#cyber ghost

[hassledvania]

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase is Unfortunately Mid!

Looking at the last Scooby Doo film for now! An interesting take but an unfortunate step back!

[gothtransandroid]

Necropunk: Graveslating and Necromantic Technology

In a world where the afterlife is cut off from mortality and souls are only made from birth but never vanish on their own, the souls of the passed on and slain must go somewhere, or in the eyes of the new mortal society, they must serve a purpose. The dead and dying can now possess a slate placed upon their corpse and in turn these slates can be modified to operate similarly to how modern machines do, depending on how the slates are inscribed with runes and how powerful the materials the slate is made with.

Souls have a set level of strength behind them, each one different based on factors not all clear to even those on the forefront of the Graveslate tech. Both power source and rudimentary intelligent device, the soul can operate in similar ways to the modern cellphone of our world at its weakest. The trade off for having a soul enter said device is a simpler life than that of a roaming spirit, protection provided by the slate owner to maintain your pseudo-afterlife and a mostly mindless state of mind as the devices can surpress higher function in the souls. Not ideal for the people in question but the alternative tends to be roaming the wastes as an unbound wraith or worse, a necromancer binds you against your will and abuses you in much less humane rituals.

Added benefits for those binding the slates and the bound is that the more powerful the soul, the more utility and protection provided on each side. Some souls are strong enough to manage financal systems, private business accounts and even manage private security systems, and are provided for in the cleanest and most soothing of environments between uses. The most powerful of all manage the shielding for the entirety of mortal cities, creating super barriers that keep out roaming spirits and even the forces of the Vampire Nomads and the Archlich respectively.

Of course with all new technology there are exploits, and Graveslates are no exception. The most dangerous but effective exploit is soul-tapping, in which a living person bonds their soul to an altered Graveslate and then links it to the other slates to motivate or coerce the souls to give them a result. In controlled environments these exchanges can help mend or correct errors in systems to ensure they... operate as required, but in more drastic and criminal situations one could breach a system, gain information and use it to their advantage. The flavor in which all forms of abusing a system is abuse of people is not a new metaphor, but to layer it on gives more room to set laws and rights for those who might be abused, and in turn challenge if those rights are enough to even matter.

[cyberghost-vpn-review]

[nineties-effect]

[cyberstrife]

Compilation of Copia noises throughout the Chapter videos, enjoy

[nestedneons]

By kenva

[kouichikimura]

Digivice update!

The adventure 25th is the only one that was way too expensive here.

[casside-sionnach]

[cyberpunk-is-sexy]

[hassledvania]

We're doing a retrospective looking at the core four Scooby-Doo films that saved the franchise! Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost, Alien Invaders, and Cyber Chase

Do they hold up? What nightmares did the production staff have to put up with? What's wrong with Shaggy? Let's all take a look!

[gothtransandroid]

Vic Owed me a Device

I didn't need anything complicated, just a service device around the house.

None of that perverted decoration either, but just a simple humanoid unit with decent balance and enough lifting strength to move furniture and clean underneath.

She was behind on her direct contributions to the co-op and not seeking employment to cover it. 

Instead she was doing thesis work for school over the last three years, and every time I challenged her scrawny ass on it she just referred me to her family, who while wealthy and well known on this side of town, have told me several times now they were not going to fund a line of credit for her into a fourth year post-graduate study if she didn't contribute to society as well.

Who goes to university this long?

Kid could be making millions daily on this stuff if she went out and got a job with it but she just stays in there, working over junk machine parts and talking on the phone with her doctoral buddies until the sun rises.

When I relay to her what his folks told me, the kid freezes and offers a service device to buy her some goodwill and time before Planté becomes involved.

I tell Planté what I telling you now anyways, as its my job, and Planté says it won't be a problem.

“Theory in action” were the exact words.

As long as Planté was considering me part of the co-op here then I wouldnt plan on complaining.

Then came the noises.

The other members paid for the sound proofing.

All of them.

Vic, the little penny pinching silver spooned runt skipped it.

As such, every once in a while I would hear a yelp or a moan from the room.

Young kid, probably finally let loose a bit and got on a porn site or two, I thought, which is why I made it clear I didn't want anything sexual with the bot.

Don't need some repressed introvert letting out their “interests” in what would be my property.

Then the screams. Not screams like sex. And not full screams.

My brain didn't put it together until a few days in, like a sick jigsaw puzzle for my ears.

The screams were getting cut off, like skipping songs on a streaming app.

I give her space because I know the kid is stressed, and I kept telling myself it's just her stifling herself because of the school work and the finance issues.

Last week, early morning, comes a cacophony of male and female sounds, all auto-tuned and filtered through what could only be described as a portion of hell placed in front of a boom mic, and I run upstairs and knock her door down as the screaming stops.

Vic turns to me with a look of not fear or confusion but surprise. “I just finished your machine!” And as I turn from her to it I see… It.

A gold, copper and steel plated thing all welded together at the oddest points across parts and limbs.

That one proper machine eye should have shook me out of my confusion but I brushed it off due to the adrenaline.

The other eye, though, was a human looking eye.

“Is that an implant eye in the bot, Vic?”

She looks at me and smiles that same, simple kid smile she always does, “You said you didn't mind if I used scrap, and the eye was compatible with the head frame I made so I figured you'd be okay with it. Something wrong?”

That's when it clicked. The other eye, the more machine looking one, was also an implant.

Just like my grandma's when her sight turned before she passed.

Doctors told me with the old and new tech that each nerve connection needed a backup for sensations, like a storage drive for pain, sensitivity, pressure and the like.

This meant that all the newly made cybernetics had something like a ghost in them, and that it made them incompatible with being reused unless you rebuilt them from scratch to save parts.

Her doctors had to tell me it was prohibited by law, due to resell risks and untested medical concerns.

“Vic, kid, what was all the screaming these past few days?”

Then the thing, jerking about on the elevated work table looked toward me, squinting it's one human-esqe eyes and said, “What is… what are-wh-what-whatamiweusis-”, then it slapped its face, as if to shock nerves that IT SHOULD NOT OR NEVER HAVE HAD INTO LOGIC AND FOCUS, AND IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S VOICE THAT THING SAID, “What am I?”, then the kid shut it down and looked at me with that horrid smile and said, “Oops, didn't reformat the parts… Come back tomorrow?”

Grandma was a smoker, too.

[cyberghost-vpn-review]

My Experience Using CyberGhost VPN

CyberGhost VPN is a popular virtual private network (VPN) service that promises to keep your internet traffic private and secure. I decided to try it out for myself to see if it lives up to the hype. Here's my CyberGhost VPN review based on using it for the past couple months:

Speed & Reliability

One of the most important factors for any VPN is speed. You don't want a VPN that slows down your internet connection to a crawl. I tested CyberGhost on my home WiFi network and was pleasantly surprised. Connecting to a nearby VPN server only reduced my speeds by 15-20% - fast enough for streaming video and music. The connection has been very reliable too - I haven't experienced any unexpected disconnections.

Privacy & Security

CyberGhost uses strong 256-bit AES encryption to keep data secure. It has a strict no-logs policy, meaning no usage or activity logs are kept. The company is based in Romania, which has decent privacy laws. Leak tests showed that CyberGhost successfully hid my IP address and kept my traffic secure.

Ease of Use

The CyberGhost interface is very user-friendly. Apps are available for all major platforms - Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, etc. It's easy to choose a VPN server location or connect with one click. Helpful security features like an internet kill switch, DNS leak protection, and IP anonymization are built-in.

Pricing

CyberGhost costs $12.99/month but you can get it cheaper at $2.25/month if you commit to a longer 3-year plan. There's also a 45-day money back guarantee, which is long enough to test if you like the service. Unlocking additional features like dedicated IPs or simultaneous connections on 10 devices costs extra.

Overall

CyberGhost VPN meets my needs for an affordable and easy-to-use VPN that keeps my browsing secure and private. I haven't had any major issues in the few months I've used it so far. For basic VPN users, I think CyberGhost is a solid choice to consider. But more advanced users may want a VPN with more configuration options.

If you want to read my full in-depth review of CyberGhost's speed, pricing, features, and more, check out all the details here: https://getsafesoft.com/cyberghost-vpn-review/

[a-dream-seeking-light]

kaminosekkei : No. 388:  Experimental.

[aashiyancha]

Digimon Cybersleuth: Nightmare Detectives

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