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   Nick (nickiquote@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 15:49:45 JST Nick

   The Hitchiker’s Guide was famously written by correspondents like Ford Prefect. It wasn’t an #AI that made shit up based on some random sub-ether drivel. As a result, it was useful.

   God, #DouglasAdams would have fucking hated #ElonMusk.

   Curiously enough, an edition of The Guide that fell through a time warp from a thousand years in the future, defined the executive board of X as “a bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came”.

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     Pacific Standard Nick (nickgates@friendsofdesoto.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 15:49:47 JST Pacific Standard Nick

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     @Nickiquote the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation was a warning, not a how-to

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 15:49:48 JST clacke

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     @NickGates @Nickiquote Genuine People Personalities: coming soon to a lift door near you
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     In Search of a Better World (crypticmirror@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Apr-2025 22:02:09 JST In Search of a Better World

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     @Nickiquote Sounds like the version of the Guide from #MostlyHarmless, when it had been corrupted and subverted, and eventually led to the destruction of Earth. Elon is just speedrunning the whole corruption and downfall thing, isn't he.

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     Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 25-Apr-2025 23:18:18 JST Jacek Wesołowski

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     @Nickiquote I could swear Elon Musk was a Vogon sometimes. The main difference seems to be that rather enjoying being bad at poetry he enjoys being bad at video games.