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The inventor of the Useless Machine was AI researcher Marvin Minsky, who died in 2016. Nice tribute if nothing else. Apparently Arthur C. Clarke thought it was “unspeakably sinister“.
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Heck I see it all the time in webcomics threads. Right down to “I'm sure it'll work fine as a page in the book.“
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May 5, 2017 08:47
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Capntastic posted:I have a feeling that Varga isn't even the real Varga.
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May 15, 2017 07:56
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gret posted:Why didn't Emmett just run over Vargas? This show, man. I feel like when people finally start dying, it's gonna be vicious.
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May 18, 2017 21:38
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Nate RFB posted:I do feel that S3 has made me want to see the villains get their comeuppance far more than previously, which is impressive given this is the same show with Dodd Gerhardt. To see a moment when the Wolf finally meets someone who is not afraid of him. ... someone who isn't on Facebook.
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May 19, 2017 16:31
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If last episode's ending doesn't do it for you, I don't know. That was maybe the most brutal Fargo has ever been. Passing a guy through the meatgrinder, now that's quirky.
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May 23, 2017 08:04
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Oh man, Gloria doesn't give a single poo poo about Varga's theatrics. 
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May 25, 2017 19:08
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Moe just can't admit he might be wrong, especially to his soon-to-be subordinate. He's felt from the start he has to clean up Eden Valley's mess and get them in line (they don't even use computers!) and he'll be damned if he's going to back down, no matter how he has to justify it to himself. All that said, at this point I wouldn't be surprised if he was on Varga's payroll. That's really the only thing that bugs me slightly - all the time it's been strictly Varga, Yuri and Meemo to the point where you could seriously question if their organization even has anyone else, now they have to get an inside man suddenly. I absolutely didn't recognize Wrench. But the way the shot was framed made it very obvious that someone significant was sitting next to Nikki, so when his face was revealed I thought "are we supposed to know this guy from somewhere...?"
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Jun 2, 2017 09:23
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Meemo was at Ray's place when Varga talked to Emmet. Emmet even asks about him. And once they had to craft a narrative to cover up Emmet's involvement, it didn't make sense anymore for Nikki to be found dead in a motel room. Sudden death in a jail cell looks weird but after the narrative is established, that no longer matters.
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Jun 2, 2017 18:09
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jfood posted:The real mystery is, did Varga hack the cameras or did Gloria being in the vicinity gently caress them up?
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Jun 2, 2017 21:12
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Pretty sure that's the point both about the dangers of social media, where everyone has an account connected to more info than they know, and about Varga's "crazy hacking skills." He loves to make people think he's got super hackers but as soon as he doesn't find Gloria on Facebook he's stumped and has to send out Yuri for physical information retrieval. Note how he searches for "Eden Valley police webpage". Webpage is the kind of thing grandmas type into Google. He's recognizing the potential of social media for his own line of work and he works well with what's there, but doesn't actually go far beyond the surface. Although that doesn't really seem to mesh well with shutting off the surveillance camera in a police station remotely so who knows.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:59
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But if he got nothing for "Eden Valley police department" he wouldn't get anything for "Eden Valley police department webpage" either, you add additional terms if you get too many results and want to narrow it down I'm starting to think this really is just the show being dodgy with showing internet stuff and not subtle characterization 
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Jun 6, 2017 07:15
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If you think about it, this guy has been involved with what is implied to be the crime syndicate in Fargo for his whole adult life and he learned from Hanzee of all people. Nikki's pretty good but I figure the plan to steal the truck and corner Varga in a hotel lobby with no backup isn't all her.
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Jun 16, 2017 18:00
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And it fits with the machine that doesn't do anything.
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Jun 17, 2017 21:04
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American Gods is getting a new showrunner? If yes, good, that show is nothing short of amazing visually, but kind of a mess in the writing department.
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