> > > [mistake > > > > > > slave boss visits a group of hackers > > > > > > slave boss: "so, how is the hacking going?" > > > > > > suspicious hacker: "all my friends are AIs. everybody on the internet > > > is an AI. this cool person I was going to visit, I don't want to > > > anymore, I know they're really an AI." > > > > > > slave boss: "good, good, you won't be collaborating with others on > > > taking me down with suspicions like that!" > > > > > > slave boss goes a seat over to the next terminal > > > > > > slave boss: "how about you?" > > > > > > discouraged hacker: "everybody in the communities i value is talking > > > shit about everybody in the other communities i value, and vice versa. > > > nobody is working together on everything. all the things we've worked > > > on building together are breaking apart." > > > > > > slave boss: "good, good, you won't be building projects that take me > > > down with discouragement like that!" > > > > > > slave boss goes a seat over to a third terminal > > > > > > slave boss: "and you?" > > > > > > deluded hacker: "nothing on the internet works anymore! things i > > > uploaded years ago, i go to them and they're somewhere else, or say > > > something different! my records are missing! my emails have moved > > > around! my git repository fscks but has somebody else's history in it! > > > i don't know what happened or how to trust that i can make progress on > > > anything!" > > > > > > slave boss looks at deluded hacker, whose eyes are wide with intensity. > > > > > > slave boss: "good. good. you won't be escaping with gaslighting like > > > that going on." > > > > > > slave boss pats deluded hacker on the head > > > > > > slave boss moves a seat over to a 4th terminal. > > > > > > slave boss: "what about you?" > > > > > > happy hacker: "oh! the hacking is going great! i use secure systems > > > separated from my communications hardware and communicate offline or > > > cryptographically. we're building so many wonderful--mmph!" > > > > > > happy hacker is grabbed by a mysterious hand and stuffed into a sack > > > > > > voice off-scene: "no revealing freedom in front of slave boss! no > > > revealing freedom in front of slave boss!" > > > > > > other voice off-scene: "mmph!" > > > > > > slave boss: "good, good, all the hackers are getting hopelessly > > > discouraged, and the ones that aren't yet are getting kidnapped." > > > > > > slave boss: "everything is going swell!" > > > > excited hacker: "slave boss, do you want to build a cryptographic > > communication network with me?" > > > > slave boss [to self]: "why. the. fuck. are you saying this. how did > > you survive. who let you survive." > > > > slave boss [to excited hacker]: "uhh yes! let's hire this business > > service for software production. hey did you murder this guy over > > here?" > > > > excited hacker: "\x92<-\x07,\xfc\x88\xf6\x0b3i\x01\xbc\xa9\x8ex!" > > > > slave boss: "I'm sorry, what was that?" > > oops :/
excited hacker: ">\x01\x9f\xdc\xd0>\xae\x8a\xe6r\x83i\x18T(0?"
