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FOSS decorum

I have been using open source software for most of my life at this point. My contributions back to the ecosystem have always been a little lackluster, as my private development time is spent of weird pet projects that aren't of any immediate use even to myself. But I've filed some bugs and submitted a patch here and there and helped in triage and all that.

Of the code I gave back, I think the example I'm most satisfied with is my PHP deserializer for .NET. Which also only came about because I needed it for a yet unpublished weird pet project.

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<?
/*
Snippet from Legend of the Green Dragon version 0.9.7.
Code is subject to the GPLv2
License text available at:  https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
*/

function maze_initalize()
{
    global $session;

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Static hooks

Hook name	Parameter?	Return value?
}collapse	n	n
}collapse-nav	n	y
about	n	n
addpetition	y	y
adjuststats	y	y
ale	n	n

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Keywords

The following keywords are reserved in syntaxia and cannot be used as identifiers (variable names, function names, etc.) without special syntax:

• let: Declares a variable or pattern.
• var: Declares a variable or pattern that can be assigned to multiple times.
• realize: Implements a trait or generic type.
• trait: Defines a trait.
• function: Declares a function or method.
• returns: Specifies the return type of a function or method.

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Episode	Pun / Intro
0. Metavideo	[Episode 0 doesn't have an intro]
1. Argumentation	Have you ever seen a kid scream for hours on end about something absurd? Well, a lot of internet-arguments are just like that. Only, instead of being limited by the need to breathe, only character counts and finger cramps can stop them.
2. Cartesian Dualism & the Mind	Hi Internet, my name's Josh, and this is THUNK. I THUNK, therefore I am.
3. Sci Fi and A.I.	Computers allow you to make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.
4. Privacy and Surveillance	If you have private information that you want to keep private, just stick it in an EULA. Nobody is ever going to read it.
5. Patents and Open Source	The thing abou

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[	"Bora Horza Gobuchul",
	"Determinist",
	"Eschatologist",
	"Irregular Apocalypse",
	"No More Mr Nice Guy",
	"Profit Margin",
	"Nervous Energy",
	"Prosthetic Conscience",
	"Revisionist",
	"Trade Surplus",

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Speculating about AI

I am by no means an expert on the subject. But since everyone else is doing it, I thought I share my 2 cents on the matter anyway.

Sub-Human AI

Much speculation about AI revolves about super intelligent beings of awesomeness. But it's unlikely that mankinds first sapient and sentient artificial intelligence will be as or even more clever than the average human. This could be for any of these reasons: Limits in hardware, limits in it's implementation and of course limits imposed on it by us.

An easy to imagine example would be the AI resulting from a emulated human brain. It might be as intelligent as us in principle, but it might simply not run as fast. Or the emulation could be imperfect and introducing either defects or slowdowns that way.

Human level AI.

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{
	"0": "[Episode 0 doesn't have an intro]",
	"1": "Have you ever seen a kid scream for hours on end about something absurd? Well, a lot of internet-arguments are just like that. Only, instead of being limited by the need to breathe, only character counts and finger cramps can stop them.",
	"2": "Hi Internet, my name's Josh, and this is THUNK. I THUNK, therefore I am.",
	"3": "Computers allow you to make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.",
	"4": "If you have private information that you want to keep private, just stick it in an EULA. Nobody is ever going to read it.",
	"5": "The thing about investing money in open source projects is that programmers often buy things that distracts them from coding",
	"6": "If you wanted to see if your unborn child has the genetic makeup of a football superstar and you failed the first three times, should you use a punt-it square?",
	"9": "If your sheet music has a really bad misprint where a no