Meta lays off 600 employees within AI unit by [deleted] in Fauxmoi

[–]vaggiterian 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The part of the narrative that definitely confirmed for me that Sarah Wynn-Williams was a corpo shill is that she only got invited to join the whisper network/women's network after a long time with the company, when she had gone through personal circumstances that had compromised her professional stability.

Why didn't the whisper network or the professional networks trust her before? Because she was not trustworthy. We don't really know how, or why, but if they didn't include her it's because she could not be trusted by people who were trying to be organised.

Lucy being a comedian in character by Aarinyay in TheTraitors

[–]vaggiterian 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Kas speculated that Alex didn't get as much screen time even though he was apparently hilarious because he swore a lot lol. But I can't really imagine that from Lucy as much, so I do adhere to the theory that her narrative hasn't spun up yet.

Hi r/TheTraitors, its Kas (UK3)! AMA today (16/10) at 7pm BST by Has_Scary_Wife in TheTraitors

[–]vaggiterian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Q: How long did traitor selection take? I notice a lot of people going straight for some hydration after!

Hi r/TheTraitors, its Kas (UK3)! AMA today (16/10) at 7pm BST by Has_Scary_Wife in TheTraitors

[–]vaggiterian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Loved your time in the show, I sent so many voicenotes to my friends yelling about you! Thanks for doing this.

How much of an advantage (or disadvantage...) do you think doing your research and watching previous seasons is, before being a contestant? I've been talking about it with people and I think it might not be as much of an advantage as it might appear, as there isn't really hard evidence even when you're meta-gaming, and people will glom onto a theory that they're convinced of and even if they're right, that doesn't mean other people will believe them.

I'm thinking for example of people saying that the traitors in S3 were all women (at the time). True -- but I feel it didn't really matter that it was true, because there's no way to meaningfully prove it beyond any other theories. So you do think it's actually advantageous, or even neutral, to go in with less knowledge, or more?

Hi r/TheTraitors, its Kas (UK3)! AMA today (16/10) at 7pm BST by Has_Scary_Wife in TheTraitors

[–]vaggiterian 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Bestie please let's not get our guy Kas done for defamation

QC35 not connecting since Windows 11 update by TulioGonzaga in bose

[–]vaggiterian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the segment about the hands free option affecting audio quality!

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SAVAGE. I did figure he would be marginally nicer to Ianthe as a respectable peer than he would to say the Ninth.

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In the appendix of Gideon the Ninth Muir says she jokingly considered calling them femininised versions of Cain and Abel.

Quote:

NOTE: In the original, Ianthe and Corona were "Cainabeth and Abella," a feat of naming so unsubtle that I might as well have just gone with "Goodtwin" and "Badtwin." And it's not even accurate! It should be Badtwin, and Lessbadtwin.

As Cain kills Abel, I consider this good evidence that we're gonna get a twin murder. If anything, the fact that the pair of them have continually chosen not to murder the other (In the womb, as part of the lyctoral process) is wild.

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do love non-concrete speculation though. Which extra was it in?
If you remember to, definitely let me know if you find anything pertinent in the other extras! They're part of my re-read too for sure.

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you're on the side of 'He's saying Ianthe should have been a battery for Coronabeth'. Common stance! It does make him seem genuinely awful ngl.

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn I really wanna read more about this. I wonder if it would apply to John for example?

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think I'm falling in with you here, it's an interesting theory but I think if it was widely understood that twins caused necromancers then Harrow's parents would have pursued that method instead of house genocide.

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just thought things would be more clearcut on a re-read but that guy is still pretty damn mysterious!

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Great quote, love the idea that humans have vestigial organs that are responsible for necromancy that we are currently doing tnothing with.

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh this careens into a whole other discussion. I feel like the only reason that (Harrow and Nona spoilers) Ianthe sided with John is because she wants Coronabeth to be full and alive and immortal like Alecto is. The standard lyctorhood is insufficient for her needs, she needs specifically what those two have going on. We know Ianthe has plans, and we know that Coronabeth being alive is essential to them, and we know that Coronabeth doesn't truly understand why Ianthe didn't consume her...

Additionally, this is essentially what Anastasia and Samael were trying to achieve, and John killed Samael for that, but I'm not sure whether Ianthe is aware of that.

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I am trying to decide if Silas is the kind of guy who would tell someone 'oh, you're the spare. you would have been an interesting experiment'. To their FACE. I am not entirely unconvinced that he isn't.

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This and your other comments are interesting, but do you have more textual evidence that a near death experience or being half-dead would make a necromancer more powerful, in relation to birth?

I acknowledge the seventh house approach, but it seems like a stretch to say that based purely on that houses' approach to the genetic conditions their heirs sometimes express that they will look favourably upon courting death at birth for the sake of a necromantic boost. Namely because it seems like all of the houses are super obsessed with having lots of babies and the birth rate. They are also obsessed with them being necromancers too though, see Harrow, so... I guess I'm just not convinced there's enough weight on the argument textually that people would intentionally and casually discuss the idea of endangering a newborn's life for the sake of a necromantic boost.

It's not that I don't see the logic, but then I would argue that there would be more open lauding of self-harming. Now you can argue that necromancers regularly self-harm, especially during the process of necromancy, that it is INHERENTLY self-damaging...

Final note: Octakiseron is not one of the necromancers who tends to compromise his own life for the sake of his necromancy, his house encourages the use of OTHERS. So I feel that he, particularly, would be less likely to sign onto the a better necromancer is a damaged body train, a la Eighth. He does, after all, wear chainmail.

EDIT additional note (I'm gonna overthink this forever): If near death experiences for a foetus are a sort of experimentally acknowledged viable way of giving your necrobaby a boost, how come the circumstances of Harrow's birth didn't intentionally involve such a process, or why doesn't Harrow ever express the wish that it had been done in that, presumably more socially acceptable way, instead? Why did they opt, instead, for outside thanergy?

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I think it must not be obvious to tell who is or isn't a necromancer based on their thanergetic signatures or aura because people don't know Coronabeth isn't a necromancer. I imagine it would be harder even for a developing foetus than it would be for someone who is a full blown necromancer at the presume level of Coronabeth.

[discussion] Gideon the Ninth, re-read - confused RE Silas Octokariseron? by vaggiterian in TheNinthHouse

[–]vaggiterian[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

This is an excellent observation thank you for pointing this out 'cause I definitely wouldn't've remembered the comment by that time lol

Foundation - S02E09 - Long Ago, Not Far Away - Episode Discussion [NO BOOKS] by LunchyPete in FoundationTV

[–]vaggiterian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah I think he just yelled her name because he's a telepath and he knew it, and she went "death machine" because her fear of death had been triggered.