Month: March 2017

Just Run: my neighbor just got an unsecured wireless printer, so I sent this to him

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nixcraft:

Unsecured Wireless Printer 1

Next day: my neighbor has thrown out the printer

Unsecured Wireless Printer 2

And that’s the story of how I got a free printer:

Unsecured Wireless Printer 3

(Via blakemessick)

Tags:

#I was just telling my parents this story! #(we were talking about IoT security) #I’m not convinced that this particular incident actually happened #but the fact that it’s even remotely plausible is a bad sign #(I saw a non-password-locked refrigerator network while out Wi-Fi mapping recently) #(it was too faint to try though) #(and a lot of ””open”” networks just ask you for a password anyway the first try you try to load something with them) #(especially residential ones) #(so it might actually have been locked for all I know)

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connard-cynique:

Your fetish is the main topic of a two hours long movie where it’s applied to the whole world. There’s no sexy time, the whole movie is about the financial and societal consequences on your fucked up fetish on society.

How boring is it?

 

ultratangerine:

Bloodborne: the movie

 

multiheaded1793:

Oppressive [Light Is Not Good] oligarchic dystopia…. but that’s pretty damn hot; you can just leave details to the imagination. Could range from less creepy (everybody’s just LARPing!) to creepy/hot mind-screw (modifying people to enthusiastically consent??!).

 

brazenautomaton:

it’s really boring because there’s no conflict as everyone is satisfied with things, also there’s half an hour of exposition to explain how the fuck things are able to happen, like how people can keep giving birth to the same people multiple times, and other logistical issues

 

earthboundricochet:

Running Man but as an accurate book adaptation, I guess.

 

fierceawakening:

…that’s a LOT of blood

 

decepticonsensual:

Everything takes five times as long because whatever you do, the recipient has to describe in eye-wateringly explicit detail what it’s like and how good it is.

Your boss spends half her time standing behind you, murmuring what a GOOD worker you are, go on, add another column to that spreadsheet, YES, just like that…

 

isaacsapphire:

I keep on thinking about doing an epic book series on this premise with a/b/o/knotting/futa/whatever the opposite of futa is as the fetish.

It’s mostly about the social implications and the years long love story/life stories of several people.

 

whiny-degenerate:

pretty sure some of the nastier Cognite antics in Eclipse Phase are this

 

mitoticcephalopod:

Society could not keep functioning if my main fetish were real. Too many deaths too fast, humanity itself would probably go extinct soon afterwards.
Vore is so good tho, it’d be worth it

 

sdhs-rationalist:

Well fuck, I certainly hope that AI was friendly

 

promethearecycling:

uM

“screenplay by Neal Stephenson and Nick Land”

 

ozymandias271:

[looks at sexual abuse stats]

I am pretty sure this is just… society actually

Mine is also just society, though for very different reasons.

Like, people make stories about the societal ramifications of a world where my fetish isn’t frequently happening to everyone. (Or, if they’re Fox, put out a press release saying they’re going to make a story and then apparently never get around to it.)

(Note: despite being a not-just-for-fantasy kink, this ubiquity is mostly not as much fun as it sounds.)

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#okay so I’m conflating some stuff here #to create a world where my fetish isn’t routine you wouldn’t actually have to remove sleep entirely #just (”just”) tweak human neurology to have a much sharper line between consciousness and unconsciousness #or hell you could even keep dreaming in #sexuality and lack thereof #nsfw text #people who can distinguish between their drive for sleep and drive for sex fascinate me #rape tw #(for preceding posts)

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lizardywizard:

eggheademporium:

masquerading-brambles:

eggheademporium:

writing-prompt-s:

All the gods of myth and legend are real, but having your prayers answered depends on discovering which god can hear you. You figured out which god is listening to your prayers, but they’re not what you expected.

Suzy was dissapointed. Most people her age had discovered their deity so far, and she was starting to think she was godless. She turned the next page of McBayers’ Little Book of Deities, and tried reading their names aloud to see if she’d get a reaction. It had taken her weeks just to get through Chinese spirits and deities, and had finally reached the first page of Egyptian Gods and you.

“Ammit? Amun? Anhur?” Nothing. Her heart slowly sank again. Three more tries, and she’d stop for now.

“Anubis?”

The ground shook. The lights in Suzy’s room flickered and went out. A single flame hovered in the middle of the room, and as it grew to a blaze it changed form. Within the blink of an eye, there was a tall figure standing in Suzy’s room. The body of a man, and the head of a jackal. His eyes shone bright as he peered at her.

WHAT IS IT, SUZY OF THE HOUSE MILLER?

“You’re the deity that answers my prayers?”

INDEED. I, ANUBIS, WHO RULES OVER THE LAND OF THE DEAD, IS HERE TO ANSWER YOUR REQUESTS.

Suzy thought for a moment. “O great and mighty Anubis who rules over the afterlife, can I please have a puppy?”

Anubis seemed taken aback.

IN THE CENTURIES THAT I HAVE BEEN PRAYED TO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN REQUESTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS. CHILD, HOW OLD ARE YOU?

“I’m eight and a half. My mommy says that if I can take care of a puppy, I can keep it.”

ARE YOU CERTAIN YOU DO NOT WISH FOR ME TO BRING PLAGUES UPON YOUR ENEMIES OR WEIGH A SOUL FOR YOU?

Suzy shook her head. “I want a puppy.”

CHILD, IN TRUTH THIS WISH I CANNOT GRANT. MY JOB HAS BEEN TO BRING PEACE AND LEAD SOULS INTO THE AFTERLIFE, NOTHING MORE. IF I WERE TO CREATE A HOUND FOR YOU, IT WOULD BE FORMED OF BONE AND SOUL ALONE.

Suzy thought for a second. She would have liked to have a nice fluffy puppy, but then she remembered how Aunt Marge’s Sphinx cat was still nice, even without fur.

“No fur is fine, as long as they don’t bite and make a mess.”

Anubis nodded, and raised a hand. Underneath his palm an intricate symbol appeared on the floor. It glowed bright, and the floorboards burst apart. Up sprang a massive skeletal dog, bigger than suzy herself. Its eye sockets held blue flame, and its jaw hang partly open in a perpetual grin. It slowly walked over to Suzy and nuzzled her.

“What does it eat?”

IT WILL NOT NEED SUSTENANCE, AND WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO SERVE ITS NEW MASTER. I HOPE THIS WILL SUFFICE.”

“I love it. Thank you, Anubis.”

Anubis looked slightly taken aback, but nodded peacefully.

FAREWELL FOR NOW, SUZY OF THE MILLERS. IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE BUT TO ASK ME.

Suzy nodded, and ran over to her parents’ room to show them her new dog. She was pretty sure they couldn’t object to this pet.

I can’t help but imagine her parent’s reaction to this.
“OH SUZY WHAT DID YOU DO?!”
“It’s my new puppy. Can I keep it?”

if this gets enough popularity I just might write a sequel or two. Hell, I could even make a multi-chapter deal out of this if people are genuinely interested in reading it.

I want to read so many of these with so many different gods and people.

Tags:

#long post #storytime

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Interlude 8, Page 2 (Opening Volley)

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{{Title link: https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/interlude-8-page-2-opening-volley/ }}

parhelioncomic:

Ahh, Basilisk, it’s been ages since you’ve directly appeared. Welcome back!

Reblogs are greatly appreciated!

Start of chapter | Read from the beginning | Patreon (Read one page into the future)

Why do people use video chats with Basilisk, anyway? Seems like it’s asking for trouble, and “death by videophone software glitch” is not one of the better ways to go.

(Limitations of the webcomic medium?)

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#Parhelion #reply via reblog #death tw

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sinesalvatorem:

eternalsailordianamon:

cannibalcoalition:

Okay so here’s one of those rare gems of moments where retail is actually kind of okay. 

I’m gonna start by revealing the well-kept secret that I live in Ohio… in case all the buckeye references flew by you. And Ohio… is obsessed with space travel. I mean- it makes sense. We’ve got a couple astronauts in our history, there’s the National Aeronautics and Space Museum in Dayton, and on those quiet summer nights, where the sky is clear and the stars are twinkling in the distance, it is hard to not look up at the darkness and wonder if there is intelligent life out there. (Not here.)

Anyhow, all the fourth graders have a big space-related project around this time of year and this means that we, as craft retailers, have to be problem solvers. The number one problem is ‘oh gods, please tell me that you’re going to put a primer down on that styrofoam before you spray paint it.’

Because- you guessed it- everyone is making a damn solar system model. 

That is to say… their parents are making the solar system model. 

I was just finishing up explaining the use of a styrofoam primer and which spray paints are safe to use with styro to the mother of one ten-year-old when the mother of another ten-year-old rounds the corner looking desperate. 

“Is this a good paint for cardboard?”

It’s not. So I round her back to where her son and daughter are waiting and explain them what will work. She needs green, and there are three different kinds of greens. The mom holds them up and has her daughter choose. 

“Which one do you want for your face?”

I freeze because putting acrylic on your skin is a great way to get a rash. “Hold on, you’re not putting this on your skin, are you?”

“No, gosh no. We’re painting a box and putting the box on her head.”

…

Okay, I’m curious. “Can you explain what you’re making?”

The daughter chimes in. “We have to do a project for school and I’m gonna dress up like a alien!”

Instantly, I love this child. Not just because she considers dressing up as an alien to be an acceptable school project, but because she’s not leaving it to her mom to do all the work. 

So we talk for a minute about project stuff and she tells me that her brother is going to be the first man on Mars. Her brother is five. Her brother concurs- he is going to be the first man on Mars. Their mom tells me about the Neil Armstrong museum nearby. Like… this is a family of people excited about the future of space travel.

“Did you hear about those new planets,” I asked. 

The little girl starts jumping up and down. “Yes! Yes! Yes!”

Mom: “Can you remember what they said about the new planets?”

“They said…. they said that they can… uhhh… sustain life! There might be aliens!”

Mom: “Now, they said they can sustain life, but I think they also said that it isn’t very advanced life.”

The little girl looks off into space- contemplating this new information. She is formulating a very important thought. 

Very softly: “We get to be the aliens this time.”

@sinesalvatorem

“We get to be the aliens this time.”

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#space #storytime

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uss-edsall:

Washington State (not DC) is the only state in the union where you can legally have a fistfight with somebody (with police as referees) to settle your differences

 

metal-queer-solid:

That should be a law all across the country.

 

the-one-true-nugget:

Fuck. Yes.

 

suicidalnautilus:

@jooshbag ?

 

jooshbag:

This is tied to an archaic law that isn’t enforced anymore.

 

type-one-conservative:

So if you beat the shit out of someone they won’t do anything?

 

gyrosneverdie:

Oh no this is still enforced, and in fact we actually Have a few vigilante superheroes 

Phoenix Jones 1

Like Phoenix Jones who actually patrol the streets and challenge criminals, the police usually get called, and they watch as Phoenix Jones pummels them because Phoenix Jones is actually an MMA fighter. 

 

creative-classpect:

I gasped and my eyes got so wide after reading this

That man is AWESOME

 

bogleech:

Phoenix Jones 2

Apparently for about three years he had an actual superhero team of people with military, medical and martial artist backgrounds he personally trained and equipped, but eventually disbanded. He didn’t give specifics, but said that some of them were “the wrong kind of people” and were too dangerous. There are really for real things that happened.

Also someone tried to be an “arch nemesis” to him named Rex Velvet, some nerd wearing an eyepatch and a fake mustache who didn’t hurt anybody but made surprisingly polished, melodramatic and goofy callout videos from an abandoned warehouse and presumably pulled some annoying pranks.

 

defectivealtruist:

holy shit watch the video

Tags:

#what the fuck #this…seems to be real? #or have been real anyway #I did some Googling and there’s a lot of news articles from 2011 – 2015 #not clear whether he’s still active

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sleepymarmot:

I’M SCREAMING THESE PEOPLE SOLVED IT

(Source)

Tags:

#oh thank god #Star Trek #DS9 #(for those of you who don’t know:) #(at one point this character is kidnapped and replaced with a shapeshifting infiltrator) #(Doylistically the writers only decided this at the beginning of the two-parter in which it is revealed) #(but they retconned it as having been about a month) #(but the thing is) #(there are *so many time cues* throughout the preceding handful of episodes) #(that it really looks like you’re *supposed* to go back and figure out which episode he was switched in) #(and rewatch with the shapeshifter’s real identity in mind) #(but you’re not) #(and if you try it doesn’t make any sense) #(because they weren’t actually writing him as a shapeshifting infiltrator at the time)