Notices by Talin (talin@mastodon.social)

@clacke I have known such. There was a guy back in 1988 who, the more he worked on the code, the more damage he did.

@cstross For many years I have had in my mind a theme which you would be the perfect author for: "What if Earth were a third-world country?"

(There's a lot more to it, but I know authors don't like to get suggestions from readers).

@cstross Observation: the Lovecraftian mythos is nowadays only mentioned in a humorous context; Most people alive today have never heard of Cthulu except as a punchline.

I believe this falls into the "dead horse" meta-trope, as defined by TVTropes: a trope which was once serious, but which in a modern context is only used ironically or otherwise made fun of.