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They are trying to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLIT_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLIT_(short_story) you :-) j/k. For me that occurs only when

They are trying to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLIT_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLIT_(short_story) you :-) j/k. For me that occurs only when I zoom the site on FF under Linux, but not when I leave it at normal scaling, and use the 3 letters on the upper right side to change the font size instead.

airstrike 1y ago
Oh, that looks like the original Snow Crash. Time to read it.
- sunrunner 1y ago
  It made me think of Infinite Jest too. > Time to read it. Nice knowing you.
ManualEntry 1y ago
BLIT is interesting, but I wonder if precedence already exists in photosensitive epilepsy and sending flicker/stroboscope videos/gifs. Of course with a lot of caveats (rarely deadly, affects few), but the idea seems similar to me. Apparently it is illegal in the UK to do that and I'd guess it is illegal in most countries. https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/news/sending-triggering-images-online-now-illegal https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/news/sending-triggering-images-o... edit: Didn't find a case, but it is illegal in the UK at least.
- cwmoore 1y ago
  I hope this includes aftermarket LED headlights and anime and spotlights and not my https://www.ouruboroi.com/ https://www.ouruboroi.com/ --black and white, grayscale flashes warning, as labelled explicitly on my https://www.curtiswmoore.com/circTao/ https://www.curtiswmoore.com/circTao/. Thank you UK.
- rcxdude 1y ago
  More or less, though pushed to some extremes (similar, to some extent, to the idea of antimemes, i.e. ideas which hide or prevent their own propagation). The question is whether there's something which is actually universal there. I would guess, given the wide diversity in thought patterns in people, it's not very likely. Roko's Basilisk, I think, kind of falls into the epilepsy category: it came about after an attempt to think of ideas which would work like this, but it only really affects a small part of the population with very particular thought patterns and beliefs (and, due to it's nature, isn't really going to have the same kind of effects, though if anything they could be more harmful. The antidote is more or less the arguments against Pascal's Wager, if you are particularly taken by the idea).
- LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago
  You mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_stimuli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_stimuli as claimed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Vicary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Vicary / https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30878843 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30878843 ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_the_Nation%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_the_Nation%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live ! Now playing Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses at Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kE8565_xrc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kE8565_xrc (Corey Hart 1983 cover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunglasses_at_Night https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunglasses_at_Night )

airstrike 1y ago

Oh, that looks like the original Snow Crash. Time to read it.

sunrunner 1y ago
It made me think of Infinite Jest too. > Time to read it. Nice knowing you.

ManualEntry 1y ago

BLIT is interesting, but I wonder if precedence already exists in photosensitive epilepsy and sending flicker/stroboscope videos/gifs. Of course with a lot of caveats (rarely deadly, affects few), but the idea seems similar to me. Apparently it is illegal in the UK to do that and I'd guess it is illegal in most countries. https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/news/sending-triggering-images-online-now-illegal https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/news/sending-triggering-images-o... edit: Didn't find a case, but it is illegal in the UK at least.

cwmoore 1y ago
I hope this includes aftermarket LED headlights and anime and spotlights and not my https://www.ouruboroi.com/ https://www.ouruboroi.com/ --black and white, grayscale flashes warning, as labelled explicitly on my https://www.curtiswmoore.com/circTao/ https://www.curtiswmoore.com/circTao/. Thank you UK.
rcxdude 1y ago
More or less, though pushed to some extremes (similar, to some extent, to the idea of antimemes, i.e. ideas which hide or prevent their own propagation). The question is whether there's something which is actually universal there. I would guess, given the wide diversity in thought patterns in people, it's not very likely. Roko's Basilisk, I think, kind of falls into the epilepsy category: it came about after an attempt to think of ideas which would work like this, but it only really affects a small part of the population with very particular thought patterns and beliefs (and, due to it's nature, isn't really going to have the same kind of effects, though if anything they could be more harmful. The antidote is more or less the arguments against Pascal's Wager, if you are particularly taken by the idea).
LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago
You mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_stimuli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_stimuli as claimed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Vicary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Vicary / https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30878843 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30878843 ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_the_Nation%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_the_Nation%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live ! Now playing Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses at Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kE8565_xrc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kE8565_xrc (Corey Hart 1983 cover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunglasses_at_Night https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunglasses_at_Night )