#40 years and a week or two

[just-a-twinge-of-cosmic-angst]

The Caves of Androzani

Happy 40th Birthday to this brilliant story

[br1ghtestlight]

imagine jimmy jr and tina having a playdate w/ their parents when they're like six months old bcuz the parents always see each other around and bob and linda don't really know anybody in the neighborhood yet..... imagine them crawling towards each other IMMEDIATELY and laughing and linda joking that they have crushes on each other and that they're gonna love each other for the rest of their lives. there's so many possibilities to imagine w/ them!!!!!

[random2908]

Frustrating when a VC-funded company gets credit for being the "first" and the "leader," when they had a sub-component demo the same week we had a full-system demo. Like, we are easily 5-10 years ahead of them, it's ridiculous; their approach isn't even yet proven to work. But they get science youtubers talking about them.

Because they're VC-funded, they have a marketing/press department.

And because we're an employee-owned company working off of government contracts, well, most government contracts get slapped with an ITAR label (an old Cold-War-era law saying basically sharing scientific information counts as illegally selling arms/munitions). So if you want to publicize your work, including your company's products, you have to appeal that label. (Universities have specifically negotiated a blanket exemption, so if you spend your whole life in academic science you might never even know about this.)

(My previous employer filed those appeals several times a year in order to do press releases and publish journal articles and apply for patents. I think every single information-release appeal they filed went through, because there's no reason any of this stuff should be labeled as arms--it's literally the same stuff universities are doing. My current employer is afraid to, which I think is wrong-headed; at worst they'll just say no, and anyway, our non-restricted competitors are giving fucking lab tours to youtubers.)

[girlwiththegreenhat]

Hi, anon that asked about where to watch the show here. I managed to find it.

INCREDIBLY correct meme. i'm glad you were able to find it somewhere!! please enjoy the cheesy crimefighting car show :3

[floral-hex]

bad news. ya boy’s got wicked low testosterone. I’m outta boy juice!

[sweetlikesunflowersandhoney]

the usamerican school system is insane what do you MEAN once a month the parents go see the teacher to hear their child reduced to a list of numbers charts and color coding that doesn't mean shit

[glimpsesofeuterpe]

note to future-ish self: do not drink booze without eating something as well

[depresseddepot]

I have dreams all the time where I'm sad when I wake up but last night I dreamt that I told a joke so funny that random strangers were just straight up sending me money. my best friend's mom sent me $1000 with the caption "haha!"

[aeolianblues]

can’t actually up the queer input for my radio show, like I am already playing like mostly queer artists on air! What am I supposed to do for pride month now

[emometalhead]

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[kohakhearts]

cons of going to a “good schoolTM”: insane workload, unbearable classmates, next to no support when you have any kind of extenuating circumstances Including literal hospitalization, etc

pros of going to a “good schoolTM”: the 9-5 lifestyle is genuinely a major improvement

[thedevotionaltour]

*remembers how the comic industry operates* i dont feel so good

[waugh-bao]

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[virgincognito]

makes me so mad that job be excepting you to stick around and be a ride or die but then only give you one shift a week

[novelconcepts]

The way I just politely wait for Paper Girls to finish streaming in my office so I can start it all over again. Super normal. Very lacking in deranged hope.

[crayonurchin]

I got the job :)