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My mother got her hands on one of Charles Stross' Laundry Files novels and thinks that since I write code for government projects I'm somehow involved in comput

My mother got her hands on one of Charles Stross' Laundry Files novels and thinks that since I write code for government projects I'm somehow involved in computational demonology. It doesn't help that some of the COBOL-based systems I've reverse-engineered for modernization are Lovecraftian horrors.

mindcrime 4y ago
thinks that since I write code for government projects I'm somehow involved in computational demonology. How can we be sure that you're not? Do you own a possessed violin, by any chance?
- EddieDante 4y ago
  > How can we be sure that you're not? If I could summon Satan all over somebody's hard drive I doubt Uncle Sam would let me remain in the private sector. > Do you own a possessed violin, by any chance? No, but this sword here at my side don't act the way it should. It keeps calling me its master when I feel like it's slave. It's hauling me, faster and faster, to an early, early grave.
FumblingBear 4y ago
Great series! My job would be a whole lot more interesting if it took place in the world Stross created. Random recommendation: If you enjoy that style of writing, I highly recommend the podcast The Magnus Archives. It follows the story of Jonathan Sims, the newly appointed Head Archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute—an institution based in London centered on research into the paranormal. The podcast is a horror anthology series that starts with a small scope, but gradually the meta-narrative develops into a massive world that's interconnected. Top notch worldbuilding and narration! Not affiliated with the pod in any way—just saw the mention of the Laundry Files and figured I'd mention the series since there's a lot of overlap in style between the two.
- EddieDante 4y ago
  I'll pass this to my wife. She's big on podcasts, but even if I set the player to chipmunk mode they're too slow-paced for me; I can read faster than these people can talk.

mindcrime 4y ago

thinks that since I write code for government projects I'm somehow involved in computational demonology. How can we be sure that you're not? Do you own a possessed violin, by any chance?

EddieDante 4y ago
> How can we be sure that you're not? If I could summon Satan all over somebody's hard drive I doubt Uncle Sam would let me remain in the private sector. > Do you own a possessed violin, by any chance? No, but this sword here at my side don't act the way it should. It keeps calling me its master when I feel like it's slave. It's hauling me, faster and faster, to an early, early grave.

FumblingBear 4y ago

Great series! My job would be a whole lot more interesting if it took place in the world Stross created. Random recommendation: If you enjoy that style of writing, I highly recommend the podcast The Magnus Archives. It follows the story of Jonathan Sims, the newly appointed Head Archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute—an institution based in London centered on research into the paranormal. The podcast is a horror anthology series that starts with a small scope, but gradually the meta-narrative develops into a massive world that's interconnected. Top notch worldbuilding and narration! Not affiliated with the pod in any way—just saw the mention of the Laundry Files and figured I'd mention the series since there's a lot of overlap in style between the two.

EddieDante 4y ago
I'll pass this to my wife. She's big on podcasts, but even if I set the player to chipmunk mode they're too slow-paced for me; I can read faster than these people can talk.