Updates tagged with scifi on Hacker Poesy!
bobjonkman: That article (from 2018!) is just like reading a dystopian #SciFi novel, all newspeak and doublethink: "The chip also supports the Android Strongbox Keymaster module, including Trusted User Presence and Protected Confirmation" https://www.androidauthority.com/titan-m-security-chip-915888/
bobjonkman's status on Sunday, 06-Dec-2020 18:29:39 EST
That article (from 2018!) is just like reading a dystopian #SciFi novel, all newspeak and doublethink: "The chip also supports the Android Strongbox Keymaster module, including Trusted User Presence and Protected Confirmation" https://www.androidauthority.com/titan-m-security-chip-915888/
rozzin: "Ad Astra": 20 Years of #Newspaper #Ads for #Sci-Fi & #Fantasy Films https://status.hackerposse.com/url/22918
rozzin's status on Sunday, 29-Nov-2020 13:19:44 EST
"Ad Astra": 20 Years of #Newspaper #Ads for #Sci-Fi & #Fantasy Films https://status.hackerposse.com/url/22918
rozzin: Gave up on IRC for the night; started watching a nice 1983 #scifi adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' novel, "It Can't Happen Here", with my elder son....
rozzin's status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2019 02:00:19 EDT
Gave up on IRC for the night; started watching a nice 1983 #scifi adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' novel, "It Can't Happen Here", with my elder son....
bobjonkmanformer: Or I infect myself with a bio-virus to alter my DNA with a malDNA sequence that crashes DNA sequencers so I can go on a crime spree without getting caught. #Muhahaha! More !scifi, courtesy of https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack
bobjonkmanformer's status on Thursday, 10-Aug-2017 22:17:30 EDT
Or I infect myself with a bio-virus to alter my DNA with a malDNA sequence that crashes DNA sequencers so I can go on a crime spree without getting caught. #Muhahaha! More !scifi, courtesy of https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack
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bobjonkmanformer: Oh wow! Now GMO companies can splice DRM in the DNA. https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack !scifi, for now...
bobjonkmanformer's status on Thursday, 10-Aug-2017 22:12:18 EDT
Oh wow! Now GMO companies can splice DRM in the DNA. https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack !scifi, for now...
bobjonkmanformer: m♻ @strypey: 'One-Minute Time Machine' is a cute, funny !SciFi short film (5:40) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBkBS4O3yvY
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2017 22:02:14 EDT
m♻ @strypey: 'One-Minute Time Machine' is a cute, funny !SciFi short film (5:40) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBkBS4O3yvY
bobjonkmanformer: #Psychograhic sounds like a word Hari Seldon might use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory_(fictional) !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer's status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2017 14:25:04 EDT
#Psychograhic sounds like a word Hari Seldon might use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory_(fictional) !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer: ♻ indojin: If you're into sci-fi audio drama, then check out 'Wolf 359' and 'The Strange Case of Starship Iris'. The former will end this season while the latter is only 6 episodes into its epic voyage. ¶ !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer's status on Saturday, 22-Apr-2017 22:16:23 EDT
♻ indojin: If you're into sci-fi audio drama, then check out 'Wolf 359' and 'The Strange Case of Starship Iris'. The former will end this season while the latter is only 6 episodes into its epic voyage. ¶ !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer: All my computers are named after !SciFi authors. Started with Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, DelRey, Ellison; had a series of Simak, Sturgeon, Spinrad, and now I'm up to Zelazny. Grasped at straws for Jeppson and Leonard (Elmore? Nimoy?)
bobjonkmanformer's status on Saturday, 28-Jan-2017 03:59:04 EST
All my computers are named after !SciFi authors. Started with Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, DelRey, Ellison; had a series of Simak, Sturgeon, Spinrad, and now I'm up to Zelazny. Grasped at straws for Jeppson and Leonard (Elmore? Nimoy?)
bobjonkmanformer: I read 'A Logic Named Joe' in Analog !SciFi magazine in the early 1980's. But think I can find it again in my stack of magazines? Thanx for the link!
bobjonkmanformer's status on Saturday, 07-Jan-2017 19:08:57 EST
I read 'A Logic Named Joe' in Analog !SciFi magazine in the early 1980's. But think I can find it again in my stack of magazines? Thanx for the link!
bobjonkmanformer: @davexunit@quitter.se I'm right in the middle of 'Contact' the book, and I've been saving 'Contact' the DVD until I finish the book. Excellent reading so far; I'm about halfway through. !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 20-Nov-2016 22:49:27 EST
@davexunit@quitter.se I'm right in the middle of 'Contact' the book, and I've been saving 'Contact' the DVD until I finish the book. Excellent reading so far; I'm about halfway through. !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer: ♻ @themightyglider I just finished reading 'Forever War' by Joe Haldeman. Now I know why people call it a classic of SF literature. There are some interesting thoughts about war and human nature inside this book. I really can recommend everyone who like SF at least a bit to read it. ¶ !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2016 01:14:41 EST
♻ @themightyglider I just finished reading 'Forever War' by Joe Haldeman. Now I know why people call it a classic of SF literature. There are some interesting thoughts about war and human nature inside this book. I really can recommend everyone who like SF at least a bit to read it. ¶ !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer: H.G. Wells was right: We're turning into a society of Morlocks and Elois !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 09-Nov-2016 03:14:53 EST
H.G. Wells was right: We're turning into a society of Morlocks and Elois !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer: I read Isaac Asimov's short story "Nightfall" many, many years ago. Didn't read the novelization by Robert Silverberg, but I did read the Silverberg novelization of "The Ugly Little Boy", which was very well done. Somewhere I have a non-fiction book by Silverberg on ancient civilizations that I'm half-way through. That was good too; I'll have to shovel through some other debris to http://sn.jonkman.ca/notice/1125063
bobjonkmanformer's status on Friday, 04-Nov-2016 03:13:47 EDT
I read Isaac Asimov's short story "Nightfall" many, many years ago. Didn't read the novelization by Robert Silverberg, but I did read the Silverberg novelization of "The Ugly Little Boy", which was very well done. Somewhere I have a non-fiction book by Silverberg on ancient civilizations that I'm half-way through. That was good too; I'll have to shovel through some other debris to…
bobjonkmanformer: I'm amazed at the similarity of LES-1 to Star Trek's Nomad. Of course, they were both from around 1966... !SciFi http://sn.jonkman.ca/attachment/39319
bobjonkmanformer's status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2016 00:11:07 EDT
I'm amazed at the similarity of LES-1 to Star Trek's Nomad. Of course, they were both from around 1966... !SciFi http://sn.jonkman.ca/attachment/39319
bobjonkmanformer: Reminds me of Sturgeon's Law: "90% of !SciFi is crap, but then 90% of everything is crap." So let me formulate @KZimmermann's law: "Disabling #Javascript blocks 98% of advertising, but then disabling Javascript blocks 98% of everything." #Javascrippled
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 28-Sep-2016 14:03:50 EDT
Reminds me of Sturgeon's Law: "90% of !SciFi is crap, but then 90% of everything is crap." So let me formulate @KZimmermann's law: "Disabling #Javascript blocks 98% of advertising, but then disabling Javascript blocks 98% of everything." #Javascrippled
bobjonkmanformer: @karl Adding thread to !SciFi group...
bobjonkmanformer's status on Thursday, 22-Sep-2016 02:03:05 EDT
@karl Adding thread to !SciFi group...
bobjonkmanformer: ♻ @openculture Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy: Hear the 1973 Radio Dramatization http://status.hackerposse.com/url/11914 ¶ via @psema4 on #Twitter !scifi
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 11-Sep-2016 02:26:03 EDT
♻ @openculture Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy: Hear the 1973 Radio Dramatization http://www.openculture.com/2015/08/isaac-asimovs-foundation-trilogy-hear-the-1973-radio-dramatization.html ¶ via @psema4 on #Twitter !scifi
chimo: RT @bobjonkman Now that the sn.jonkman.ca instance is back, the following !Fedgroups hosted here should be back too: !crypto !database !electoralreform !fdroid !food !fs !gnewsense !gnupg !googlefree !grap !hug !kwlug !lazyweb !mint !opendata !openhardware !osm !owncloud !replicant !scifi !security !sriracha !wasabi !sfd !ubuntu !ubuntuca !selfhost !sysadmin !weather !trisquel Welcome back, everybody!
chimo's status on Saturday, 16-Jul-2016 11:12:15 EDT
RT @bobjonkman Now that the sn.jonkman.ca instance is back, the following !Fedgroups hosted here should be back too: !crypto !database !electoralreform !fdroid !food !fs !gnewsense !gnupg !googlefree !grap !hug !kwlug !lazyweb !mint !opendata !openhardware !osm !owncloud !replicant !scifi !security !sriracha !wasabi !sfd !ubuntu !ubuntuca !selfhost !sysadmin !weather !trisquel Welcome back, everybody!
bobjonkmanformer: Now that the sn.jonkman.ca instance is back, the following !Fedgroups hosted here should be back too: !crypto !database !electoralreform !fdroid !food !fs !gnewsense !gnupg !googlefree !grap !hug !kwlug !lazyweb !mint !opendata !openhardware !osm !owncloud !replicant !scifi !security !sriracha !wasabi !sfd !ubuntu !ubuntuca !selfhost !sysadmin !weather !trisquel Welcome back, everybody!
bobjonkmanformer's status on Thursday, 14-Jul-2016 03:13:47 EDT
Now that the sn.jonkman.ca instance is back, the following !Fedgroups hosted here should be back too: !crypto !database !electoralreform !fdroid !food !fs !gnewsense !gnupg !googlefree !grap !hug !kwlug !lazyweb !mint !opendata !openhardware !osm !owncloud !replicant !scifi !security !sriracha !wasabi !sfd !ubuntu !ubuntuca !selfhost !sysadmin !weather !trisquel Welcome back, everybody!
bobjonkmanformer: ♻ @PeterAPeel: On the 33rd anniversary of WRATH OF KHAN--9/24/81 Hollywood Reporter ad paid for by the Concerned Supporters of Star Trek. https://twitter.com/PeterAPeel/status/606582251007057920/photo/1 ¶ !SciFi via @Flying_Squirrel on Twitter
bobjonkmanformer's status on Friday, 05-Jun-2015 07:17:43 EDT
♻ @PeterAPeel: On the 33rd anniversary of WRATH OF KHAN--9/24/81 Hollywood Reporter ad paid for by the Concerned Supporters of Star Trek. https://twitter.com/PeterAPeel/status/606582251007057920/photo/1 ¶ !SciFi via @Flying_Squirrel on Twitter
bobjonkmanformer: Grace Lee Whitney, who played Yeoman Janice Rand on Star Trek, dies at 85 http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/grace-lee-whitney-yeoman-rand-original-star-trek-dies-n353001 !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer's status on Monday, 04-May-2015 01:35:31 EDT
Grace Lee Whitney, who played Yeoman Janice Rand on Star Trek, dies at 85 http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/grace-lee-whitney-yeoman-rand-original-star-trek-dies-n353001 !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer: Our friend @Flying_Squirrel weighs in on !SciFi's #PuppyGate, and links to @GRRMspeaking http://flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2015/04/14/hugo
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 15-Apr-2015 21:41:34 EDT
Our friend @Flying_Squirrel weighs in on !SciFi's #PuppyGate, and links to @GRRMspeaking http://flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2015/04/14/hugo
bobjonkmanformer: ♻ CBC News Alerts @CBCAlerts: Legendary actor Leonard Nimoy dead at 83. Made famous by iconic role as 'Mr. Spock' on #StarTrek. » !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer's status on Friday, 27-Feb-2015 12:25:40 EST
♻ CBC News Alerts @CBCAlerts: Legendary actor Leonard Nimoy dead at 83. Made famous by iconic role as 'Mr. Spock' on #StarTrek. » !SciFi
bobjonkmanformer: The logo for the !SciFi group came from a picture "1956 Exploration of Mars" by Chesley Bonestell, uploaded by James Vaughan on Flickr. It's licensed there as CC-BY-NC-SA, but I suspect that !copyright still applies until 50 years after the artist's death in 1986. If so, does anyone have a CC-BY logo for the group? http://sn.jonkman.ca/attachment/23033
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2015 13:26:17 EST
The logo for the !SciFi group came from a picture "1956 Exploration of Mars" by Chesley Bonestell, uploaded by James Vaughan on Flickr. It's licensed there as CC-BY-NC-SA, but I suspect that !copyright still applies until 50 years after the artist's death in 1986. If so, does anyone have a CC-BY logo for the group? http://sn.jonkman.ca/attachment/23033
bobjonkmanformer: OK, !SciFi it is. Hey !Fedgroups, here's another one for you!
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 01-Feb-2015 13:10:23 EST
OK, !SciFi it is. Hey !Fedgroups, here's another one for you!
bobjonkmanformer: There's a television network called #SyFy http://www.syfy.com/ but I was hoping for a non-commercial group devoted to the literary genre of #ScientificFiction #SciFi #SF (which is likely to be confused with San Francisco)
bobjonkmanformer's status on Saturday, 31-Jan-2015 21:23:33 EST
There's a television network called #SyFy http://www.syfy.com/ but I was hoping for a non-commercial group devoted to the literary genre of #ScientificFiction #SciFi #SF (which is likely to be confused with San Francisco)
bobbyc: @rozzin my biggest problem with #District9 was that the advertising was deceitful. Advertised as #scifi /#action but clearly not
bobbyc's status on Monday, 28-Apr-2014 20:48:20 EDT
@rozzin my biggest problem with #District9 was that the advertising was deceitful. Advertised as #scifi /#action but clearly not
rozzin: "Respecting Science" http://ur1.ca/fw19k #integrity #science #scifi #writing
rozzin's status on Monday, 14-Oct-2013 12:40:36 EDT
Respecting Science integrity science scifi writing
rozzin: #Sci-Fi #tech from our actual past: the #original RAM sounds like `photonic' #Star-Trek tech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_tube
rozzin's status on Saturday, 14-Sep-2013 17:51:28 EDT
#Sci-Fi #tech from our actual past: the #original RAM sounds like `photonic' #Star-Trek tech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_tube
linuxfoundation: Behind-the-scenes of a new 3D animated #scifi series Lunatics! produced w/ free #Linux software. http://bit.ly/ZxJEMN
linuxfoundation's status on Friday, 08-Mar-2013 16:07:26 EST
Behind-the-scenes of a new 3D animated #scifi series Lunatics! produced w/ free #Linux software. http://bit.ly/ZxJEMN
lupyxe: Happy new year 2013 :D !identiverse !tzag !coffee !golang !plan9 !bsd !sysadmin !sdf !freak !cc !writers !publicdomain !scifi !sff
lupyxe's status on Monday, 31-Dec-2012 13:45:40 EST
Happy new year 2013 :D !identiverse !tzag !coffee !golang !plan9 !bsd !sysadmin !sdf !freak !cc !writers !publicdomain !scifi !sff
digitante: Lunatics Kickstarter is now at 65% with 4 hours to go! http://kck.st/RTCwZs !freeculture #scifi #freesoftware #space #fb
digitante's status on Friday, 07-Sep-2012 20:25:22 EDT
Lunatics Kickstarter is now at 65% with 4 hours to go! http://kck.st/RTCwZs !freeculture #scifi #freesoftware #space #fb
digitante: Counting down - 9 hours left on Lunatics #Kickstarter, 60%, with $1700 left to raise... #scifi #animation #space #moon
digitante's status on Friday, 07-Sep-2012 15:37:23 EDT
Counting down - 9 hours left on Lunatics #Kickstarter, 60%, with $1700 left to raise... #scifi #animation #space #moon
digitante: http://Lunatics.TV project at 43% on Kickstarter with just over a day to go - http://kck.st/RTCwZs #scifi #audacity #audio #animatic
digitante's status on Thursday, 06-Sep-2012 06:43:29 EDT
http://Lunatics.TV project at 43% on Kickstarter with just over a day to go - http://kck.st/RTCwZs #scifi #audacity #audio #animatic
digitante: http://kck.st/RTCwZs - http://Lunatics.TV is 1/3 of the way to paying for voice production w/ 62 hrs to go (!) #freeculture #scifi #fb
digitante's status on Wednesday, 05-Sep-2012 10:02:44 EDT
http://kck.st/RTCwZs - http://Lunatics.TV is 1/3 of the way to paying for voice production w/ 62 hrs to go (!) #freeculture #scifi #fb
digitante: More music from the #Lunatics soundtrack - http://youtu.be/cr9fItkfOmA #animated #scifi #webseries #lunar #spacesettlement #fb
digitante's status on Saturday, 04-Aug-2012 18:37:31 EDT
More music from the #Lunatics soundtrack - http://youtu.be/cr9fItkfOmA #animated #scifi #webseries #lunar #spacesettlement #fb