- I Killed GBS
- Jun 2, 2011
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by Lowtax
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More limbs!
Who cares that it'll be a nightmare to program, that's for the software guys to worry about!
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Dec 26, 2014 02:16
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Apr 26, 2024 17:19
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- JosephWongKS
- Apr 4, 2009
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by Nyc_Tattoo
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"And what are you planning to do for arms and hands?" Professor Ziegler says.
1. "Tyrannosaurus rex was the most intimidating dinosaur imaginable, wasn't it? It will have T. rex arms."
2. "It will have a gun for an arm. Like Mega Man!"
3. "Mechanical grippers built for strength instead of dexterity."
4. "I was thinking sort of Swiss Army knife hands with tools that pop out of the fingers."
5. "I plan to build a soft hand with a good sense of touch."
6. "I was thinking, why just two arms? It will have lots of arms springing out of its back, like Inspector Gadget."
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+8 Relationship with Professor Ziegler
"You know who Inspector Gadget is?" Ziegler says incredulously.
"I saw reruns on the Cartoon Network website when I was young," you say.
"I loved that show," Professor Ziegler says dreamily. "But you know who the unsung hero of that show was? The Chief. Who was accountable in the end for the Inspector's fuckups? The Chief. Who got blown up by a self-destructing message every episode in the service of his country? The Chief. But nobody ever gave the Chief enough credit."
An awkward silence follows while your advisor ponders the character of the Chief.
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ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
Gadgeteer: Made Professor Ziegler reminisce about the Chief. (5 points)
Finally, he shakes off his reverie. "You know, with that many degrees of freedom, the arms are very likely to crash into each other. If they try carrying anything, it will be even more of a control problem nightmare."
"It's fine," you say. "I've already come up with a solution to that." You uncrumple a piece of paper in your pocket with a bunch of equations, and hand it to him. "It's true that this would be difficult for an average student, but I think you'll find I'm not your average student."
(++Grace)
Professor Ziegler squints at your mathematics, then nods his head slowly.
"Fine," Ziegler says, waving away further explanation. "Carry on, then." He turns to leave. "I've got to go take a call from a New York Times reporter. Funny how journalists all copy each others' stories, but each garble the message in a unique way."
He makes it to the door, then turns and says, "Oh, one more thing. Do you think your robot can be ready by tomorrow? Someone from the Air Force will be in town, and I told her your robot might be ready to show off by then."
You feel your phone vibrating in your pocket. Hmm, bad timing. You resist the urge to check it while talking to your advisor. But it's probably someone with a better offer for what to do tonight.
1. "No, there's no way this robot will be done by tomorrow. Sorry."
2. "The robot will be done, but a demo will be out of the question. We need to test first."
3. "Of course."
Stats posted:
Year: 2019
24-year-old Barry Tezuka
Humanity: 74%
Gender: Male
Fame: 0 (Who?)
Wealth: 0 (Broke)
Romance: none
Your robot
Autonomy: 0 (Nonexistent)
Military: 11 (Stable)
Empathy: 0 (Nonexistent)
Grace: 4 (Buggy)
Material: Wood
Head: Ring of cameras
Mobility: Eight legs
Hands: ALL OF THEM
Relationships
Professor Ziegler: 68%
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Achievements Unlocked posted:
Gadgeteer: Made Professor Ziegler reminisce about the Chief. (5 points)
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Dec 26, 2014 02:28
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- Oblivion4568238
- Oct 10, 2012
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The Inquisition.
What a show.
The Inquisition.
Here. We. Go.
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College Slice
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The best test is a field test! Of course it'll be ready!
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Dec 26, 2014 02:40
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- Kanthulhu
- Apr 8, 2009
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NO ONE SPOIL GAME OF THRONES FOR ME!
IF SOMEONE TELLS ME THAT OBERYN MARTELL AND THE MOUNTAIN DIE THIS SEASON, I'M GOING TO BE PISSED.
BUT NOT HALF AS PISSED AS I'D BE IF SOMEONE WERE TO SPOIL VARYS KILLING A LANISTER!!!
(Dany shits in a field)
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Of course
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Dec 26, 2014 02:40
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- The Bold Kobold
- Aug 11, 2014
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Bold to the point of certain death.
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We need to test our robot before we bring it out. Don't want it failing to work properly while we show off.
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Dec 26, 2014 04:24
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- GenderSelectScreen
- Mar 7, 2010
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I DON'T KNOW EITHER DON'T ASK ME
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College Slice
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We need to Test our murderbot before we set it loose.
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Dec 26, 2014 04:35
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- JosephWongKS
- Apr 4, 2009
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by Nyc_Tattoo
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You feel your phone vibrating in your pocket. Hmm, bad timing. You resist the urge to check it while talking to your advisor. But it's probably someone with a better offer for what to do tonight.
1. "No, there's no way this robot will be done by tomorrow. Sorry."
2. "The robot will be done, but a demo will be out of the question. We need to test first."
3. "Of course."
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(+6 Relationship with Professor Ziegler)
Professor Ziegler grudgingly nods. "I can see the logic of that. Maybe we'll just send her a demo video. Then it only has to work once."
Professor Ziegler turns and walks out of the machine shop.
You find yourself unclenching your hands.
Who was calling you while Professor Ziegler was talking to you?
1. Elly Lao, a user experience designer and supportive friend.
2. Eiji Aomame, a manga artist and generally good guy.
3. My ambitious friend Josh Anderson, founder of the startup U.S. Robots.
Stats posted:
Year: 2019
24-year-old Barry Tezuka
Humanity: 74%
Gender: Male
Fame: 0 (Who?)
Wealth: 0 (Broke)
Romance: none
Your robot
Autonomy: 0 (Nonexistent)
Military: 11 (Stable)
Empathy: 0 (Nonexistent)
Grace: 4 (Buggy)
Material: Wood
Head: Ring of cameras
Mobility: Eight legs
Hands: ALL OF THEM
Relationships
Professor Ziegler: 74%
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Achievements Unlocked posted:
Gadgeteer: Made Professor Ziegler reminisce about the Chief. (5 points)
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Dec 26, 2014 05:59
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- GenderSelectScreen
- Mar 7, 2010
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I DON'T KNOW EITHER DON'T ASK ME
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College Slice
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Gotta go with Josh
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Dec 26, 2014 07:45
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- JosephWongKS
- Apr 4, 2009
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by Nyc_Tattoo
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Who was calling you while Professor Ziegler was talking to you?
1. Elly Lao, a user experience designer and supportive friend.
2. Eiji Aomame, a manga artist and generally good guy.
3. My ambitious friend Josh Anderson, founder of the startup U.S. Robots.
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(+2 Relationship with Josh)
From the missed call, your phone is displaying Josh's profile photo. It's a picture of Josh and Elly from the freshman welcome week dance, seven years ago.
Elly is wearing a red, Chinese dress with gold trim, her long, straight, black hair falling down to the epaulets. The flash is too bright in the picture, making Elly's pale skin look washed out. Josh is wearing his usual gray hoodie, not having bothered to dress up for the dance, and his arm is around Elly.
What is the story behind that picture?
1. I was in love with Josh's friend Elly — but my studies always came first in college.
2. I was in love with Josh, but I never knew how to be more than a friend to him.
3. I had agreed to be Josh's wingperson at the dance, and that's where he met Elly.
4. I was testing a music recognition algorithm when those two started bothering me.
Stats posted:
Year: 2019
24-year-old Barry Tezuka
Humanity: 74%
Gender: Male
Fame: 0 (Who?)
Wealth: 0 (Broke)
Romance: none
Your robot
Autonomy: 0 (Nonexistent)
Military: 11 (Stable)
Empathy: 0 (Nonexistent)
Grace: 4 (Buggy)
Material: Wood
Head: Ring of cameras
Mobility: Eight legs
Hands: ALL OF THEM
Relationships
Professor Ziegler: 74%
Elly: 50%
Josh: 52%
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Achievements Unlocked posted:
Gadgeteer: Made Professor Ziegler reminisce about the Chief. (5 points)
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Dec 26, 2014 07:52
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- Lord Cyrahzax
- Oct 11, 2012
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Why are my experiments constantly being interrupted?!
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Dec 26, 2014 08:01
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- JosephWongKS
- Apr 4, 2009
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by Nyc_Tattoo
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What is the story behind that picture?
1. I was in love with Josh's friend Elly — but my studies always came first in college.
2. I was in love with Josh, but I never knew how to be more than a friend to him.
3. I had agreed to be Josh's wingperson at the dance, and that's where he met Elly.
4. I was testing a music recognition algorithm when those two started bothering me.
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You had actually come to the dance just to try out your music recognition algorithm in a congested social environment with poor acoustics, when those two — who were on some kind of date, you guess — came up and started bothering you.
Elly asked you some technical questions about your sensors, and Josh said that if you ever wanted to create a startup around your algorithm, you should contact him. You told him the algorithm was trivial, not really worth starting a business about. They both seemed impressed with you despite your standoffish behavior, and you agreed to exchange contact information, then shooed them away.
They've both since tried to get you to come out of your shell a little more, but you like your shell: it gives you space in which to think. For example, thanks to your efforts that day, the robots you make are often able to pick up on subtle cues in the music of speech, called "prosody," even in noisy environments.
(+Empathy)
(-7 Humanity)
(+2 Relationship with Josh)
(+2 Relationship with Elly)
You notice that Josh also left you a text. Josh wants to meet for dinner at a burger joint in East Palo Alto. He says he wants to run some project ideas by you, to see if you're interested in working with his company on any of them.
It occurs to you that if you were working with Josh, you might be able to get funding for your education from him instead of Professor Ziegler's military grants.
You text back…
1. "Sounds great, see you then!"
2. "Afraid I can't tonight, sorry."
3. I don't reply — I'd prefer to pretend I missed the text.
Stats posted:
Year: 2019
24-year-old Barry Tezuka
Humanity: 67%
Gender: Male
Fame: 0 (Who?)
Wealth: 0 (Broke)
Romance: none
Your robot
Autonomy: 0 (Nonexistent)
Military: 11 (Stable)
Empathy: 1 (Buggy)
Grace: 4 (Buggy)
Material: Wood
Head: Ring of cameras
Mobility: Eight legs
Hands: ALL OF THEM
Relationships
Professor Ziegler: 74% (Great)
Elly: 52% (Good)
Josh: 54% (Good)
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Achievements Unlocked posted:
Gadgeteer: Made Professor Ziegler reminisce about the Chief. (5 points)
JosephWongKS fucked around with this message at 08:31 on Dec 26, 2014
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Dec 26, 2014 08:26
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- GenderSelectScreen
- Mar 7, 2010
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I DON'T KNOW EITHER DON'T ASK ME
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College Slice
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"Can't make it, sorry". You already made plans.
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Dec 26, 2014 08:30
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- Lord Cyrahzax
- Oct 11, 2012
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Don't respond.
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Dec 26, 2014 08:33
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- JosephWongKS
- Apr 4, 2009
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by Nyc_Tattoo
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You text back…
1. "Sounds great, see you then!"
2. "Afraid I can't tonight, sorry."
3. I don't reply — I'd prefer to pretend I missed the text.
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Sometimes, you just don't feel like talking to people. This is one of those times.
(-3 Humanity)
You spend the rest of the day drilling holes, polishing surfaces, cutting parts, and screwing things together.
When you are done, your robot's body stands before you: a wooden eight-legged robot with a panoptic head and Inspector Gadget arms. The whole thing is about three feet tall.
Now it only needs a name. What will you name your robot?
Pickle.
Curry.
Miku.
Sapling.
Arachne.
Gadget.
Killall.
Ariel.
Caliban.
Famulus.
Gardyloo.
I'd prefer to come up with my own robot name.
Stats posted:
Year: 2019
24-year-old Barry Tezuka
Humanity: 64%
Gender: Male
Fame: 0 (Who?)
Wealth: 0 (Broke)
Romance: none
Your robot
Autonomy: 0 (Nonexistent)
Military: 11 (Stable)
Empathy: 1 (Buggy)
Grace: 4 (Buggy)
Material: Wood
Head: Ring of cameras
Mobility: Eight legs
Hands: ALL OF THEM
Relationships
Professor Ziegler: 74% (Great)
Elly: 52% (Good)
Josh: 54% (Good)
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Achievements Unlocked posted:
Gadgeteer: Made Professor Ziegler reminisce about the Chief. (5 points)
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Dec 26, 2014 08:54
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- GenderSelectScreen
- Mar 7, 2010
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I DON'T KNOW EITHER DON'T ASK ME
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College Slice
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Sapling
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Dec 26, 2014 08:59
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- RottenK
- Feb 17, 2011
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Sexy bad choices
FAILED NOJOE
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Killall
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Dec 26, 2014 09:06
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- JosephWongKS
- Apr 4, 2009
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by Nyc_Tattoo
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Now it only needs a name. What will you name your robot?
Pickle.
Curry.
Miku.
Sapling.
Arachne.
Gadget.
Killall.
Ariel.
Caliban.
Famulus.
Gardyloo.
I'd prefer to come up with my own robot name.
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You decide to name it "Killall," not just because that's a very useful Unix command, but because that's what you hope it will do.
(-6 Humanity)
Now that Killall has a body, it might be time to treat Killall more like a person. With what pronouns will you refer to Killall?
1. "It" is just fine. It's not human.
2. I will refer to her as feminine.
3. I will refer to him as masculine.
4. I would prefer to use entirely new pronouns for robots: rhe, rer, and rhim.
Stats posted:
Year: 2019
24-year-old Barry Tezuka
Humanity: 58%
Gender: Male
Fame: 0 (Who?)
Wealth: 0 (Broke)
Romance: none
Killall
Autonomy: 0 (Nonexistent)
Military: 11 (Stable)
Empathy: 1 (Buggy)
Grace: 4 (Buggy)
Material: Wood
Head: Ring of cameras
Mobility: Eight legs
Hands: ALL OF THEM
Relationships
Professor Ziegler: 74% (Great)
Elly: 52% (Good)
Josh: 54% (Good)
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Achievements Unlocked posted:
Gadgeteer: Made Professor Ziegler reminisce about the Chief. (5 points)
JosephWongKS fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Dec 26, 2014
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Dec 26, 2014 09:11
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- DarthRoblox
- Nov 25, 2007
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*rolls ankle* *gains 15lbs* *apologizes to TFLC* *rolls ankle*...
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it for the love of god, IT
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Dec 26, 2014 09:39
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- GenderSelectScreen
- Mar 7, 2010
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I DON'T KNOW EITHER DON'T ASK ME
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College Slice
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It.
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Dec 26, 2014 09:41
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- King of Bleh
- Mar 3, 2007
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A kingdom of rats.
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Check our analog privilege and invent new pronouns
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Dec 26, 2014 09:48
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- JosephWongKS
- Apr 4, 2009
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by Nyc_Tattoo
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1. "It" is just fine. It's not human.
2. I will refer to her as feminine.
3. I will refer to him as masculine.
4. I would prefer to use entirely new pronouns for robots: rhe, rer, and rhim.
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You equally dislike the objectification implied by "it" and the genderedness implied by "he" and "she." Robots are their own things, you reason.
Hmm, robot-he, robot-she…"rhe"? You decide to balance the other pronouns between the genders: "rer" for the possessive, "rhim" for the objective. It may be difficult to get anyone else to use the words, but as long as your robots use them amongst themselves, you'll be happy.
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You look on Killall's three-foot-tall eight-legged body with satisfaction. Now all rhe needs are motors and a mind. The motors will have to wait for tomorrow, but you've spent years in graduate school writing the code that would form this robot's mind — you can hardly wait to try it out.
You head back to your apartment, where you spend several hours working on the final touches to Killall's natural language processing code.
What language do you program your robots in?
1. C++. Speed of thought is all.
2. Python. It has the best tools for understanding words.
3. Go, the most beautiful language.
4. Java. Everybody uses Java.
Stats posted:
Year: 2019
24-year-old Barry Tezuka
Humanity: 58%
Gender: Male
Fame: 0 (Who?)
Wealth: 0 (Broke)
Romance: none
Killall
Autonomy: 1 (Nonexistent)
Military: 11 (Stable)
Empathy: 1 (Buggy)
Grace: 4 (Buggy)
Material: Wood
Head: Ring of cameras
Mobility: Eight legs
Hands: ALL OF THEM
Relationships
Professor Ziegler: 74% (Great)
Elly: 52% (Good)
Josh: 54% (Good)
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Achievements Unlocked posted:
Gadgeteer: Made Professor Ziegler reminisce about the Chief. (5 points)
JosephWongKS fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Dec 26, 2014
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Dec 26, 2014 10:45
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- Z the IVth
- Jan 28, 2009
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The trouble with your "expendable machines"
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Fun Shoe
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Couldn't we try COBOL?
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Dec 26, 2014 11:22
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- Kanthulhu
- Apr 8, 2009
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NO ONE SPOIL GAME OF THRONES FOR ME!
IF SOMEONE TELLS ME THAT OBERYN MARTELL AND THE MOUNTAIN DIE THIS SEASON, I'M GOING TO BE PISSED.
BUT NOT HALF AS PISSED AS I'D BE IF SOMEONE WERE TO SPOIL VARYS KILLING A LANISTER!!!
(Dany shits in a field)
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C++ because speed.
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Dec 26, 2014 11:23
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ADBOT LOVES YOU
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Dec 26, 2014 02:16
emoticon to work, but seriously, there's the perfect option just sitting there.
