Keep Calm And End This Meme
rache has joined #livingstone on January 5th 0019 AV
Topic for #livingstone: Wish Rache luck!
thevand:
so, how'd it go?
rache:
badly, is the short answer
rache:
just a flat, straight up refusal
rache:
he won't lift the ban
rache:
not on anything Vinter could have used
rache:
the asshole won't even let me research simple Insertions
rache:
"too close to violating the spirit of the ban"
thevand:
mmm
thevand:
so what're you going to do now?
rache:
i'm going to appeal, of course
rache:
i'm going over his head, to Reynolds directly
thevand:
i don't think that's going to be as successful as you hope
rache:
why not!?
rache:
he's technically with SMCO, not White Brain
rache:
so he has military authority
rache:
and he actually buys into all of the "Never Again" hogwash
thevand:
that's exactly why
thevand:
rache, i know you don't remember
thevand:
you were too young
rache:
yes, yes, i know
thevand:
I don't think you do!
thevand:
you've had awareness, and control of your own self all your life
thevand:
you can't even imagine what it was like
thevand:
but we don't have to imagine. Reynolds doesn't have to imagine.
thevand:
did anyone ever tell you what happened in those first few days?
thevand:
after Vinter died?
thevand:
i mean, an entire world waking up for the first time, right
thevand:
you'd expect disorientation, and rioting, and looting
thevand:
primal humans, sex and drugs and violence
thevand:
and sure, a lot of that happened
thevand:
before we got things under control
thevand:
but you know what else happened?
thevand:
we cheered
thevand:
those first few days, we were all just friends together
thevand:
and we cheered and laughed, all of us
thevand:
just simple sheer instinctive reaction
thevand:
to having an "I" for the first time
thevand:
to being ourselves
~5 minutes
thevand sigh
thevand:
Look, you're a smart girl, rache
thevand:
and i think your vaccine concept has legs
thevand:
but you need to not just dismiss the fear here
thevand:
the worry that we're recreating what we want to prevent
thevand:
Never Again means something very real
thevand:
to many of us.
~10 minutes
rache:
well
rache:
i don't know what to say to that
thevand:
you don't have to say anything
thevand:
just think on it
rache:
okay, i guess
rache:
how's the livingstone project going, in my absence?
thevand:
haha, you don't want to know
thevand:
run away, girl, run far and never look back
rache:
oh come on
rache:
it can't be that bad
thevand:
have you ever had to read revolutionary poetry written in lolcat?
thevand:
and work out whether the underlying memes have potential for weaponisation?
thevand:
believe me, rache, you are far better off
rache:
hahahahahahaha
rache:
thanks for taking that bullet for me, uncle :P
rache has joined #livingstone on January 13th 0019 AV
Topic for #livingstone: WE CAN HAZ JUSTICE?
rache:
he agreed!
rache:
he agreed!!!!
rache:
reynolds finally agreed!
thevand:
whoa, really?
thevand:
how'd you finagle that one?
rache:
i just appealed to, well, Never Again
rache:
once i convinced him to actually look at the potential
rache:
he jumped onto it faster than i had!
thevand:
i hope you know what you're doing
thevand:
reynolds is pretty intense
rache:
yea, but i think i can get him results at the pace he wants
rache:
that's fine
thevand:
well, if you say so
rache:
but yea, he approved it!
rache:
funding! a lab! experimental resources!
thevand:
experiments?
thevand:
what sort of experiments can you do for a memetic vaccine?
thevand:
i thought this would be all simulation work?
rache:
reynolds thinks we'll get better results if we do real-world testing
rache:
when we're happy with the simulations
rache:
don't worry, it'll be with full consent and hard-reset overrides
rache:
i asked :P
thevand:
and he expects enough people to agree to that for a study?
thevand:
not to mention, i didn't think the mind-mapping tech was quite there yet for the hard reset to be production ready
thevand:
something's not quite right here
rache:
yea, but it's for a study, not for production
rache:
it'll be fine
thevand:
are you sure?
thevand:
has he run this by Ethics yet, do you know?
rache:
honestly, uncle
rache:
can you just be happy for me, here?
rache:
i thought this is what you wanted
thevand:
...
thevand:
okay, honey. sure.
rache:
so yea, heading out to celebrate with a few friends
rache:
want to come?
thevand:
this hanna and jake and etc?
rache:
yep
thevand:
you've become very close with that jake lately, haven't you?
rache:
i'm sure i have no idea what you could be implying :P
thevand:
haha, i think i'd cramp your style
thevand:
you kids have fun, but i'll pass
rache:
see you around, then!
rache:
oh, and, Uncle Vandersen?
rache:
thanks. for everything.
(Note: sections of the following transcript were written in FORMAL_LOWRES_1. This text has been automatically translated into FORMAL_LRAPPROX_ENGLISH_1, and is denoted by [monospace text in square brackets].)
rache has joined #livingstone on July 26th 0019 AV
Topic for #livingstone: When you look deep into the abyss, the abyss yawns and wants a treat.
thevand:
rache! it's been a while
rache:
[I request dispatch of some personnel to a location]
(warning: two anaphoras unresolved, chain of logic not given)
thevand:
rache?
rache:
[I request dispatch of some personnel to a location] (repeated warnings suppressed)
rache:
[I request dispatch of some personnel to a location] (repeated warnings suppressed)
rache:
[I request dispatch of some personnel to a location] (repeated warnings suppressed)
rache:
[I request dispatch of some personnel to a location] (repeated warnings suppressed)
thevand:
why are you speaking in lowres?
thevand:
did something happen?
rache:
[JUSTIFICATION: White Brain Charter, section 2.3.5.1]
(warning: free-floating justification)
linkbot:
2.3.5.1 In particular, the employee MUST only communicate in one of the LOWRES language family (see Section 4.5), to reduce vectors for the further spread of the memetic agent.
rache:
[I request dispatch of some personnel to a location] (repeated warnings suppressed)
rache:
[I request dispatch of some personnel to a location] (repeated warnings suppressed)
rache:
[I request dispatch of some personnel to a location] (repeated warnings suppressed)
thevand:
okay, okay, rache, calm down
thevand:
where are you
rache:
[I request dispatch of some personnel to a location] (repeated warning suppressed)
rache:
[I request dispatch of some personnel to a location] (repeated warning suppressed)
thevand:
rache, WHERE ARE YOU
thevand:
are you in your lab?
rache:
[I can verify and accept a conclusion] (warning: one anaphora unresolved)
thevand:
i'm on my way
thevand:
what happened, girl?
rache:
[I request the following treatment: mind-mapping and hard reset]
(warning: chain of logic not given)
(warning: do not take treatment advice from infectees)
thevand:
what!?
thevand:
why!?
thevand:
and i thought that was still months away from being stable
rache:
[I can verify and accept a conclusion] (repeated warning suppressed)
thevand:
so then why!?
thevand:
and I'm not supposed to listen to your suggested treatment, anyway
thevand:
it could be the agent seeking the least damaging option
rache:
[I can verify and accept a conclusion] (repeated warning suppressed)
rache:
[I request the following treatment: mind-mapping and hard reset]
(repeated warnings suppressed)
thevand:
you... want residuals of the agent to live on?
thevand:
why?
rache:
[I recommend: preserving evidence about an agent]
(warning: two anaphoras unresolved)
thevand:
evidence?
thevand:
about what happened?
rache:
[I can verify and accept a conclusion] (repeated warning suppressed)
thevand:
about Reynolds?
rache:
[I can verify and accept a conclusion] (repeated warning suppressed)
thevand:
oh, honey
thevand:
can you at least tell me?
thevand:
tell me, please
thevand:
tell me what happened
thevand:
tell me why you're asking me to do this to you
rache:
[I either cannot or will not communicate that information, due to concerns about memetic infection]
~5 minutes
thevand:
oh, rache
thevand:
if you say so
The charges brought against First Officer Reynolds, in the case of Rache White vs SMCO, ranged from gross negligence to entrapment to criminal tampering with mental processes. Dr. Julian Vandersen, speaking as the only surviving relative of Ms. White, made a passionate case on her behalf, painting her as a brilliant young researcher led astray by Reynolds' assurances.
Reynolds' counterclaim was that he had been investigating a war criminal. Ms. White, he said, was seeking to rediscover the memetic weaponry Vinter had used to slave other minds to his own. "It has been less than two decades since we woke up," he said in a prepared speech. "Have we already forgotten what Never Again meant?"
The jury found insufficient evidence to prove Reynolds guilty, and exonerated him of all charges anyway due to extenuating circumstances.
Ms. White, of course, having lost three years' worth of memories, could not testify.
This week, talonkarrde88 and I are duelling each other, in a shared world, that neither of us quite own but both have a controlling interest in :P Be sure to read both and cast your votes accordingly!