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Added 2024-01-01 00:57:10 +0000 UTCUmiak computers are weird.
I hope you are enjoying a pleasant holiday, and accept my wishes for a better 2024.
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brilliant work; kudos!
Anthony Docimo
2024-01-19 05:08:27 +0000 UTCquick, Alex, reply with "can't we do both?" :D
Anthony Docimo
2024-01-19 05:08:21 +0000 UTCCan't WAIT to see "Walker" in color!
Sunphoenix72
2024-01-04 16:36:56 +0000 UTCI did this a lot when I was younger, and undiagnosed. Malicious little shit, I was... so is this Program... needs a good smacking.
Classical Salamander
2024-01-03 04:25:46 +0000 UTCcould be surveillance cameras that had caught some of their interactions that the Historians has gotten access to
GhostlyYorick
2024-01-01 19:19:36 +0000 UTCI believe the only places where “wunderkind” and “golden boy” appear are in Alex’s flashbacks and dreams on pages 96 and 97. Ellen probably used those words multiple times, and/or Alex took notes on his dreams. It’s also possible that “Walker” is reading Alex’s memories, but that can’t be true… can it?
Alexander Freeman
2024-01-01 16:49:48 +0000 UTCYeah that is weird! Do you think those are things Alex has said that are recorded in the Bell's crew files?
Sunphoenix72
2024-01-01 10:26:18 +0000 UTCHmmm... This is serious. The 'Walker' AI is not being humorous, OR suffering from Umiak system weirdness... its deliberately pushing Alex's emotional buttons in every way possible. Its form, its assumed 'gender', Ellen's cheek tattoo, the 'pet name' barbs from his past...that IT knows he dislikes! It VERY well knows how brilliant Alex is and is constantly trying to demean his intellect to get emotional responses out of him. Why would it do this? I think it is trying to disarm Alex of his intellect to keep him from scrutinizing IT too closely. It's stress testing his emotional stability and mental acuity to stay focused. Its trying to keep his intellect off kilter by poking at his emotions... both directly and subtly. It's equally trying to keep Alex and the Listel from mentally collaborating. But Alex is not taking the bait... which is why its being more and more provocative and dismissive.
Sunphoenix72
2024-01-01 10:23:28 +0000 UTCYes, very Culture
Wabbit
2024-01-01 08:17:24 +0000 UTCIf 2024 is better than 2023, that will do too.
Arioch
2024-01-01 04:20:15 +0000 UTCI'll shift the balloons so it's a little less ambiguous.
Arioch
2024-01-01 04:19:44 +0000 UTCSounds like something SpaceX would name one of their drone barges.
Arioch
2024-01-01 04:19:17 +0000 UTCHappy New Year.
Arioch
2024-01-01 04:18:53 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure it's a response to "They're not stupid".
Ronald Homer
2024-01-01 03:00:17 +0000 UTCAlec.. ask the AI whether that anomaly starship the Loroi noticed is one of the historians warships or something similar.... get some better intel for your survival & your new crewmates.
Kclcmdr Kai
2024-01-01 02:18:17 +0000 UTCHappy new year, Arioch. If our 2024 is better than Alex's, I'll be content
kaydet
2024-01-01 02:15:42 +0000 UTCI fucking love this Historian computer AI thing!
Zac The Lizard
2024-01-01 02:01:54 +0000 UTCHappy New Year! Is Walker's line: "That is open to debate." a response to "They're not stupid." or "Aren't they supposed to be allies?"? The layout of the speech bubbles leaves it ambiguous, and the tone of the two alternatives is somewhat different. I always like a sarcastic robot.
Canopus
2024-01-01 01:49:27 +0000 UTCI misread for a moment and thought he said a good name was, "I don't think I appreciate your sense of humor." That would have been a great name.
Morgan Olson
2024-01-01 01:20:19 +0000 UTCThank you. I hope 2024 is much better than 2023! Thank you also for the gift. This was a delight to read.
Wtcher
2024-01-01 01:07:30 +0000 UTCLOL at the Walker's background text. Happy New Year!
Carl Miller Jr.
2024-01-01 00:59:19 +0000 UTC
