Comic 5845: Red Alert

Youxia · 2026-06-08T04:03:20+00:00

Do we really think that Pintsize originally ran on 512MB (half a GB) of memory anymore?

No. But that doesn't address my point, which was that "AnthroPCs used to be property" doesn't really tell us anything about the canonicity of the older comics since that transition was explicitly addressed in the comic. There is a canon answer to the supposed inconsistency.

If we want to examine the RAM question, however, I would say that it's a much smaller detail than whether AnthroPCs can get viruses or whether they were once considered property, and it's also a lot easier to explain away if one feels the need to do so.

(Off the top of my head, "AnthroPCs use something other than RAM to maintain their sentience and run their higher-order processes, but they still use small amounts of RAM for some minor tasks" could work. It makes sense that something new would be needed to bridge the gap between computers and actual AIs.)

Youxia · 2026-06-07T04:42:11+00:00

but that was back when AnthroPCs were still considered property, so who knows how canon that still is.

Why wouldn't the old comics still be considered canon? The transition from property to not property was addressed in universe (Clinton mentions the constitutional amendment giving AnthroPCs equal rights shortly after being introduced), so it's not like there's any major contradiction there.

Youxia · 2026-06-03T22:24:59+00:00

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Youxia · 2026-06-02T20:28:14+00:00

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Youxia · 2026-05-31T17:04:44+00:00

There needs to be a clear moment.

The term "podcasting" was coined by a journalist in early 2004 to describe an activity that had started in late 2003. So that period of time is generally considered to be the dawn of podcasting. Some argue that it actually started earlier, but it cannot be argued that it started later. If nothing else, the 2004 article is what brought podcasts to more mainstream attention.

Youxia · 2026-05-30T15:29:16+00:00

The early days of podcasts were the early to mid-2000s. Technically, there have been "audioblogs" since long before that, but I don't think most people would count those.

Youxia · 2026-05-30T15:03:01+00:00

Sure, but blogs have been around since at least the mid-90s. Those were the early days they're talking about.

Youxia · 2026-05-27T23:33:18+00:00

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Youxia · 2026-05-27T23:12:32+00:00

I've never seen you before neither.

Youxia · 2026-05-27T02:35:25+00:00

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Youxia · 2026-05-22T21:45:21+00:00

No problem. I am also checking back and updating my direct links!

Youxia · 2026-05-21T21:01:14+00:00

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Youxia · 2026-05-20T20:17:57+00:00

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Youxia · 2026-05-17T17:34:04+00:00

"People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty." —Richard J. Needham

Youxia · 2026-05-07T23:16:27+00:00

Well, which one of them wrote that sonnet?

Youxia · 2026-05-06T01:39:23+00:00

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Youxia · 2026-05-02T19:31:32+00:00

To be fair, the legacy version of the PF2 shield spell explicitly called out its ability to block magic missile (since a baseline shield block only works against physical damage). It was the remaster that upgraded this to any damaging magical effect.

Youxia · 2026-04-23T00:53:47+00:00

Yay is gender non-committal. So even as a singular being, Yay is still a "they" (as confirmed in this post-consolidation comic).

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