The experience continues until you stop experiencing it
(strangemachine.tv)79 points by durakot 21 hours ago
79 points by durakot 21 hours ago
Such a weird coincidence. I stepped out of my house a few minutes ago to buy ice cream, and I bump into a Ukrainian friend of mine whose last name is “Popov”. I come back to my computer and immediately click this link on HackerNews and see the name Popov again. Weird. I sent this link to him and he says: where did you find this? And he says: his family name is related to people who invented certain radio components in the Soviet Union. Such a strange moment of synchronicity.
"Pop" is the word for priest, so it translates to "priest's" (son).
(You know this, obviously. I'm posting it for the others.)
And, I happen to chat with a Popov almost every day :-)
This appears to be a promotional site for a movie. https://kubicki.org
This entire thing smells fictional. But, then again, as a frequent visitor to Joshua Tree during all the years mentioned, there is a fairly extreme new age culture there, kind of on their own advanced journey. Look up "The Integratron" for one such manifestation of them. Harmless, I think.
The polytechnic I worked for in the mid 80s ran a little competition to see whether we should get green or amber phosphors on a new set of terminals. Most people seemed to prefer amber, but we bought green because they were somewhat cheaper (why?). I bagged myself one of the amber ones.
Super pissed I ever ditched my old amber VT-220. Still have memories of using it to dial into the North Avenue Trade School’s ancient CDC Cyber from my fleabag flophouse in Home Park.
I wanted it to work, but the font used doesn't help.
With a better font, amber-on-black is restful.
Reminds me of this rabbit hole I went down recently. A short story about digital consciousness where death is literally a "prediction failure." The system's attempt to handle the end of biological input is terrifying.
It's framed as a leaked document from the future. Worth a read if you're into this kind of existential sci-fi.
https://dmf-archive.github.io/docs/story/facing-the-abyss/