[FRIAM] Isness: Using Multi-Person VR to Design Peak Mystical-Type Experiences Comparable to Psychedelics

[Steve Smith]

Maybe:  "a *bug* in engineering is ¿possibly/likely? a *feature* in 
evolution"?

I would claim that in the long run "all systems are evolutionary" in 
spite of engineers/systems folks attempt to isolate them in 
space/time/topology so as to direct them to change/behave to their own will.

On 8/9/22 11:59 AM, glen wrote:
> Ha! Y'all are pissin' me off, here. The classification of twinking as 
> cheating is so over. This point still qualifies for both the general 
> content of the list and the VR/AR discussion. The difference between a 
> bug and a feature depends on the perspective of the "user". E.g. the 
> Log4Shell bug isn't a bug. It's a feature if you're a black hat 
> looking to "move fast and break things" or if you're a white hat 
> looking for some street cred. Circuit benders, gamers, rave attendees, 
> microdosers, etc. are all properly classified as psychonauts. Twinking 
> is yet another form of it.
>
> Of course, it's irritating when the butthurttryhard just wants to 
> defeat the stupid boss to make progress in the game and some twink 
> keeps killin' 'em on the run to the boss. The victim thinks it's 
> cheating. But game theory and coevolution tell other stories. Git Gud 
> or Go Home. Do what thou wilt is the whole of the Law.
>
> On 8/9/22 10:20, Stephen Guerin wrote:
>> and I'm learning that twink could refer to the cheating player 
>> themselves or in Glen's use:
>>
>> " It can also be used to describe the process of keeping a video game 
>> character at a low level while using in-game currency, earned by a 
>> high-level character, to provide it with superior equipment."
>>
>> I think I will try randomly using "it's time to get my twink on" with 
>> my gamer son.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 11:08 AM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com 
>> <mailto:sasmyth at swcp.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     SG -
>>
>>     Thanks for taking/following/explicating that bait.  I was pretty 
>> sure glen was Tweaking us with Twitch and Twink... very NLP if not 
>> actually poetic.
>>
>>       I was only aware of the gay-culture terminology but trusted 
>> that Glen (as he is wont to do) was expanding our 
>> vocabulary/awareness in some way that I failed to unroll fully 
>> (nominally an arbitrarily deep fractal/iterated map?).
>>
>>     -SS
>>
>>     On 8/9/22 10:48 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:
>>>     On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 10:18 AM glen <gepropella at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:gepropella at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>         [⛧] My black PS4 controller is terribly twitchy compared to 
>>> my gold one. I died like 5 times getting my latest Dark Souls twink 
>>> started. Pfft.
>>>
>>>
>>>     learned a new meaning of Twink today :-)
>>>     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinking 
>>> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinking>
>>>
>>>
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