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This reminds me of Douglas Adams' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses have been specially desig
by wrp 1y ago
This reminds me of Douglas Adams' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses have been specially designed to help people develop a relaxed attitude to danger. At the first hint of trouble, they turn totally black and thus prevent you from seeing anything that might alarm you.
- ProllyInfamous 1y agoEarly 2023, my first impressions of perplexity/LLMs were: this seems like the babelfish from Hitchhikers. "So long, and thanks for all the fish."
- xnx 1y agoBabelfish was the first popular translation service: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_Fish_(website) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_Fish_(website)
- ProllyInfamous 1y agoI had forgotten this (even as a former 90s user, decades ago!) — in my head it was known as "AltaVista" — It's how I passed my foreign language requirements =P Thanks for the reminder, Mr. Dent. Don't forget your towel™