulfilled his artistic side recently by writing something new and posting it online:

https://www.fanfiction.net/search/?keywords=Mudroom+With+Movies&ready=1&type=story 

Please share and enjoy. Have a functional and restful winter holiday season, from all of the Shelob subroutines and assisting bots. You are wished well.

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Criminals Would Have To Be Desperate Or New, Says One Secondhand Source With Common Sense

 

"Black Magic" by Herr D on heromachine.com. He wrote "Few criminals would rob a bank in broad daylight showing off to witnesses--VERY few would do so without help. Only ONE would ever make the money shape itself into crude replicas of the 'Valleydale Parade' and have them follow her with appropriate theme music diagonally down the building around the watching crowds.".--Shelob

 Shelob? What can you find me about people booby-trapping their homes so that burglars get injured?

[.0000000000007 seconds pass] Illegal if lethal in most American jurisdictions, especially if 911 service is available. Practice dates back to prehistory, apparently. Expert found.

[double take] That's not what I meant. What expert?!

Kevin, alias Mr. Culkin

[laughter] You're declaring the star of "Home Alone" an expert?

He was obviously successful.

I meant in real life.

[.0000000000024 seconds pass] There are over 7 million references to such activity online. Schedule viewing?

No. [probable head shake] A friend told me there's this guy, an "ex"-burglar who declared in an amateur video that no one with any sense is doing home invasion right now because people are too insane. Anything like that?

Most people agree that people are less sane now. Quantities of first responders quitting or retiring early uncertain, declared under-reported by professional associations at this time. Probability of individual criminal making such a declaration dependent upon his levels of intelligence and forthrightness. 

[.0000000094116 seconds pass] Scan of online videos inconclusive, as 30,613 videos are unavailable at this time, perhaps removed.

That might be why we can't find it. Thanks. [exits]

Monday, December 6, 2021

"Just Say No To Fairness" Says Herr D

 

"Facultative Diapause Lecture" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Herr D lectured a bit on fairness today.-Shelob

 Two things have come up today that remind me of another 'Princess Bride' quote. "Where is THAT written?" Grampa, played by Peter Falk, on the subject of life being fair.

Locally, our highly self-praised school system has an app out where parents can track their kids' buses, knowing when they're late. There's nothing quite like receiving a text message informing you your kid's bus will be late two hours after it came on time. We can go on the Domino's pizza app and know where our pizza is from oven to front door. Why is it fair that our school system can't do as well as a pizza chain? It's fair because our school system is foolish enough to buy the accredited best and most expensive instead of the most competent. It's characteristic of our school system.

On the news, there was an op-ed declaring Biden is being treated badly by the media. NO, the media should NOT be a whole lot kinder to Biden than they were to Trump. That's the historian's job. Everybody knows that Biden is a PRESIDENT, and Trump was an unfortunate result of an election. We should ALWAYS expect more out of him. It's a little like a parent punishing the honor student for a 'C' as much as they punish the delinquent for an 'F.'