Measures

MMILF

To be fair, if Hanners' family have a private space station, they are unlikely to be unique....

David Howe

her rig is becoming bad tempered and wooden?

David Howe

I want that power

Yay, roll back the conversation to where you said "off-planet."

Emma Humphries

I postulated the theory a few years ago that Emily created Yay, and I probably wasn't even the first one. But as yet, it's never been confirmed. But I don't agree with the rest of your theory. I think Yay is principled against mind-meddling simply because they would hate it if anyone did it to them (as if anyone could, but in theory...). The mind is the single place where you are *you* - for anyone, but especially for an AI, since they can swap bodies. So to tamper with one's mind is to tamper with their very essence. As for "Emily like she is today", that's precisely *how* she would be able to create an AI like Yay. Emily's done stuff in relatively recent past that attracted the attention of the government. She doesn't even try - she just has a gift.

awgiedawgie

Agreed about taxes in the abstract but let's not read too far into it, there could be another reason. Perhaps human-run earthbound banks have more lax security or something, idk

fusorx

De-shambling is the best term

Robbie Mackay

I mean really Imagine having a super optimised copy of OBS and Vtuber software that just doesn't lag do odd shit or crash.

Jessie Cook

I haven’t read all the comments, so I’m sorry if this has already been discussed, but I have a theory: Emily created Yay. We know that Emily has more potential than we are shown. We know that she has had government intervention before. We know that Yay trusts her. Yay has an *EXTREME* aversion to messing with peoples minds, suggesting that they have done it in the past with less than stellar results. We also know that Yay is terrified of being discovered by the government and being dissected. I think Emily made Yay, along with some other ‘interesting’ items/programs, and that attracted the attention of the government. The government then attempted to do something bad to either Yay or Emily (or both), and Yay retaliated. In order to protect Emily, she wiped the incident from all parties minds, but was rushed and made a mistake. Thus we got Emily like she is today.

William Karr

Just realised that Yay is suggesting Aurelia move her money "off-planet" not because it's cool but as a way to avoid paying tax. Taxes are a *good thing* people - it's how we all support each other in our communities!

David Durant

eLDriTcH!!

Joe

That's what *I* was thinking too!

KiKi

Wait... Off-planet account? What the hell kind of foreshadowing is *that*?

David Pipes

I need a Yay in my life.

Ruth Merriam

Zealous (Auto)config: https://xkcd.com/416/

Comics Ladybird

Sometimes the scary overreach can just be helpful.

I noticed that and I love it as well.

Jeffrey Anderson

They basically explained their need for security two strips ago.

Aleks

'Would you like to date my ava-' NOPE

Duncan

Yay doesn't like half-measures quite probably because any half-assed work would be a great blow to their pride. Given their resources, going for half-measures takes more self-control than going all out (like in a situation with Roko and giving away their money). Even more interesting, that drive to make everything in their sphere of interest more secure, improved and controlled is a sign of possible childhood trauma in humans - I wonder if we would ever get a glimpse into something like Yay's childhood?

Evgeniy Semyonov

My ADHD and I find her far too relatable!

Dave Wilson

Yay has rapidly become my new favourite character

Robin Wyatt

Some streams get moderated, but this stream gets dominated.

Stephen Wells

bwahahaha! "Why the HELL is my phone taking a DNA sample?!? I didn't even know it had bioauthentication!"

JourneymanWizard

I'm confused. Wasn't Alice a singular entity with she/her pronouns? Then again, I'm noticing it's late and past my bedtime. G'night.

Some Ed

This is officially my new favorite friendship in the whole series. I am so happy…

Morgan McCauley

Clinton will loose his shit next time he tries to connect to the wifi

Bagge

Next step after "off shore bank" No tax laws in SPAAAAAACE!

Elberik

I guess she needs at least four shell iden-titties

i'm sorry... did Yay jsut say off-PLANET!?

Absentia

Claire’s face in the graduation picture is just <3

Zwischen_Welten

"Your graphics drivers are not up to date, and you can overclock multiple processors safely well above their current settings!!!"

Shane Wegner

I'll be honest, and I don't know if it's just the perspective, but Yay has a thick ass in that first panel!

Lord Crusade

Yay is Alice CONFIRMED. Alice Grove is QC’s Future, 100% proven. Ardent was Pintsize all along. Alright folks, cross that mystery off the board. We’re wrapping.

Nick Gilbert

That's... kind of the point I think, this is part of yay's character that needs development, they are still getting used to interacting with people who aren't shall we say, on their level.

Prezo

Aurelia seems happy about it, but I'd be pissed if someone started "improving" my setup without asking first. I'm sure Yay's changes are improvements from a strictly technical perspective. But unless I'm mistaken, Aurelia previously had a system that she had set up herself, understood, and could troubleshoot if it broke, and now she doesn't have that anymore. It would fine if they had offered and waited for consent before acting, especially if they'd offered to show the details of what they were doing so that Aurelia could understand her new system. Maybe that's not practical because it's too advanced, but if so, that's all the more reason to ask for permission.

Lisa

Aurelia's face in panel 3 is really cute x3

Logan Nix

Cosmo has a great expression in the first panel. She *knows* she's a good dog.

Hugh Eckert

Yay found a mother figure and is in the process of claiming her as their own.

DonnieRamesJio

Perhaps Aurelia revealed her secret on purpose to even things up.

tresi

This is a cool friendship. ^_^

Aleks

That's very cool of Yay. Approve.

SpookyPenguin

🤘🤩🤘

Carrie

Here is the ONE time I agree with you.

William Karr

The best kind of snap. <3

MercuryBuddha

I wonder which Praeses they recommend banking with?

Mad Marie

…and with that snap, half of the malicious hackers in the universe crumbled into dust…

Mad Marie

I now want to be best friends with Yay. Not just 'cause my gaming rig could use some upgrades...

Bryan Freehan

¿Porqué no los dos?

drij

In space no one can can look into your financial history

Samantha

wait "off planet account"?

Ace of Hearts

Yay seems to be very serious about making sure that secrets they've been entrusted with are *kept*. It's not enough not to tell anyone; they make sure nobody will find out by accident either.

Brooks Moses

THEY CAN RECONFIGURE MY RIG ANYTIME!

Yelling Bird

That would likely be similar to prying into Aurelia's finances.

Brooks Moses

It couldn't possibly be either, because being either would make it a God rather than an AI. Lacking godhood, it's closeness to omniscience is limited by its access to sensors. It chooses to limit what it accesses, but even at max "power" it can't know what it can't see/hear/read about. The contents of a room with no electrical sensors in a cave that know one brings sensors into would remain a mystery to it until someone shares that info in some way that Yay could access...

Mark Thomas

Show me your... rig... Sorry, I'll see myself out

Leonardo Taglialegne

Cosmo is aloof to all this.

Sleepy John

No such thing as Yay-proof, but Station may break a few fingernails if he tries to peek.

Sleepy John

Ah, now that Yay's calmed down they're putting 2 and 2 together, and focusing their tremendous brain on what they do best. Soon Aurelia's setup will be pretty much Yay-proof

Nicolas Demers

I am very confused and honestly a bit frustrated that they don't know Aurelia is MommyMilkers420.

BioYuGi

The only payment for services Yay will require is access to Cosmo scritchies and first views of pointy dog pics.

Douglas E. Smith

Tomorrow: Melon interrupts a sleeping Elliot & Clinton with cereal.

Miyaa

Now, is the rig the computer, or the vape pen?

Kenneth Carlile

Yay: opsec miracles. They’re my faaaavourites.

Wednesday

At this point, Yay would just employ Emily to 'modify' the rig to start powering itself off R'lyeh energy.

MikeT

Or the AIs made first contact and didn't tell us.

Brian Mann

Hmm, that's an interesting idea.

Drazi

So, Yay is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, just damned close.

OldGoat

the blush... ship ship ship ship ship

runrin

All hail mommymilkers

Isaac Rivers

I think Station would be displeased if Yay used the orbital Cannon without asking first

Drazi

moar plz

Doug DeJulio

I wish I had an AI friend that could get my computer to eldritch power

Kyle Major

Now I really want Yay to run into something Emily designed.

Cory Thorp

Oh my god, Yay is going to go on-stream and I cannot wait to see their avatar.

Sammitch

That photo is almost certainly Claire, but there's nothing to say it isn't an Old photo of Aurelia at her college graduation.

Michael Boettger

Augustus & Augustus. AI life counselors.

Michael Boettger

Off-planet account... that implies either Hannelore's dad maintains banking in his satellite, the moon is colonized, mars is colonized or the AIs already got a foothold in say Alpha Centauri. All are interesting.

Tannerbot

Oh thank God.

Matt Grayson

Help a stranger, gain a very helpful friend

Like mommy, like daughter. Claire just gave Pintsize a good talk to help him cope with his new body, now Auriel is helping Yay cope w/ her feelings.

Shawn K. Younkin

Agent Turing returns, now working for the NSA who are deeply suspicious of anyone they can't hack.

Captain Button

There IS an advantage to befriending a god-like AI. Who knew? And God help anyone who tries to cause problems for Aurelia. They'll be fortunate if only their existence is erased. And love the picture of Claire. I think we've seen it before, but it's still pretty adorable.

Michael Boettger

Right?!? Does this imply that civilization advanced to colonizing other planets and they just don't talk about it? Maybe the other planets are only inhabited by AI that are preping the planet for our arrival?

Matthew Bernal

Yeah, but if Yay breaks something, they'd never live it down. A source of personal pride. There's the proud lineage of Newfriends to uphold.

Devin Gates

Cosmo is so elegant in the first panel!

Bruce Steinberg

I bet she's having a real blast too... An eLdRiTcH blast...

Ting

You know, if the network security becomes too good, it has the opposite effect. It becomes very interesting. Of course, Yay and anything they touch becomes unhackable, so I suppose that's not an issue

Drazi

Panel 3 is so cute. Shes literally giving the same smile as the photo and that's sending me Also. Did Jeph cake up Yay?

Joel Bateman

I love this arc

Todd Misiewicz

she has a lot of those nights

LH

YAY has broken the cardinal rule of family tech support: don't, else everything becomes your fault.

Abreon or Abrea

Yay is bein' a big sweetie and i love it :3

Fart Captor

...off-planet?

RoofPig

Achievement Unlocked!!

Aussie Jim

This is the perfect outcome

sjlxndr

Fun

Sparky

aurelia is just having one of those nights

Tamara Macadam