frymaster (Phil)

@frymaster.127001.org

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SF/F books, and PC gaming. He/Him

Screenshot of a Wikipedia search result showing that Paul Allor is credited on 20 different Wikipedia articles for various comics
Mug bearing the text "Official Member - Fungi Fanclub" above some cool illustrations of mushrooms. Below the picture, in smaller text, it reads "Certified Mycelial Experts Since 1996"
Screenshot of a bash script
I was well aware that large language models such as those that power ChatGPT can produce seemingly confident but sometimes incorrect statements, so I never equated its reliability with factual accuracy, but instead relied on the continuity and apparent stability of the workspace.
Two-fifths of Britons said last year that they had not read a single book in the previous 12 months, according to YouGov. And, as has been noted many times before on both sides of the Atlantic, it is men who are reading the least — just 53 per cent had read any book over the previous year, compared with 66 per cent of women — both in overall numbers and specifically when it comes to fiction.
Screenshot of the text "5. The niece is winning" from Olivia Atwater's book "Small Miracles", which means nothing out of context but did make me genuinely laugh out loud in the street a moment ago
Picture of a discord voice channel. Two names are visible - "sparkling shit happens" and "CathalogusOfTheDelendaEstables", which are both from Vajra Chandrasekera's story "The Limner Wrings His Hands", which can be read at https://stateofmatter.in/blog/the-limner-wrings-his-hands/
Questionable Content #5506 with fake antivirus message at the bottom right
Screenshot of someone's discord display name: "this is fry, simplified", referencing Caroline M. Yoachim's short story "We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read"
Gif of Galaxian, released in 1979
Screenshot of a tweet from March the 12th, 2015. Tweet reads: Modified our apache server to have a custom header called "X-Clacks-Overhead" with a value of "GNU Terry Pratchett" and links to an image (which will be linked in a reply to this post)
A cat nuzzling my legs while being petted
Woman in jellyfish hat accepting a Hugo award, shortly before decrying far-right racism, finishing by saying "Neil Gaiman can fuck off into the sun"
Screenshot of a discord message that reads: From the cab driver: "Aye, we like the nerds. We want the nerds to be happy."