$2.2 billion over 11 years. Not $22.
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Whoops! Decimal places!
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I’ve loved this for years, and honestly find it pretty soothing.
I play it for people at work occasionally. It’s always a big hit.
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I’m going to bring on Tuesday. I’ll let you know if I need to find a new one. 
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I think it’ll probably make an appearance in my office this week, too.
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I asked ChatGPT to describe some characters from one of my favorite books, Snow Crash. Kinda fun to see the images and compare them to how you “see” the characters.
Hiro Protagonist, Y.T. and Raven:
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I’m not one for face tats, but that one really resonates with me.
Ha! Yeah, in the book it was a punitary thing you get in prison based on your social flaw.
I have an invisible one, I’m assuming from birth.
People that are in positions of authority or to maintain order can see it clear as day. Certain types of women too.
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Did you read “Neuromancer”? I see snow crash and Neuromancer recommended all the time for cyberpunk books.
Since this is the random thread, have you guys read about Blaschko’s lines?
I have not. I’ll look it up though in my nightly non sleep trance.
Several times. That’s the first book of The Sprawl Trilogy, and it helps to read Burning Chrome first, the short story collection that helped build that world.
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Something about tracing the migration or path of embryonic cells, right?
Molly is a street samurai with extensive cybernetic enhancements in the Sprawl Trilogy (two of the books, at least) and appears in the Johnny Mnemonic short story in Burning Chrome. Yes, the movie adaptation sucked.
Here’s how A.I. drew her based on the books textual descriptions. Not quite right. She’s doesn’t wear sunglasses. Instead, they’re surgically implanted over her eyes – the 1980’s version of Meta smart glasses.
Fun Fact: The word “cyberspace” was coined in these books in the mid-80s, a decade before even the geeks found the internet.
Also, Neuromancer and the two follow-up books set in the same world involves A.I.'s becoming sentient. Gibson was way ahead of his time.
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I might have to read this and then retry Neuromancer. It was cool but I didn’t get much out of it first read through
Also I kept seeing so many similar story parts from Cyberpunk 2077 in Neuromancer
Oh yeah, from what I gather, Cyberpunk 2077 (and that whole genre) would not exist without Neuromancer. It really helps to read Burning Chrome first. There’s character overlap, references, and origin stories there.
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Peacocks have lasers.
Always cracks me up.
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