Didgeridont

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

Why do I, or anyone, have to discuss anything with nazis? What the fuck is with you self-fellating libertarians and debate? Why should I have to tell you that being a nazi is wrong, in all cases? I mean, you might have some great big intellectual boner for being so woke and logical that you can even see the value in being/allowing people a nazi, or a white supremacist, but I don't.

because I'm not a raging piece of shit

pee your pants please

@Ace of Hearts

Hmmmmmm, maybe people view it as immoral for you to silence their avenues of communication simply because you disagree with them . . .

Hmmmmmmmmm, maybe people don't like it when others impose a worldview onto them rather than having to figure out the world by themselves . . .

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, maybe people can naturally glean that some opinions are incompatible with the world they want to achieve but can still find common ground and work out differences through actual conversation.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, maybe people don't like being told what to think, regardless of how "good" or "right" some authority figure espouses themselves to be . . .

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm make one really think . . .

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

>thinking being a neo-nazi/white supremacist is the same as simply disagreeing with someone
>also thinking that neo-nazi ideology/white supremacy has any validity that entitles it to protection

how fucking stupid are you.

@Ace of Hearts

Hmmmmm, it's almost as if all opinions should be protected under the 1st Amendment to stave off against people putting all opinions of a certain quality under an umbrella definition as is currently seen today . . .

Hmmmmmmmm, it's like if designating opinions as valid or invalid based solely on their association with groups is arbitrary and only leads to the creation of echo chambers and the shut down of any discussion . . .

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, it's just like how certain classes of people were persecuted for their opinions and ideologies in governments like the ones under Stalin, Hitler, and Mao and our society believes that the benefits of free speech outweigh the potential side effects . . .

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm really makes you think, eh?

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

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well, on behalf of everyone, thank you for advocating for rights of nazis.

@Ace of Hearts

Damn, it's almost as if we live in a place where freedom of speech is protected and people aren't meant to be killed or harassed for disagreeing with others.

Hmmmmm, really makes ya' think . . .

n e w - a g e - 2 0 5 0 :: a cyberpunk dystopia

Is rock and punk still a popular in the lore? (like it usually is in the genre).

@DeadDrop

Yeh. I was mainly referring to techno/d&b as what "the kids" like to listen to when they go clubbing, insinuating that there is a revival of the rave scene, but there is always variation in music. There's more variation in music, too, as would be expected as time goes on. You have new genres like "priest punk", "thug tech", "corp-core", "neo-moon", "neo-spacian", "thug chiptune", "thug pop", "sewer blues", "nü-bigband", "fun rap", "thot rock", "respect rock", "politic metal", "nice rap", "bully soul", "RSO (registered sex offender) rap", "hyperfolk", "desert rap", "plant-core", "jupiter jazz", "floor chiptune", "asmr grunge", "asmr metal", "obese techno", "skinny trance", "foot techno", and many more. Those are just a few of the new genres that have popped up over the years.

n e w - a g e - 2 0 5 0 :: a cyberpunk dystopia

how fucking long did it take to make that ooc

the raw text makes me wince, every single letter is a different color for the first bit?

@Mercenary Lord

There's an online tool that can stylize colorshifting text using hexcodes. The hardest part was having to scroll through when I wanted to edit something in the non-sunset colored text.

n e w - a g e - 2 0 5 0 :: a cyberpunk dystopia

Subscribed. Currently traveling about Colombia but I'll be back in the States on Saturday. I've got some great inspiration for a character but could I get a primer on the state of South America since the main focus seems to be on North America & the Soviet Bloc? I'm currently trying to get through the resources provided but the internet is not playing nice with my phone. >_<

@Voodoo

Yeh, as mentioned, the Soviets split up. The references aren't what we're necessarily using as a background/lore, but more for you to get acclimated to the setting and to give you ideas as to what you might want to explore. South and Central America fluctuated based on areas, political situations, etc. Some nations were politically stable, and succumbed to corporate control by "peaceful" means, often by corporations buying large plots of land and also lobbying within these governments. Some countries had militants or criminal organizations (think people similar to the Contras, or the Narcos) companies were able to exploit to further their interests within the Corp Wars, giving them land, resources, and power.

This universe is essentially an offshoot of our own timeline, so if you want to incorporate your knowledge of the area and expand the backstory of these areas as they progressed into the future, go right ahead.

n e w - a g e - 2 0 5 0 :: a cyberpunk dystopia

How do I fry the frontal lobe...
@Didgeridont

@DeadDrop

Send the other party a malicious program that would create a power surge in the parts of the uplink apparatus that interface with the brain's neurons (or if they're connected via neuralware, target that), essentially shocking or frying the target brain.

n e w - a g e - 2 0 5 0 :: a cyberpunk dystopia

@Didgeridont Can NET avatars fight? Additionally, can they have say .. an item (like a weapon?) as a virtual representation of an executable program? Like a shield(?) could represent a firewall or something, freeing the user form the need to actually open up an interface(?) or command window to run the program.

@Aeonumbra

When uplinking to the Net, you create a direct connection with your brain, which then allows you to interface with the digital world. This allows things to progress much faster than they would with an older, corporeal interface, because your view of the Net "piggybacks" on the synapses in your brain in the sense that your brain is able to keep pace down to the millisecond because of the fact that it is essentially augmented by the hardware of your Net interface. This also means that there isn't much need for an interface in which you have to "manually" input anything to do what you want to do: you just think about it and it happens, again because of how the interface is "linked" to the neurons of the brain.

As for actually running in the Net? Your string of code in the Net can definitely have an avatar, although this very much depends on the UI of where you are. Places like virtual chatrooms or online movie theaters or online games would have Net avatars, however the necessity of these avatars rather dissipates when you get into trying to access data fortresses, as these areas aren't necessarily meant for interaction with users (and, often, aren't meant for many users to even access). In that sense, any area in which you would need to use programs doesn't really require any sort of representation of your character/your software. Cyber combat would most likely just be between two "blobs" of code within a virtual setting, where a given cubic area equals a certain amount of data. Programs and firewalls wouldn't really need abstractions such as shields or weapons, but they would just cover a certain amount of area proportionate to their data (you can get creative with this in what programs your character brings with them, such as making zip-bombs that cover a given area with solid mass of data, but know that you would likely have a limit with how much data you can store, which would depend on the nature of your hardware).

n e w - a g e - 2 0 5 0 :: a cyberpunk dystopia

yeh go wild

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

Any missiles the North Korean's fire on Seoul would likely be intercepted by the THAAD systems that were installed within the country, and Japan has the Aegis BMD system in the event of a ballistic missile attack. Even if the DPRK could succeed in getting their missiles off the ground, they would be quickly shot down. It is also clear that South Korea would be able to defend against an invasion across the border and quickly retaliate and send troops directly towards Pyongyang.

China probably isn't going to help the DPRK, that wouldn't sit well with their interests abroad in terms of U.S. - China relations and trade. North Korea has been backed into a corner and it is likely a much smaller threat than ever as China begins to distance itself from the North Korean government.