Paul M. Cray
@pmc.bsky.social
"A plain, unvarnished Preston man." Permanent resident alien in Seattle, Wash. Interests: AGI, books, food, futurology, historiographic metafiction, ideas, sf, technoeconomic paradigm shifts, the Technological Singularity, writing
AI makers people dumber, but then so do smartphones, the Internet, television, radio, movies, magazines, books, writing and language
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
AI makers people dumber, but then so do smartphones, the Internet, television, radio, movies, magazines, books, writing and language
Formby famously died in Mount Street, Preston in 1961, natch
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Formby famously died in Mount Street, Preston in 1961, natch
Or World Capital Lancastria? Which is better? Recall George Formby's "The Emperor of Lancashire" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emp...)
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November 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Or World Capital Lancastria? Which is better? Recall George Formby's "The Emperor of Lancashire" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emp...)
The second volume of my "The Mundanomicon"Trilogy, "The Ruins of Time" will begin with a scene set at a version of the convert in a rather different 1942 German; the third volume will be called "The Unwritten Line"(or "Not One Line") and set in a Preston - World Capital Britannia - in 1995-9
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The second volume of my "The Mundanomicon"Trilogy, "The Ruins of Time" will begin with a scene set at a version of the convert in a rather different 1942 German; the third volume will be called "The Unwritten Line"(or "Not One Line") and set in a Preston - World Capital Britannia - in 1995-9
(*) Working title: I love the idea of using the phrase "The Ruins of Time" (it's from Edmund Spenser) as a novel title - nobody seems to have done and it seems such a screamingly good novel for an sf novel - but other authorities have poopooed it
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
(*) Working title: I love the idea of using the phrase "The Ruins of Time" (it's from Edmund Spenser) as a novel title - nobody seems to have done and it seems such a screamingly good novel for an sf novel - but other authorities have poopooed it
I need to have a version of the concert as a major scene in volume II of my "The Mundanomicon" trilogy, "The Ruins of Time"(*), which is set in an alternative Europe after an a very different end to the First World War
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I need to have a version of the concert as a major scene in volume II of my "The Mundanomicon" trilogy, "The Ruins of Time"(*), which is set in an alternative Europe after an a very different end to the First World War
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I feel like there are car badge mysteries I will never unravel
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I feel like there are car badge mysteries I will never unravel
It occurs to me that there might no reason to expect that there will be many or any visible photons in the matrix/tunnel/wormhole between FTL gateways. David Bowman might have seen nothing
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
It occurs to me that there might no reason to expect that there will be many or any visible photons in the matrix/tunnel/wormhole between FTL gateways. David Bowman might have seen nothing
We all bear the shame!
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
We all bear the shame!
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Sorry man I don't speak United Kingdom
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Sorry man I don't speak United Kingdom
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As you know I had the Rover Hondas.
Dad had the ex-Sweeney Ford Granada. That was a beast. Then a late 80s Cavellier then a Mk 4 escort.
Not great cars except for the Granada which was a beast.
Dad had the ex-Sweeney Ford Granada. That was a beast. Then a late 80s Cavellier then a Mk 4 escort.
Not great cars except for the Granada which was a beast.
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
As you know I had the Rover Hondas.
Dad had the ex-Sweeney Ford Granada. That was a beast. Then a late 80s Cavellier then a Mk 4 escort.
Not great cars except for the Granada which was a beast.
Dad had the ex-Sweeney Ford Granada. That was a beast. Then a late 80s Cavellier then a Mk 4 escort.
Not great cars except for the Granada which was a beast.
We definitely had one, maybe two. I think there were three cars after the 1980 Morris Ital (DCW157W, I think, but certainly "champagne" in colour) and before the Rover 414, which was a good car and, natch a Honda basically
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
We definitely had one, maybe two. I think there were three cars after the 1980 Morris Ital (DCW157W, I think, but certainly "champagne" in colour) and before the Rover 414, which was a good car and, natch a Honda basically
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That was a stinking piece of shit. And I say that as a former Marina owner.
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
That was a stinking piece of shit. And I say that as a former Marina owner.
I recall @evopma.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy opining that the car was too big for me! In November 1998, I traded it in for a 1994 K blue Mark 1 Mazda MX-5. The rest is history
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I recall @evopma.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy opining that the car was too big for me! In November 1998, I traded it in for a 1994 K blue Mark 1 Mazda MX-5. The rest is history
We might have had two, but I think we it was the Montego (same thing?) we had two of. My dad worked at BAe, who owned Rover (another age!), so I guess he got a big discount. The 1990 Rover 414 we got in 1990 eventually became my car
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We might have had two, but I think we it was the Montego (same thing?) we had two of. My dad worked at BAe, who owned Rover (another age!), so I guess he got a big discount. The 1990 Rover 414 we got in 1990 eventually became my car
We are getting to the best bit now!
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
We are getting to the best bit now!
As does the Mandelbrot deep dive
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As does the Mandelbrot deep dive
I can't dispute that. It seems appropriate for these, our own latter days
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I can't dispute that. It seems appropriate for these, our own latter days
"The 1942 Berlin performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, is a legendary and controversial recording known for its intense, sometimes terrifying, and apocalyptic feel."
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"The 1942 Berlin performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, is a legendary and controversial recording known for its intense, sometimes terrifying, and apocalyptic feel."
Lobby LEGO for the classic "Enterprise"
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Lobby LEGO for the classic "Enterprise"
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But i don’t like the D :(
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
But i don’t like the D :(