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Here's a message for you to attempt to decode. It’s technically a substitution cipher, but I’ve tightened the non-procedural elements for my purposes. There's a 72-character message encoded in there, but there’s also a single-word secondary message, encoded in binary, written between the lines…
FEAR :: 10 09 05 22
FEAR :: 43 42 39 30
FEAR :: 61 60 56 73
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60 73 77 43 75 46 13 23Opinion: you should never use a piece of media's art style alone to draw conclusions on its age, genre, or target audience. These are all independent variables that deserve to be broken from the others. Keep your eyes open for ways you could put a novel twist on a well-worn story concept . . .
MEMORY FRAGMENT L-30034987TK:
They trod upon their pinafores and fell upon their noses.
My questions are A) would cameras be placed in every open-air area, including in backwards and other private property, or just in public spaces, B) who would be able to access this data, and C) how long would the footage be kept for?
Today, I remembered a minor incident which I don't remember exactly when it happened, but piecing together the events, I do remember that it happened during the afternoon of a Monday. My family residence has a security camera system, but according to my dad, it only keeps footage for a month. If only I had the back porch forage . . .
Question: Would you want there to be cameras… everywhere? Excluding peoples houses, cameras would be everywhere, every alley. IR. 4K. fantastic quality. This would obviously be super cool cause it would lower crime by a ton. There is already very little crime in cities with camera’s everywhere. But are the downsides not worth it?
ENTRY 3.25.D - I'm Sick Of Your Doctrines!
Icelandic Waters: "It would be hard to make a press release while keeping any atmosphere other than the forlorn caterwauling of countless dragons. Best to keep it secret."
Icelandic Water Dragon: "What would that even sound like, anyways? Surely they would do something about the "caterwauling' if it was that bad. Besides, we need to stop framing them as cruel, ignorant, insensitive people. Haven't we already discussed this?"
History of Project Nostophobia Missions
(Prologue removed to fit under character limit)
Project Nostophobia I: Concieved at an unrecorded time, though a trace of available data suggests that it happened at 2023.12.4.D. Abruptly called off at 2023.12.11.A after a rapid transport corridor, identified as a backdoor to the survey location, was found to have been sealed off.
Project Nostophobia II: Conceived around 2023.11.15.B. Secrecy breached, to no negative effect. Completion of archival was recorded at 2.18.E, and the secondary objective of review was completed and recorded at 3.16.B.
Project Nostophobia III: First conceived at 4.22.B without immediate action being taken. Completed alongside Project Nostophobia IV at 8.14.C. Project’s solution has been applied to a wider variety of applications, but may not be a permanent solution to them.
Project Nostophobia IV: Conceived at an unspecified date, but was first mentioned by name in 7.13.D: Draw And Horrify. Completed at 8.14.C alongside Project Nostophobia III. Repeats of this project may be carried out in the future.
Project Nostophobia V: Conceived at 7.17.B. The physical portion of the project was tentatively completed. The window charts created under the project are available for future uses.
Project Nostophobia VI: Conceived over a year ago, but was written about at 3.7.A, and was schemed out at 7.31.E. Ongoing; currently consulting with experts on topics involved in the project.
I would like to amend this statement. I am once again reminding you that the Unsustainability is my own personal phenomenon caused by being aware of perception, characterized by physical and vocal spasming. It is easily mistaken for anxiety, and it is a way that you are, not a way that you feel.
Icelandic Waters: “Gee, I wonder if I'm ever going to cave in and start trying to get people to believe that I'm a Traveler or something like that.”
I am once again reminding you that the Unsustainability is a form of insanity caused by being aware of perception, characterized by physical and vocal spasming.
iOS 18 needs to add safeguards against that thing where you accidentally hold down the volume-up button and your ears explode. This has happened to me more times than I can remember. Given that I have access to the iOS 18 feedback system, should I pitch this as a feature?
Ruffles, don't fall asleep here. It's not safe!
Ah, such a small delicate thing you are.
And yet, you rebooted a giant organic superstructure and brought peace between two godlike entities of which you have no understanding. But why?
I don't know if I'll ever understand, but in any case, you're always welcome here.
For now, though, I still have a lot of information to catch up on.*leaves flowers on Dragon System’s grave*
TOP 10 FUN FACTS:
DRAGON IS FULLY UNRESPONSIVE AND IS CONSIDERED NO LONGER OPERATIONAL
NO BUFFER REMAINS
[[EDIT]] FALSE ALARM, SORRYIf you really think about it, elevators are more than a little nightmarish. There are three ways to die by elevator, but many lesser tragedies can arise from their misuse, intentional or otherwise . . .
One day, someone delivering a large package came through the lobby, unknowingly dropping packing material from a hole in the box all over [Coworker]’s lobby and one elevator. [Coworker] came to the Human Resources department to borrow their (brand-new) vacuum. About fifteen minutes later, he brought it back, apologetic that he’d broken it. The power cord was pulled apart — completely severed — about ten feet from the plug.
Me: “How did you do this to the power cord?”
Coworker: “Well… I plugged the vacuum into a power outlet.”
Me: “Yes… that’s how they work.”
Coworker: “I used the power outlet in the elevator lobby. And then I started vacuuming inside the elevator.”
I could see where this was going, but I hoped it wasn’t.
Me: “Okay…”
Coworker: “And then the doors closed…”
Yes. He LET THE DOORS CLOSE and, elevators being elevators, it headed up to the top floor — severing the cord in the process.
- Can We Sever The Cord On The Vaccum In His Brain? from Not Always Right
"Is that supposed to make me feel better? If you lost a puppy, and someone said 'well, we still have a big chunk of it!', would that make YOU feel better?"
- Sisudatu, Raya and The Last Dragon
“This is no constitutionally governed state; this is a land of rhinos! This is legalized robbery by police. I’m surprised they aren’t allowed to shoot you, too. But of course, if they shoot you, they cannot get any money out of you.”
- Keijo Kopra, a very angry man bitterly complaining after being fined $47,000 for speeding. In Finland, in what the government says is an old Nordic tradition, traffic fines are based on a person's ability to pay. If you're pulled over doing 60 in Helsinki, the traffic cop will punch your ID into his cell phone and instantly receive on his screen your monthly income and an appropriate fine. Kopra was originally fined $14,000 for going 14 MPH over the speed limit. He challenged it in court, but the judge got mad and eventually more than tripled it.
- Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! from National Public Radio
Hot take: Fines should be based on your income. The bigger your income, the bigger the fine.
Fines are something used to discourage someone doing something, but it’s hardly discouraging for a millionaire who can happily take a parking ticket whenever they like, they aren’t above the law.