Just a bit of late night Lain posting.

It also means that Microsoft has unprecedented control over the life of any open source project still hosted on GitHub.

Just do what comes naturally.

It’s too bad xz is really great for archival.

Let me clarify a bit. If you’ve seen the matrix you may realize that it is a reflection of Vedanta. A Christ oriented person would say it was Gnosticism and that’s because both share the same perennial philosophy. Either comparison would be correct and both are useful depending on who is utilizing the metaphor.

Comparing it to Gnosticism is an interesting idea. Really one could compare most heroes journeys to any perennial philosophy. I would just add that it’s important to the plot that the wired is actually being manipulated through science by tachibana in order to create a situation where it can be manipulated without any kind of human machine interface. This is reflected in the KIDS experiment. Their research eventually leads to lain but Alice finally gets her to realize that she is playing someone else’s game and can choose for herself.

it never gets old

it’s just fun to ask the LLM some questions and have it do some searching and tell you what it finds. I always learn things I wouldn’t have through traditional means of research.

I am lain I am me.