The experience continues until you stop experiencing it
strangemachine.tvSuch a weird coincidence. I stepped out of my house a few minutes ago to buy ice cream, and I bump into a Ukrainian friend of mine whose last name is “Popov”. I come back to my computer and immediately click this link on HackerNews and see the name Popov again. Weird. I sent this link to him and he says: where did you find this? And he says: his family name is related to people who invented certain radio components in the Soviet Union. Such a strange moment of synchronicity.
Popov is a very common surname in Eastern Europe, something like Smith or Rodriguez. At work, we have 5 Popovs :)
"Pop" is the word for priest, so it translates to "priest's" (son).
(You know this, obviously. I'm posting it for the others.)
And, I happen to chat with a Popov almost every day :-)
Coincidence? Maybe...
Reminds me of this rabbit hole I went down recently. A short story about digital consciousness where death is literally a "prediction failure." The system's attempt to handle the end of biological input is terrifying.
It's framed as a leaked document from the future. Worth a read if you're into this kind of existential sci-fi.
I assume this Alexander Popov is a fictional character, as a quick Google search didn't turn up anyone with a matching profile.
This appears to be a promotional site for a movie. https://kubicki.org
Well it did it's job, I'm intrigued.
Apparently it was released in 2022?
Yeah, I'm waiting for the SCP designation to appear.
This entire thing smells fictional. But, then again, as a frequent visitor to Joshua Tree during all the years mentioned, there is a fairly extreme new age culture there, kind of on their own advanced journey. Look up "The Integratron" for one such manifestation of them. Harmless, I think.
Also the game.
Easter egg: if you type 'camus' in the character selection screen you can play as Albert Camus in Algiers circa 1937, having premonitions about being a character in a text-based adventure game in the distant future.
How did you know that?
The director mentioned it in an email I got, apparently Camus is also a character in the film.
What game?
I studied in the same school :) I can't confirm geometric tattoos, but the school definitely taught me to enjoy the art of science!
Back in the day I used to prefer amber-on-black terminals over green-on-black. But not now, it seems.
We had amber screens in our school computer lab in Poland in the early 90s where I discovered gaming, so the look is seared into my brain.
The polytechnic I worked for in the mid 80s ran a little competition to see whether we should get green or amber phosphors on a new set of terminals. Most people seemed to prefer amber, but we bought green because they were somewhat cheaper (why?). I bagged myself one of the amber ones.
Super pissed I ever ditched my old amber VT-220. Still have memories of using it to dial into the North Avenue Trade School’s ancient CDC Cyber from my fleabag flophouse in Home Park.
I wanted it to work, but the font used doesn't help.
With a better font, amber-on-black is restful.
Is there a place online to buy/watch this film?