@ian.fowler | morningstar network

[wittingly]

Hey
Stop me if this is a stupid offer, I'm still trying to figure out how this whole thing works, but
I heard about the whole gate problem, and the whole simulation thing, there's probably more going on too that I don't know about yet
I'm an engineer
You guys might already have a few, but just in case you're shorthanded
If there's anything I can do to help, I want to

I can also apparently do a weird tools thing now so that's
something

edit: if anyone's in the market for crazy experiments in there
you guys glitch the sim when you do your chest thing, right?
anyone tried organizing a group glow-off? overwhelm the system with too much at once, DDOS it into crashing?

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[wittingly]

I can, actually
check it out

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it sounds like shit but considering what it is I think that means I did it right

[evocation]

this is the best thing that's happened to me since i've been stuck in this stupid fucking sim

[wittingly]

hey so serious question about that
what is that like?
is it like VR?
how realistic are we talking?
do the laws of physics apply?
is there respawn or is it permadeath?
is there clipping or is the framerate flawless
is there a way to manipulate the code from inside?

[evocation]

jesus
it's realistic
the only reason we figured out it was probably a sim is because our powers glitch it
but it's not like shitty video game glitches or clipping or whatever
it's like for a second we can see where we're actually supposed to be in new amsterdam
my thing is magic, not coding, so idk
but you can get injured and feel pain and everything
and we're respawning when we die
it sucks

[wittingly]

wait a second
I'm gonna slip this into the original text as a suggestion:

if you guys glitch it when you use your powers, why not get a metric shitload of people to do that at once and see if you can overload it into tanking?

like spawning a thousand mudcrabs into skyrim at one time, if you're familiar with the analogy

[evocation]

because it doesn't always glitch
most of the time when i touch someone or try to use my power, nothing happens
but every once in a while it'll fuck up

[wittingly]

it's statistically more likely to happen if you have a lot of people doing it simultaneously

just a thought

[evocation]

yeah well
half of us are having breakdowns now so i don't know how i'm going to be able to rally the troops

[wittingly]

If only you guys had someone particularly skilled at a good old fashioned kumbaya in there

[evocation]

yeah
but i'm glad you're not in here with us
seriously

[wittingly]

what's it like?
I've only heard a little

[evocation]

like every shitty apocalypse movie ever rolled into one
we're in this bunker thing and the air outside is so fucked no one can go outside without it burning their skin and lungs
except some of us have to go outside on these supply runs
and those people get tortured and killed
it feels like it's all really happening even though it isn't

[wittingly]

actually sounds a little bit like where I'm from, honestly

minus the safety bunker

[evocation]

wait, seriously?

[wittingly]

yep
shitty post-apocalypse movie world
potentially suicidal supply runs
torture and murder camps

home sweet home

[evocation]

jesus
that sucks
i'm sorry
it probably just sounds like we're all whining, huh?

[wittingly]

Nah, not really
it's not a suffering competition
two things can be difficult at one time without cancelling one another out

besides, at least we had breathable air

[evocation]

yeah, i guess so
you're new here right?

[wittingly]

yeah, very
why

[evocation]

just wondering
you didn't look familiar
where are you from?

[wittingly]

earth, but I'm starting to figure out that doesn't actually mean very much
Weaverville, California originally
Berkeley for the last couple decades, then Crater Lake, Oregon to survive the end of days

you mentioned magic, I'm guessing that's what your version's got instead of aliens?

[evocation]

yep
i'm from nyc
my magic doesn't work here though because fuck us i guess
were you like a tech bro?

[wittingly]

nyc, nice.

no, I actually taught engineering at Berkeley
adjunct, not tenured or anything
still did project work off and on but mostly teaching toward the end

you know, until War of the Worlds basically

[evocation]

what kind of engineering? do you think you can get us out?

[wittingly]

mechanical
my field dips into electrical and technical and bio sometimes just by virtue of being like the shotgun approach to engineering, but what we have in our heads goes so far beyond what I'm capable of

manipulating a neural mesh implant like these would require an understanding of the anatomy/physiology of the human mind way more deeply than I have, and that doesn't even touch on how far beyond your standard microchip this is

that's if we're talking manipulating the hardware, not even interfacing with the code

you'd need somebody who's a fucking genius at biotechnical engineering and probably programming too

but I can build you a toaster, so that's nice