The temptation to name each New Year the ‘Year of the Linux Desktop’ became so regular in the mid 2000s that it evolved into a metajoke. If magazines and websites still do it, it’s with tongue firmly in cheek. Every now and again a Raspberry Pi comes along and a few eyebrows guiltily rise, questioning, […]
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- The Halfway KingOriginal date: 1st July 2020 The King was halfway to his destination, measured not by distance, but by the King’s own satisfaction. This satisfaction was dependent on the number of boundaries through which he had broken. This had all started a long time ago now, back on his home planet, within the palace, within the… Read more: The Halfway King
- After the RaptureOriginal date: 30th June 2020 Things have been pretty quiet since the Rapture, I’ve got to admit. I didn’t know what to expect because, frankly, I’d never given it much thought. But once it got going I expected it to have some after-effects. I think now we’re left to create our own; to decide what… Read more: After the Rapture
- The Queen of KnowledgeOriginal date: 29th June 2020 There is a queen who rules over her people with utmost love, care and severity. The millions over which she is granted power are opiated, dulled to Reality, and carry on with their daily lives in a state of only half-wakening. The people do not suffer with this ignorance, because… Read more: The Queen of Knowledge
- Update Instructions / Alternative FactsOriginal date: 25th June 2020 There are many reasons why you might decide to run a history update on your Q-Earth. If you’ve been running the sim for a while, a new set of system updates are likely available, improving efficiency and ironing out any historical bugs that have been reported by our researchers. Such… Read more: Update Instructions / Alternative Facts
- Forgetting HistoryOriginal date: 22nd June 2020 Humanity, in its endless flight towards comfort and perfection, continued to innovate in the realm of artificial intelligence. Decent AI, it was hoped, would offer yet another way to offload mental effort onto an external system. It came to pass that attempts to write an entire personality onto a silicon… Read more: Forgetting History