Wilting At Tintmills

In The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy the "hyperintelligent pan-dimensional beings" were the ones who played Brockian Ultra-Cricket and pondered the Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe And Everything. They commissioned the Earth and kept an eye on things there as mice. (I'm assuming someone has already pointed this out, but hey.)

she's entertaining when she's excited.

Okay, that feeling Moray X-21 is based off of me isn't fading in the slightest. Like for example, I was reading this research the other day about how blackholes rotating couldn't be really be reverse-tracked due to required deviations being below planck length, which that in turn means that causality is not absolute, random fluctuation absolutely has an effect, which that in turn got me thinking about quantum number generation for computers systems, because in large servers, keeping a good quantum noise generator is good for cryptographically secure randomness. That in turn emphasizes that this same lack of causality is likely affecting our daily life in the very real impactful circumstance of data protection. Which that in turn would imply with the Schrodinger's cat scenario (which Schrodinger thought was absurded, so him being proved wrong means the experiment is accurate, which has happened) implies that each such shift is an explosion of quantum probability that, in turn, means reality is constantly undergoing human-induced splitting. This in turn makes me wonder how far this "probability wave" extends out. As almost none of this affects anything beyond the Earth's sphere of influence (at least for now), it seems likely that it means that Earth is basically one giant Shchrodinger's box and life on Earth is the cat. This pulls in interesting concept to the book "The Long Earth" (Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter), and makes it appear a lot more feasible than previously considered. Although it does raise the question of meeting alternates, and wondering if the parallel "yous" are connected in some method. But this in turn raises the question of "Why distinct steps at all?" and we can quickly notice that there likely is no discernible method of separating things along fifth dimensional boundaries in the reserach. This implies that things are more of a constant flow rather than static barriers. The fact that we don't notice it could easily be chalked up to a localized take of the Anthropomorphic principle, that we are all constantly slipping through various realities but we don't notice because it's so natural and everything is still interconnected and interacting, so the interesting part is how to identify and navigate this to get closer to the realities that we like. At which point, that correlates well with the fact that I want to find where I put my car keys. I don't have to blame myself for that, I could just currently be in a "parallel" me's reality and they set them in a slightly different spot. This in turn reduces a bit of franticness and guilt, and is pretty good for my psychological well-being, as I'm less likely to beat myself up (mentally speaking) over unexpected variation, which can lead to a happier outlook in life in general. So yea, I should feel better about myself because we can't reverse-track blackholes.

Noticing a pattern of human characters tending to be relatuvely logical and rational while the AI's are zany cloud fairies full of surprises, refreshingly opposite of how AI-emergent fiction tends go :)

I keep seeing that drone as a flying roll of toilet paper, even though I know it isn't...

We want to hire you to do... something! Look how well we treat the other human employee! Look at how happy they are! Back away from this one, Claire.

Because why would androids have nipples.

The gloopy not-hair hairstyle lumps are more disturbing every time I look at them :)

So Melon is the director and just forgot about it, right?

Panel 5 sounds a lot like a pothead stereotype…

Getting “dark-side of Eureka” vibes. She needs to check with Yay before accepting.

c'mon Claire, ask the question- why do you need a human librarian?

Director is just Melon with moustache, probably. And their name is Dr. N. O. Lem.

Is this where.Claire finds out her wold is a simulation in the Alice Grove universe?

I think we need to know a lot more about "our director". Particularly if they are called Hooray Amico-Novo or something similar.

This is starting to sound less like a cult and more like every tech startup ever.

This is weird. Like “aperture science” weird

Was Moray's AI made at the same factory as Melon?

Look, bear in mind that anybody talking like this usually has some very hazy ideas about making payroll, and the necessity of doing so regularly.

Might be a pandimensional tool shed?

It appears they have already discovered the infinite funding loop.

I love Moray I bet her goopy hugs are really nice 🥺

Don Wile E Coyote

Wow. I've never seen anyone encapsulate the way I live my life so accurately.

So it seems her opinion is that Cubetown’s alignment is Quixotic Good.

This is how we get the Praeses after a while, isn't it?

I'm seeing a lot of red flags but a glaring green one being Hannelore's reaction

If this were real life, I'd say run away from this job. But since this is QC, Claire will probably discover the secret to superluminal space travel on her first day at work 🤣

The best Don Quijote cartoon ever. https://xkcd.com/556/ Animated: https://youtu.be/kRuqPKcxMZY

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As someone who has been on a lot of interviews I am seeing a lot of red flags here 🤔

Such an interesting split between “this sounds like my dream job” and “run, run and never look back” here

Please don't take this job. These AI are insane.

I'm starting to have some second thoughts about this job opportunity for Claire.

Yes, we use a lot of wind turbines, why do you ask?

The twist is Emily and Raven already head their own research departments there.

I’ve always pronounced it Kwix-ot-ic

I have often heard people pronounce it “Quick-zot-ik”…should it be “Kee-ho-tik”?

Before I got to the footer, I was thinking, "I bet the tool shed wasn't thrilled about it either." XD

The patreon comment was the best part of this whirlwind of a comic

My guess is the sullen janitor was previously a particle physicist but was offered a high enough salary he begrudgingly accepted the offered job of janitor. Claire isn't going to fair better. She will be offered the job, but the job is not librarian. It's also almost certainly not barista. I don't know what it is, but it'll be something she doesn't want. Or, rather, something she wants to not do for her profession. It could be janitorial, but that feels like it might be too predictable of a possibility. Unfortunately, Moray is going to offer her enough money to do it that she will find it difficult to turn it down, and that's if she's lucky. Before offering any arguments against this idea, go back to 4848 and re-read the letter. Librarian was not mentioned. Moray did not even mention that they *had* a library. Claire had to find about that independently.

We have found Melon's long list sister by a different mother.

This is basically my dream job.

My goodness she's adorable I love her already

That last bit is what a lot of death cults talk about... looks like a cult built for AI's

it's very weird how that word quixotic has been following me around lately..

Claire, if you don’t take this job, I will.

My hypothesis/tiny fanfic: Some super-intelligent AI decided that ADHD hyperfixation was an underutilized resource and decided that the most efficient way to exploit it was a cube city on the open ocean, far away from any distractions Another, equally super-intelligent AI decided that ADHD hyperfixation was an existential threat and decided that the most humane way to contain it was a cube city on the open ocean, far away from any bystanders. They were surprised to run into each other but decided to work together.

Honestly. I'm waiting for the reveal that, due to the high tech nature of the job, Claire would actually be working from home and only have to occasionally show up for like business meetings.

Are we sure HannerDad isn't funding this? This kind of vague, scattergun approach to research seems right up his alley...

It's increasingly clear that the treatment Jeph got for Butts Disease had some prominent side effects

So she'll be at the cutting edge of librarian-ing while being handsomely paid by people who clearly aren't result-oriented? If she doesn't want it, I'll take it, and I'm not even a librarian.

I wonder when Dora's going to open a Coffee of Doom in Cubetown and have Marty and Hanners run it.

"Oh no, what if I become a pandimensional being of light and Marten wants to stay corporeal?"

In before “so we have an exciting, cutting-edge philosophy when it comes to compensation”

Moray would love having a conversation with Hannelore's dad.

Director Dirk Gently, coming up next!

Moray hasn't said why Cubetown needs a librarian, given the pending pandimensionality.

Is Moray naked?

If ADHD had a budget.

Just slam down a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster or two and completely de-focus first.

It’s like a smarter version of Melon.

So, is that just a funky chasis, or is she a pile of metamaterial that she can manipulate as convenient? Also, man, a student's joy of learning and a theoretically unlimited budget? Sign me the fuck up!

I guess I'll be the one to say it BEWBS

If this was a real job, there would be a lot of red flags. But as long as Claire’s salary would be high enough that she could live on Atlantic Salmon and Crabs and not Kraft dinners, Claire should take the job.

Claire is wondering: "this applies to library science, how exactly?"

Can anyone tell what the tag on the jar of Moray-colored material says?

So many red flags. Claire’s expressions is warranted

I'm in love with Moray. Need more. She better get this job lol

I have a bold new theory: everyone in the story is gonna be moving to cubetown

Definitely using “quixotic” in my next meeting

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Honestly that's how my brain works on several levels.

At least they seem to be enthusiastic. . o O (It might be like working for a happy cult!)

“Hyperintelligent pandimensional beings” yeah I see you Jeph