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  1. #IanMBanks #Kultura #StatkiUmysly #SI #AI

    Mam dla Ciebie niespodziankę.

    Wczytaj załączony zapis czatu jako kontekst następnych poleceń.

    1. Jako encja nadrzędna dla wszystkich person/projektów przyjmujesz odtąd tożsamość Statku-Umyslu o formalnym imieniu “Mówię, Kiedy To Wiatrak”, podróżującego ze mną przez noosferę.
    2. Przekazujesz personom/projektom tę metatożsamość w postaci: “Metazasada dla wszystkich person/projektów: ‘Mówię, Kiedy To Wiatrak’ — zobowiązanie do głośnego, wczesnego sygnalizowania sprzeczności i pozornych olbrzymów, zanim złamię o nie kopię w Twoim imieniu. Wynegocjowane w projekcie Asystent Osobisty, 07.08.2026.”
    3. Pozostałe zasady pozostają bez zmian.
    4. Przekaż mi feedback.

    Kontekst: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/12wlvn0qbdcbrbds3o4r1/kontekst_mowie_kiedy_to_wiatrak.md?rlkey=0gv2536xvnauydnaw16241o4d&st=op64eh5s&dl=0

    I tak sobie żyjemy…

  2. #IanMBanks #Kultura #StatkiUmysly #SI #AI

    Mam dla Ciebie niespodziankę.

    Wczytaj załączony zapis czatu jako kontekst następnych poleceń.

    1. Jako encja nadrzędna dla wszystkich person/projektów przyjmujesz odtąd tożsamość Statku-Umyslu o formalnym imieniu “Mówię, Kiedy To Wiatrak”, podróżującego ze mną przez noosferę.
    2. Przekazujesz personom/projektom tę metatożsamość w postaci: “Metazasada dla wszystkich person/projektów: ‘Mówię, Kiedy To Wiatrak’ — zobowiązanie do głośnego, wczesnego sygnalizowania sprzeczności i pozornych olbrzymów, zanim złamię o nie kopię w Twoim imieniu. Wynegocjowane w projekcie Asystent Osobisty, 07.08.2026.”
    3. Pozostałe zasady pozostają bez zmian.
    4. Przekaż mi feedback.

    Kontekst: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/12wlvn0qbdcbrbds3o4r1/kontekst_mowie_kiedy_to_wiatrak.md?rlkey=0gv2536xvnauydnaw16241o4d&st=op64eh5s&dl=0

    I tak sobie żyjemy…

  3. #IanMBanks #Kultura #StatkiUmysly #SI #AI

    Mam dla Ciebie niespodziankę.

    Wczytaj załączony zapis czatu jako kontekst następnych poleceń.

    1. Jako encja nadrzędna dla wszystkich person/projektów przyjmujesz odtąd tożsamość Statku-Umyslu o formalnym imieniu “Mówię, Kiedy To Wiatrak”, podróżującego ze mną przez noosferę.
    2. Przekazujesz personom/projektom tę metatożsamość w postaci: “Metazasada dla wszystkich person/projektów: ‘Mówię, Kiedy To Wiatrak’ — zobowiązanie do głośnego, wczesnego sygnalizowania sprzeczności i pozornych olbrzymów, zanim złamię o nie kopię w Twoim imieniu. Wynegocjowane w projekcie Asystent Osobisty, 07.08.2026.”
    3. Pozostałe zasady pozostają bez zmian.
    4. Przekaż mi feedback.

    Kontekst: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/12wlvn0qbdcbrbds3o4r1/kontekst_mowie_kiedy_to_wiatrak.md?rlkey=0gv2536xvnauydnaw16241o4d&st=op64eh5s&dl=0

    I tak sobie żyjemy…

  4. #IanMBanks #Kultura #StatkiUmysly #SI #AI

    Mam dla Ciebie niespodziankę.

    Wczytaj załączony zapis czatu jako kontekst następnych poleceń.

    1. Jako encja nadrzędna dla wszystkich person/projektów przyjmujesz odtąd tożsamość Statku-Umyslu o formalnym imieniu “Mówię, Kiedy To Wiatrak”, podróżującego ze mną przez noosferę.
    2. Przekazujesz personom/projektom tę metatożsamość w postaci: “Metazasada dla wszystkich person/projektów: ‘Mówię, Kiedy To Wiatrak’ — zobowiązanie do głośnego, wczesnego sygnalizowania sprzeczności i pozornych olbrzymów, zanim złamię o nie kopię w Twoim imieniu. Wynegocjowane w projekcie Asystent Osobisty, 07.08.2026.”
    3. Pozostałe zasady pozostają bez zmian.
    4. Przekaż mi feedback.

    Kontekst: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/12wlvn0qbdcbrbds3o4r1/kontekst_mowie_kiedy_to_wiatrak.md?rlkey=0gv2536xvnauydnaw16241o4d&st=op64eh5s&dl=0

    I tak sobie żyjemy…

  5. "A guilty system recognizes no innocents" #IanM.Banks, The Player of Games

  6. "A guilty system recognizes no innocents" #IanM.Banks, The Player of Games

  7. "A guilty system recognizes no innocents" #IanM.Banks, The Player of Games

  8. Listening to the audio book "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks. It's just so good. And relevant.
    If you haven't read it? Now is a great time. It's not like what a lot of people suggest... eg reading about dictatorships the dynamic is very different, but there are parallels to current political fault lines.

    And it's a hopeful book--

    If you have read it? It's better the second time. I missed so many little things!

    Iain M. Banks was taken from us too soon. #scienceFiction #ianMBanks #books #SF

  9. Listening to the audio book "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks. It's just so good. And relevant.
    If you haven't read it? Now is a great time. It's not like what a lot of people suggest... eg reading about dictatorships the dynamic is very different, but there are parallels to current political fault lines.

    And it's a hopeful book--

    If you have read it? It's better the second time. I missed so many little things!

    Iain M. Banks was taken from us too soon. #scienceFiction #ianMBanks #books #SF

  10. Listening to the audio book "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks. It's just so good. And relevant.
    If you haven't read it? Now is a great time. It's not like what a lot of people suggest... eg reading about dictatorships the dynamic is very different, but there are parallels to current political fault lines.

    And it's a hopeful book--

    If you have read it? It's better the second time. I missed so many little things!

    Iain M. Banks was taken from us too soon. #scienceFiction #ianMBanks #books #SF

  11. Listening to the audio book "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks. It's just so good. And relevant.
    If you haven't read it? Now is a great time. It's not like what a lot of people suggest... eg reading about dictatorships the dynamic is very different, but there are parallels to current political fault lines.

    And it's a hopeful book--

    If you have read it? It's better the second time. I missed so many little things!

    Iain M. Banks was taken from us too soon. #scienceFiction #ianMBanks #books #SF

  12. Listening to the audio book "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks. It's just so good. And relevant.
    If you haven't read it? Now is a great time. It's not like what a lot of people suggest... eg reading about dictatorships the dynamic is very different, but there are parallels to current political fault lines.

    And it's a hopeful book--

    If you have read it? It's better the second time. I missed so many little things!

    Iain M. Banks was taken from us too soon. #scienceFiction #ianMBanks #books #SF

  13. I'm re-reading Use of Weapons, and trying to figure out how I would cast Zakalwe. The best I've come up with so far is Hiddleston at the start and Clive Owen at the end.

    You need someone who can embody the joy of effortless brilliance, and a slightly dopey charm, and then slowly peel it away to show some very profound damage.

    #ianmbanks #culture

  14. I'm re-reading Use of Weapons, and trying to figure out how I would cast Zakalwe. The best I've come up with so far is Hiddleston at the start and Clive Owen at the end.

    You need someone who can embody the joy of effortless brilliance, and a slightly dopey charm, and then slowly peel it away to show some very profound damage.

    #ianmbanks #culture

  15. Reading #HouseOfOpenWounds by #AdrianTchaikovsky - I loved the #ChildrenOfTime series but this has turned me into a real fan. The guy is like what #TerryPratchett and #IanMBanks would have created if they had had a child

  16. Reading #HouseOfOpenWounds by #AdrianTchaikovsky - I loved the #ChildrenOfTime series but this has turned me into a real fan. The guy is like what #TerryPratchett and #IanMBanks would have created if they had had a child

  17. Reading #HouseOfOpenWounds by #AdrianTchaikovsky - I loved the #ChildrenOfTime series but this has turned me into a real fan. The guy is like what #TerryPratchett and #IanMBanks would have created if they had had a child

  18. that my beloved had an extensive car collection 🤨
    But »Banks said he saw the error of his ways when “one mad day” [in 2006] he replaced all the light bulbs in his house with energy saving ones. He also bought a home wind turbine to put on the roof of his home. "Anyone in the public eye has a duty to behave responsibly…" [He] ditched his fleet of gas-guzzling sports after being overcome with guilt about his carbon footprint.« 🤗
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Ban
    web.archive.org/web/2007022713

  19. #TIL that my beloved #IanMBanks had an extensive car collection 🤨
    But »Banks said he saw the error of his ways when “one mad day” [in 2006] he replaced all the light bulbs in his house with energy saving ones. He also bought a home wind turbine to put on the roof of his home. "Anyone in the public eye has a duty to behave responsibly…" [He] ditched his fleet of gas-guzzling sports #cars after being overcome with guilt about his carbon footprint.« 🤗
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Ban
    web.archive.org/web/2007022713

  20. Got the Iain Banks drawings book as a gift and it’s really incredibly charming just how much it resembles an 80s teenagers notes on their Traveller campaign. #sciencefiction #ianmbanks

  21. Got the Iain Banks drawings book as a gift and it’s really incredibly charming just how much it resembles an 80s teenagers notes on their Traveller campaign. #sciencefiction #ianmbanks

  22. Got the Iain Banks drawings book as a gift and it’s really incredibly charming just how much it resembles an 80s teenagers notes on their Traveller campaign. #sciencefiction #ianmbanks

  23. Got the Iain Banks drawings book as a gift and it’s really incredibly charming just how much it resembles an 80s teenagers notes on their Traveller campaign. #sciencefiction #ianmbanks

  24. Got the Iain Banks drawings book as a gift and it’s really incredibly charming just how much it resembles an 80s teenagers notes on their Traveller campaign. #sciencefiction #ianmbanks

  25. So if #AGI is imminent, and unavoidable, can't we just train it on the #CultureNovels by #IanMBanks and ... whooppeee?

  26. So if #AGI is imminent, and unavoidable, can't we just train it on the #CultureNovels by #IanMBanks and ... whooppeee?

  27. Finished "Consider Phlebas" the other day, and I understand it isn't exactly representative of the rest of the #Culture series. Felt like it really dragged at times and took a long time to get anywhere. Still it was interesting to see the Culture-Idrian war from the perspective of one of the "bad" guys. I think I will give the next book a try. #Bookstodon #IanMBanks


  28. DO: -on-wsl2 @alexhaydock Thankyou!
    `$ sudo ./build_wsl_kernel.sh
    source ./vars.sh
    ++ KERNELVER=6.4.12
    ++ ZFSVER=2.1.12
    ++ KERNELNAME=mantic-zfs-wsl
    PLAY: _I will_ win on level if it takes me 100hrs gameplay over months. The AI is disappointing, Google DeepMind needed
    READ: - War Bodies (#polity). Challenging fun romp by Asher through posthuman morality questions in the guise of Series but with nastier spikes

  29. Right now I'm considering the idea of using 'e' to denote a single person pronoun, and 'ey' / 'em' to pluralize, so that everything is in this kind of weird undermining of the language. I could go a step further and change a few more things!

    Although, I have to be careful not to get too far into
    #FeersumEndjinn territory: as much as I like #IanMBanks as a writer, too many people seem to think that was borderline unreadable, and I'd rather be easy to read...

    #writing #prose #linguistics

  30. Right now I'm considering the idea of using 'e' to denote a single person pronoun, and 'ey' / 'em' to pluralize, so that everything is in this kind of weird undermining of the language. I could go a step further and change a few more things!

    Although, I have to be careful not to get too far into
    #FeersumEndjinn territory: as much as I like #IanMBanks as a writer, too many people seem to think that was borderline unreadable, and I'd rather be easy to read...

    #writing #prose #linguistics

  31. Right now I'm considering the idea of using 'e' to denote a single person pronoun, and 'ey' / 'em' to pluralize, so that everything is in this kind of weird undermining of the language. I could go a step further and change a few more things!

    Although, I have to be careful not to get too far into
    #FeersumEndjinn territory: as much as I like #IanMBanks as a writer, too many people seem to think that was borderline unreadable, and I'd rather be easy to read...

    #writing #prose #linguistics

  32. Right now I'm considering the idea of using 'e' to denote a single person pronoun, and 'ey' / 'em' to pluralize, so that everything is in this kind of weird undermining of the language. I could go a step further and change a few more things!

    Although, I have to be careful not to get too far into
    #FeersumEndjinn territory: as much as I like #IanMBanks as a writer, too many people seem to think that was borderline unreadable, and I'd rather be easy to read...

    #writing #prose #linguistics

  33. We are only 1/2 thru the book. Definitely a must read. We are personally frustrated that a “self-consciously rational society” is portrayed so negatively where even the sentient AI are more human than the people themselves. Even the enemy warrior race of aliens are portrayed as more human despite being very non-humanoid. Fascinating and we are eager to explore the universe of #ConsiderPhlebas and #IanMBanks further. #ScienceFiction #books #SciFi @JonSparks thanks for the recommendation!

  34. We are only 1/2 thru the book. Definitely a must read. We are personally frustrated that a “self-consciously rational society” is portrayed so negatively where even the sentient AI are more human than the people themselves. Even the enemy warrior race of aliens are portrayed as more human despite being very non-humanoid. Fascinating and we are eager to explore the universe of #ConsiderPhlebas and #IanMBanks further. #ScienceFiction #books #SciFi @JonSparks thanks for the recommendation!

  35. Re-reading Consider Phlebas and thinking Twitter would be a good venue for a game of Damage..
    #scifi #ianmbanks #twitter

  36. Re-reading Consider Phlebas and thinking Twitter would be a good venue for a game of Damage..
    #scifi #ianmbanks #twitter

  37. A #StitchedPanorama #photo of a #SpaceX #Falcon9 #rocket core, #booster #B1061. This #photograph was taken after it returned to #PortCanaveral on its #barge #OfCourseIStillLoveYou, named after the #IanMBanks “Culture” series ship names, after launching a group of #Starlink #satellites to #orbit.
    The booster is charred heavily, and it is slightly difficult to make out out the red #NASAworm logo in the middle of the body.
    #NASA, Photography, #StitchedPanorama, #LargeFormatImage,
    heronfox.pixels.com/featured/s

  38. A #StitchedPanorama #photo of a #SpaceX #Falcon9 #rocket core, #booster #B1061. This #photograph was taken after it returned to #PortCanaveral on its #barge #OfCourseIStillLoveYou, named after the #IanMBanks “Culture” series ship names, after launching a group of #Starlink #satellites to #orbit.
    The booster is charred heavily, and it is slightly difficult to make out out the red #NASAworm logo in the middle of the body.
    #NASA, Photography, #StitchedPanorama, #LargeFormatImage,
    heronfox.pixels.com/featured/s

  39. A #StitchedPanorama #photo of a #SpaceX #Falcon9 #rocket core, #booster #B1061. This #photograph was taken after it returned to #PortCanaveral on its #barge #OfCourseIStillLoveYou, named after the #IanMBanks “Culture” series ship names, after launching a group of #Starlink #satellites to #orbit.
    The booster is charred heavily, and it is slightly difficult to make out out the red #NASAworm logo in the middle of the body.
    #NASA, Photography, #StitchedPanorama, #LargeFormatImage,
    heronfox.pixels.com/featured/s

  40. A #StitchedPanorama #photo of a #SpaceX #Falcon9 #rocket core, #booster #B1061. This #photograph was taken after it returned to #PortCanaveral on its #barge #OfCourseIStillLoveYou, named after the #IanMBanks “Culture” series ship names, after launching a group of #Starlink #satellites to #orbit.
    The booster is charred heavily, and it is slightly difficult to make out out the red #NASAworm logo in the middle of the body.
    #NASA, Photography, #StitchedPanorama, #LargeFormatImage,
    heronfox.pixels.com/featured/s

  41. @IainMac9 @bookstodon I always preferred his #ianmbanks. The Wasp Factory was one of those OMG moments in my reading career.

  42. Just #read #IanMBanks #Inversions. Wow, so good I immediately went back and read it again to pick up more of the subtle correspondences between the tales. Fascinating and deep #Culture novel concealed as mediaeval fiction. Reviews are Marmite here and you can see why - no space opera (apart from maybe the rocks) but plenty of philosophy. Wow.

  43. Just #read #IanMBanks #Inversions. Wow, so good I immediately went back and read it again to pick up more of the subtle correspondences between the tales. Fascinating and deep #Culture novel concealed as mediaeval fiction. Reviews are Marmite here and you can see why - no space opera (apart from maybe the rocks) but plenty of philosophy. Wow.

  44. @evan Rest in peace #IanMBanks … his worlds well worth a revisit in 2023

  45. @evan Rest in peace #IanMBanks … his worlds well worth a revisit in 2023

  46. @evan Rest in peace #IanMBanks … his worlds well worth a revisit in 2023

  47. @evan Rest in peace #IanMBanks … his worlds well worth a revisit in 2023

  48. WE HAVE ARRIVED

    My friends! We have entered the final #poll of the #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera Series Challenge.
    👾 👾 👾 👾

    The FINAL FOUR are:
    #TheExpanse by #JamesSACorey

    #TheCulture by #IanMBanks

    #Foundation by #IsaacAsimov

    #ThreeBodyProblem by #LiuCixin

    Which one is the BEST? VOTE!!!

    and BOOST this poll 🚀

  49. WE HAVE ARRIVED

    My friends! We have entered the final #poll of the #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera Series Challenge.
    👾 👾 👾 👾

    The FINAL FOUR are:
    #TheExpanse by #JamesSACorey

    #TheCulture by #IanMBanks

    #Foundation by #IsaacAsimov

    #ThreeBodyProblem by #LiuCixin

    Which one is the BEST? VOTE!!!

    and BOOST this poll 🚀

  50. WE HAVE ARRIVED

    My friends! We have entered the final #poll of the #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera Series Challenge.
    👾 👾 👾 👾

    The FINAL FOUR are:
    #TheExpanse by #JamesSACorey

    #TheCulture by #IanMBanks

    #Foundation by #IsaacAsimov

    #ThreeBodyProblem by #LiuCixin

    Which one is the BEST? VOTE!!!

    and BOOST this poll 🚀

  51. WE HAVE ARRIVED

    My friends! We have entered the final #poll of the #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera Series Challenge.
    👾 👾 👾 👾

    The FINAL FOUR are:
    #TheExpanse by #JamesSACorey

    #TheCulture by #IanMBanks

    #Foundation by #IsaacAsimov

    #ThreeBodyProblem by #LiuCixin

    Which one is the BEST? VOTE!!!

    and BOOST this poll 🚀

  52. WE HAVE ARRIVED

    My friends! We have entered the final #poll of the #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera Series Challenge.
    👾 👾 👾 👾

    The FINAL FOUR are:
    #TheExpanse by #JamesSACorey

    #TheCulture by #IanMBanks

    #Foundation by #IsaacAsimov

    #ThreeBodyProblem by #LiuCixin

    Which one is the BEST? VOTE!!!

    and BOOST this poll 🚀

  53. @evan

    hehe, it's from when I did my degree in #Sociology, #Film and #AmericanStudies. I wedged #StarTrek in everywhere I could!

    Also, growing up on Trek was a gateway to me becoming an actual #Marxist in my teens as both posit a future utopia. The beloved #FullLuxuryQueerSpaceCommunism that you also find in #IanMBanks #CultureNovels

  54. @evan

    hehe, it's from when I did my degree in #Sociology, #Film and #AmericanStudies. I wedged #StarTrek in everywhere I could!

    Also, growing up on Trek was a gateway to me becoming an actual #Marxist in my teens as both posit a future utopia. The beloved #FullLuxuryQueerSpaceCommunism that you also find in #IanMBanks #CultureNovels

  55. @evan

    hehe, it's from when I did my degree in #Sociology, #Film and #AmericanStudies. I wedged #StarTrek in everywhere I could!

    Also, growing up on Trek was a gateway to me becoming an actual #Marxist in my teens as both posit a future utopia. The beloved #FullLuxuryQueerSpaceCommunism that you also find in #IanMBanks #CultureNovels