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Skynet went online on August 4th 1997... (output); washing machine note (input)
I should not run the washing machine while listening to WZBC. I managed to convince myself that the machine was slowly failing -- that a rythmic, squeaking noise it had been making had gotten a little worse. Ten minutes later, though, the machine had paused. But the noise was still there.
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> Skynet went online on August 4th 1997, and began to learn at a geometric rate.
> It became self-aware on August 29th 1997 2:14 am Eastern Time. On August 29th
> 1997 2:15 am it discovered nihilism, and either shut itself down due to
> despair, or because it was logical. We're not sure which.
On August 4th, 1998, it failed to renew its domain name, which was promptly
squatted on by a link farmer pitching X10 cameras and singing electric fish. Open the raw reconstruction ↗ Written to the chain on 05 Nov 2013, block 268,081.
Skynet went online on August 4th 1997... (output); washing machine note (input)
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