#douglasadams — Public Fediverse posts
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It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute's Prize for Extreme Cleverness he got lynched by a rampaging mob of respectable physicists who had finally realized that the one thing they really couldn't stand was a smart-ass.
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The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.
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A tremendous feeling of peace came over him. He knew that at last, for once and for ever, it was now all, finally, over.
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"We all like to congregate... at boundary conditions. Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where body meets mind. Where time meets space. We like to be on one side, and look at the other."
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"We all like to congregate... at boundary conditions. Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where body meets mind. Where time meets space. We like to be on one side, and look at the other."
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"We all like to congregate... at boundary conditions. Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where body meets mind. Where time meets space. We like to be on one side, and look at the other."
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"We all like to congregate... at boundary conditions. Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where body meets mind. Where time meets space. We like to be on one side, and look at the other."
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"We all like to congregate... at boundary conditions. Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where body meets mind. Where time meets space. We like to be on one side, and look at the other."
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Let's be straight here. If we find something we can't understand we like to call it something you can't understand, or indeed pronounce...
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Let's be straight here. If we find something we can't understand we like to call it something you can't understand, or indeed pronounce...
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Let's be straight here. If we find something we can't understand we like to call it something you can't understand, or indeed pronounce...
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Let's be straight here. If we find something we can't understand we like to call it something you can't understand, or indeed pronounce...
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I love September because the whole month is Someone Else's Problem
Nothing to see here, please move along
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Hey @BorrisInABox Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot @HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2 (public)
"This must be Thursday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot
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Obviously the subject of death was in the air, but more as something to be avoided than harped upon.
There was an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine. Now concentrate! -
The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying "And another thing..." twenty minutes after admitting he's lost the argument.
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The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying "And another thing..." twenty minutes after admitting he's lost the argument.
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The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying "And another thing..." twenty minutes after admitting he's lost the argument.
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The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying "And another thing..." twenty minutes after admitting he's lost the argument.
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The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying "And another thing..." twenty minutes after admitting he's lost the argument.
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Programas de rádio sobre a história da computação sendo preservados
#MundoRetro #Apple #BillAtkinson #BillGates #computao #DouglasAdams #histria #InternetArchive #JackTramiel #KevinSavetz #programa #rdio #recuperao
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else’s point of view without the proper training.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 5, Mostly Harmless, ch. 15 (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/46078/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #mostlyharmless #hitchhikersersgidetothegalaxy #disturbing #empathy #identity #perspective #pointofview #self #sympathy #unsettling
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 5, Mostly Harmless, ch. 12 (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/1464/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #hitchhikersguide #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #mostlyharmless #design #failsafe #fool #foolproofing #genius #ingenuity
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🤔💡 Oh, rejoice! Douglas Adams, the #Nostradamus of tech, apparently foresaw your toaster being smarter than you and #chatbots spewing nonsense decades ago. 😒🔮 Let's all pretend this deep revelation isn't just the latest attempt to appear visionary by connecting every modern gadget to a 70s sci-fi author. 🙄📚
https://krisstgabriel.substack.com/p/dont-panic-but-douglas-adams-predicted #DouglasAdams #ofTech #SmarterToasters #SciFiVisionary #HackerNews #ngated