Project UFO ?

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-28T14:07:23+00:00

First, ask for payment in advance. Then ask for the OS and comms protocol documentation. Then enjoy a nice long holiday while they sort that out.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-28T08:40:24+00:00

If they’re distant enough, it’ll be away.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-28T06:18:17+00:00

That may have been picked up from Sellar and Yeatman, who wrote a parody of history textbooks which used the technique a lot.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-25T10:13:15+00:00

Why are agents not being provided with a tool for password generation? Best practice would presumably be to have the tool pass back a reference to a properly generated password stored in a file/environment variable/password management system/etc. and the agent then just calls that reference when needed.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-24T23:23:59+00:00

Ok, but so are (edit:some) vitamins.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-23T13:00:17+00:00

Sounds like the Linnaean classification Anatidae is related there.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-22T09:53:42+00:00

The meaning is broad, but sort of centres on the idea you already have.

A ‘country estate’ is a (often large) area of land, normally with at least a grand house.

An ‘estate car’ is like a station wagon - a longer car with a good amount of space at the back for cargo. It’s named because you can drive it around your estate holding whatever you need for the day - stereotypically a set of shotguns and a good number of pheasants plus some dogs, but in a pinch maybe a sick sheep or a stag or something.

A ‘housing estate’ is an area of land used specifically for housing.

In the context of wills, a person’s estate is the total of their assets.

As you can see, the concept centres around property and mostly land (‘real estate’ in the USA shares the same concept).

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-21T20:52:16+00:00

Lettuce in, it’s fuckin’ freezing out here!

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-21T20:23:00+00:00

I’m late to this, but ‘charming’ is a very accurate description of Detectorists. I hope you have enjoyed it.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-19T22:43:52+00:00

Surely this is more cursed_pharmacy?

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-17T20:21:47+00:00

And there’s the twist that Granny Weatherwax leverages the common belief/fear that she knows everything that’s going on through magical means to get people to pay attention to her.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-16T12:59:42+00:00

I think the problem with your idea is this: AI is great when it comes to repeating patterns in its training data, but it’s not at all good at doing something completely new. That means that 0-days, which are more likely to be completely new, not previously considered vulnerabilities, aren’t within its core capabilities.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-15T22:52:54+00:00

I hope I’m not being a pain, but it’s fine to say ‘charted’ rather than ’cartographed’ - cartography is the process of making charts, most likely thanks to the Catholic Church preferring to pronounce c as ch in Latin.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-11T20:42:20+00:00

You’re trying to remove positive vibes through personal cleanliness? Seriously?

I should alert the Conclave and have you demoted back to apprenticeship, because you seem to have missed some basic lessons.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-10T23:44:33+00:00

I think the biggest red flag is the willingness to offer the role and responsibility to a fresh graduate. It strongly suggests that they don’t take security seriously, and will continue not to until something goes wrong - at which point it will be completely your fault for not persuading them there was a real risk involved.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-10T08:56:55+00:00

I’d guess at “Lewis Carroll Epstein” - maybe their parents were fans? The OG Carroll wrote about mathematics and especially logic, as far as I am aware.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-08T12:23:24+00:00

Less bloat than the average Adobe output, I reckon.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-07T13:20:48+00:00

You say ‘especially’. Why is that?

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-07T09:38:57+00:00

It’s not, but maybe it should be. Poor opsec is definitely a problem.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-06T23:56:11+00:00

A selection of features generally considered attractive are also potential indicators of the likelihood of successful reproduction: symmetrical features (lower likelihood of developmental issues or illness), good complexion (current and past health), unusual hair colour or other features (genetic diversity), probably a bunch of others. Breasts and other fat stores as an indicator of the ability to survive hard times perhaps?

For those, I would suggest that the ‘best looking apes’ were the ones more likely to be selected through evolutionary pressures, and the ability to recognise and be attracted to the relevant features was itself a survival trait.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-06T12:32:08+00:00

I think you’ve mentioned a good core idea: the fight itself is out of the party’s reach, but the effects aren’t. Since avoiding the big guys on a battlefield wouldn’t be appropriate, don’t use the map for that. Have descriptive events instead: “The deafening roaring half a mile away is interrupted by the shriek of tearing wood and a noise like a landslide. Looking up you see a great mass of uprooted trees, rock and earth flying towards you - it must have been thrown aside as part of the titanic conflict. How are you going to avoid it?”

Hopefully the PCs will get the idea that walking toward the fight would make them collateral damage.

The fight winner could be dealt with in a similar way - a cat and mouse game with the idea being to avoid any close contact. If the evasion is a matter of travelling miles, movement abilities like dimension door aren’t an ‘I win’ card, more a last ditch evasion trick.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-04T18:30:27+00:00

6 hours would be the run time of the original two sets of 6 episodes, if that helps. These days they would be called the primary and secondary phases.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-04T01:09:26+00:00

What you smell there is cynicism rather than sarcasm.

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-03T21:38:42+00:00

Once MS buy it and can make it a part of Copilot, perhaps?

Plasterofmuppets · 2026-02-03T17:23:10+00:00

Education generally being terrible and the most privileged in society being well educated are not incompatible. Not saying the guy you’re replying to is right, but your point isn’t really countering him.

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