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[-] gerikson@awful.systems 5 points 4 days ago

Again, the lobsters in Accelerando are the bad guys. They traffic in conciousness, the less uploaded the better. Don't make your social network emulate them.

[-] flizzo@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago

Wait is the name seriously an homage to the lobsters???

[-] cstross@wandering.shop 4 points 19 hours ago

@flizzo @techtakes It seems to be—and based on a torment-nexus-grade willful misreading of Accelerando. (Hint: I know what I wrote in those stories! I'm the author.)

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