governance
âAnother of these accidental creations is the governance of the Thanedom of Darazik, a minor azikeldrae city-state in southern AltĂŠnĂä. Its story begins when the initial charter of the thanedom was drafted, in which the overthane was appointed to his office âin perpetuityâ rather than the more conventional âas willedâ
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Force-Field Door: Not generally used, since sensible engineers and architects by and large put doors there for a reason, and prefer it when the doors do not vanish as soon as the power goes out. Even less used as airlocks or spacetight doors, since itâs even more embarrassing when
Systemic Integrated Technologies
SYSTEMIC INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES TICKET-TRACKING: CASE 921632 From: Supervisor of Police, Behibehin Rock Mail Subject:Â HELP US NOW YOUR SYSTEM LOCKED EVERYONE UP AND WE CANT FIX IT WHAT THE â Subject:Â Assent-Panopticon Ubiquitous Law Enforcement Instrumentality (all components) Version: 3.4.0.49120 Issue: Stupidity (was: System imprisoned entire population in
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Fantastic Time Management: Averted. The preferred solution to âyou donât have enough timeâ is not to make more time, itâs to make more you. Which is much easier, it turns out.
meta
Tired, but somewhat refreshed for the New Year; apologetic, for the unannounced and mostly unplanned December quasi-hiatus; busy, due to a new contract at the day-job, or day-business rather, which may affect volume somewhat, but it should still certainly be better than said December quasi-hiatus. I think that about sums
humor
âWhy is the Empireâs software all so reliable? âBecause itâs designed by contract!â âŚhey, itâs hilarious if youâre a future space geek. Trust me on that.
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Fantastic Ship Prefix: Several. The Empire alone uses CS (âCoronalsâ Shipâ) for Imperial Navy vessels, CSS (âCoronalsâ Service Shipâ) for governance vessels that arenât part of the Imperial Navy, CMS (âCoronalsâ Merchant Shipâ) for commercial vessels, IS (plain old âImperial Shipâ) for private vessels other than commercial⌠âŚand thatâ
ontotechnology
Elsewhere A term adopted by ontotechnologists to designate the not-space/not-time in which the universe keeps its metadata (a realm whose existence is implied by all three major theories of natural ontology, although with different representations and certain disagreements on the details), and which is also the realm that translocation
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Fantastic Arousal: As I may have mentioned before, not everyone keeps their genitalia in the same place, and likewise, not everyone keeps their erogenous zones in the same place. (Or even in the same plane of reality. Like, say, AIs with unusual cognitive maps whose erogenous âzonesâ include things like
first-in scout
âAll Iâm asking,â the younger one said, âis whether you think itâs a good idea.â âAnd all Iâm saying is that I shouldnât â canât â tell you that.â âWhy not?â âIâm a first-in scout.â âWhatâs that got to do with it?â âBecause Iâm
meta
Bad news, Iâm afraid, gentle readers. âŚit looks like Iâm going to have to start enforcing what I have been ignoring up to now, namely, treating asking questions as the one-per-$-per-month Patreon reward that I declared it to be, rather than as something freely offered when questions
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Exotic Extended Marriage: The only thing to note about these, really, is that theyâre not all that exotic, what with the laws on marital contracts letting you hack together pretty much any topology you like. Still the minority choice, admittedly, but not so much so that everyone isnât