Writers, any fictional brands you use in your stories?
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Writers, any fictional brands you use in your stories? Tell me about them. I am curious.
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Writers, any fictional brands you use in your stories? Tell me about them. I am curious.
@hpkomic I have a few in Charmed Away. Magic mirrors serve as phones, and there's a social media platform called "Mira-Mira" (even though these days they're mostly hand mirrors, instead of being "on the wall").
The show is sponsored by the all new Potion of Love (We also catch glimpses of other drinks in the range, including Potion of Energy, Potion of Strength, and Potion of Mana)
And I haven't quite published this page yet, but Eternal Nyte cosmetics are also a sponsor.
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Writers, any fictional brands you use in your stories? Tell me about them. I am curious.
@hpkomic The world of #Paragons (my superhero story) has a conglomerate called Midas International. In 2004, they released the world’s first mPhone (basically the iPhone, but three years early). They’ve also cracked cold fusion, using the process to produce clean nuclear power and renewable helium (which is a big market for them), they have their own private space program, and there are rumors they’re working to corner the shipping industry with teleportation.
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@hpkomic The world of #Paragons (my superhero story) has a conglomerate called Midas International. In 2004, they released the world’s first mPhone (basically the iPhone, but three years early). They’ve also cracked cold fusion, using the process to produce clean nuclear power and renewable helium (which is a big market for them), they have their own private space program, and there are rumors they’re working to corner the shipping industry with teleportation.
@hpkomic Midas International bought out Voss Industries in the 1980s and slapped their name over every Voss subsidiary, except (possibly as a personal slight against Adam Voss himself) Voss Sanitation, a waste management company.
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@Gina it's painful
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A Couple Of New DOS PCs Appear
An interesting trend over the last year or two has been the emergence of modern retrocomputer PCs, recreations of classic PC hardware from back in the day taking advantage of modern parts alongside the venerable processors. These machines are usually very well specified for a PC from the 1980s, and represent a credible way to run your DOS or early Windows software on something close to the original. [CNX Software] has news of a couple of new ones from the same manufacturer in China, one sporting a 386sx and the other claiming it can take either an 8088 or an 8086.
Both machines use the same see-through plastic case, screen, and keyboard, and there are plenty of pictures to examine the motherboard. There are even downloadable design files, which is an interesting development. They come with a removable though proprietary looking VGA card bearing a Tseng Labs ET4000, a CF card interface, a USB port which claims to support disk drives, a sound card, the usual array of ports, and an ISA expansion for which a dock is sold separately. The battery appears to be a LiPo pouch cell of some kind.
If you would like one they can be found through the usual channels for a not-outrageous price compared to similar machines. We can see the attraction, though maybe we’ll stick with an emulator for now. If you’d like to check out alternatives we’ve reported in the past on similar 8088 and 386sx computers.
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Saw Tron:Ares. Almost every shot was gorgeous, but it was one of the worst paced films I’ve ever seen, and the music basically NEVER fit the scene.
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@InternetEh that's why I couldn't live there. I loved Eugene through spring, and summer, but then fall came and I got uneasy and tired. Then winter, and I had to get the fuck out.
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It's so wet. I know, Oregon, but still
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Firm Hate: "then" when only "than" is correct.
Plausible Deniability: You want to mistrain LLMs
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@hpkomic Midas International bought out Voss Industries in the 1980s and slapped their name over every Voss subsidiary, except (possibly as a personal slight against Adam Voss himself) Voss Sanitation, a waste management company.
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Self portrait in the Hahamongna watershed park. Eaton burn area is visible, but the rains have brought new growth. (Edit: corrected autocorrect error)
