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her rig is becoming bad tempered and wooden?
I want that power
Yay, roll back the conversation to where you said "off-planet."
To be fair, if Hanners' family have a private space station, they are unlikely to be unique....
De-shambling is the best term
Just realised that Yay is suggesting Aurelia move her money "off-planet" not because it's cool but as a way to avoid paying tax. Taxes are a *good thing* people - it's how we all support each other in our communities!
Less so in the US though. Always surprises me how little US citizens get back from their taxes compared to Europeans.
eLDriTcH!!
Wait... Off-planet account? What the hell kind of foreshadowing is *that*?
That's what *I* was thinking too!
I need a Yay in my life.
Zealous (Auto)config: https://xkcd.com/416/
Sometimes the scary overreach can just be helpful.
Yay doesn't like half-measures quite probably because any half-assed work would be a great blow to their pride. Given their resources, going for half-measures takes more self-control than going all out (like in a situation with Roko and giving away their money). Even more interesting, that drive to make everything in their sphere of interest more secure, improved and controlled is a sign of possible childhood trauma in humans - I wonder if we would ever get a glimpse into something like Yay's childhood?
They basically explained their need for security two strips ago.
My ADHD and I find her far too relatable!
Yay has rapidly become my new favourite character
Some streams get moderated, but this stream gets dominated.
This is officially my new favorite friendship in the whole series. I am so happy…
Clinton will loose his shit next time he tries to connect to the wifi
bwahahaha! "Why the HELL is my phone taking a DNA sample?!? I didn't even know it had bioauthentication!"
I guess she needs at least four shell iden-titties
i'm sorry... did Yay jsut say off-PLANET!?
Next step after "off shore bank" No tax laws in SPAAAAAACE!
"Your graphics drivers are not up to date, and you can overclock multiple processors safely well above their current settings!!!"
I'll be honest, and I don't know if it's just the perspective, but Yay has a thick ass in that first panel!
Yay is Alice CONFIRMED. Alice Grove is QC’s Future, 100% proven. Ardent was Pintsize all along. Alright folks, cross that mystery off the board. We’re wrapping.
I'm confused. Wasn't Alice a singular entity with she/her pronouns? Then again, I'm noticing it's late and past my bedtime. G'night.
Aurelia seems happy about it, but I'd be pissed if someone started "improving" my setup without asking first. I'm sure Yay's changes are improvements from a strictly technical perspective. But unless I'm mistaken, Aurelia previously had a system that she had set up herself, understood, and could troubleshoot if it broke, and now she doesn't have that anymore. It would fine if they had offered and waited for consent before acting, especially if they'd offered to show the details of what they were doing so that Aurelia could understand her new system. Maybe that's not practical because it's too advanced, but if so, that's all the more reason to ask for permission.
That's... kind of the point I think, this is part of yay's character that needs development, they are still getting used to interacting with people who aren't shall we say, on their level.
Aurelia's face in panel 3 is really cute x3
Cosmo has a great expression in the first panel. She *knows* she's a good dog.
Yay found a mother figure and is in the process of claiming her as their own.
Perhaps Aurelia revealed her secret on purpose to even things up.
This is a cool friendship. ^_^
That's very cool of Yay. Approve.
🤘🤩🤘
I wonder which Praeses they recommend banking with?
…and with that snap, half of the malicious hackers in the universe crumbled into dust…
The best kind of snap. <3
I now want to be best friends with Yay. Not just 'cause my gaming rig could use some upgrades...
Yay seems to be very serious about making sure that secrets they've been entrusted with are *kept*. It's not enough not to tell anyone; they make sure nobody will find out by accident either.
THEY CAN RECONFIGURE MY RIG ANYTIME!
Show me your... rig... Sorry, I'll see myself out
Cosmo is aloof to all this.
Ah, now that Yay's calmed down they're putting 2 and 2 together, and focusing their tremendous brain on what they do best. Soon Aurelia's setup will be pretty much Yay-proof
No such thing as Yay-proof, but Station may break a few fingernails if he tries to peek.
I am very confused and honestly a bit frustrated that they don't know Aurelia is MommyMilkers420.
That would likely be similar to prying into Aurelia's finances.
The only payment for services Yay will require is access to Cosmo scritchies and first views of pointy dog pics.
Tomorrow: Melon interrupts a sleeping Elliot & Clinton with cereal.
Now, is the rig the computer, or the vape pen?
¿Porqué no los dos?
Yay: opsec miracles. They’re my faaaavourites.
At this point, Yay would just employ Emily to 'modify' the rig to start powering itself off R'lyeh energy.
So, Yay is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, just damned close.
It couldn't possibly be either, because being either would make it a God rather than an AI. Lacking godhood, it's closeness to omniscience is limited by its access to sensors. It chooses to limit what it accesses, but even at max "power" it can't know what it can't see/hear/read about. The contents of a room with no electrical sensors in a cave that know one brings sensors into would remain a mystery to it until someone shares that info in some way that Yay could access...
the blush... ship ship ship ship ship
All hail mommymilkers
moar plz
I wish I had an AI friend that could get my computer to eldritch power
Now I really want Yay to run into something Emily designed.
Hmm, that's an interesting idea.
Oh my god, Yay is going to go on-stream and I cannot wait to see their avatar.
'Would you like to date my ava-' NOPE
Off-planet account... that implies either Hannelore's dad maintains banking in his satellite, the moon is colonized, mars is colonized or the AIs already got a foothold in say Alpha Centauri. All are interesting.
Or the AIs made first contact and didn't tell us.
Oh thank God.
Like mommy, like daughter. Claire just gave Pintsize a good talk to help him cope with his new body, now Auriel is helping Yay cope w/ her feelings.
Augustus & Augustus. AI life counselors.
There IS an advantage to befriending a god-like AI. Who knew? And God help anyone who tries to cause problems for Aurelia. They'll be fortunate if only their existence is erased. And love the picture of Claire. I think we've seen it before, but it's still pretty adorable.
I think Station would be displeased if Yay used the orbital Cannon without asking first
Cosmo is so elegant in the first panel!
I bet she's having a real blast too... An eLdRiTcH blast...
You know, if the network security becomes too good, it has the opposite effect. It becomes very interesting. Of course, Yay and anything they touch becomes unhackable, so I suppose that's not an issue
Agent Turing returns, now working for the NSA who are deeply suspicious of anyone they can't hack.
Panel 3 is so cute. Shes literally giving the same smile as the photo and that's sending me Also. Did Jeph cake up Yay?
That photo is almost certainly Claire, but there's nothing to say it isn't an Old photo of Aurelia at her college graduation.
I love this arc
YAY has broken the cardinal rule of family tech support: don't, else everything becomes your fault.
Yeah, but if Yay breaks something, they'd never live it down. A source of personal pride. There's the proud lineage of Newfriends to uphold.
Yay is bein' a big sweetie and i love it :3
...off-planet?
Right?!? Does this imply that civilization advanced to colonizing other planets and they just don't talk about it? Maybe the other planets are only inhabited by AI that are preping the planet for our arrival?
Achievement Unlocked!!
This is the perfect outcome
I mean really Imagine having a super optimised copy of OBS and Vtuber software that just doesn't lag do odd shit or crash.
Fun
aurelia is just having one of those nights
she has a lot of those nights