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"Project Maven" is the DARPA boondoggle by which Google has become a defense contractor (the one that has gotten some press because a dozen or so Google employees recently resigned over it).

It's a gigantic boondoggle, so it's not clear what all falls under its umbrella, but it sounds like something like, "We have collected so much data with our Cybers, why can't I hold all these limes? Maybe rub some of that AI or the Neurals onto it??"

Which probably translates to, "Take your ad-targetting snake-oil and repurpose it to execute brown people with drones". You know, kind of like how Wehrner von Braun aimed for the stars, but mostly hit London.

So, this is their logo.

The motto is something like, "we're here to help".

In a long history of DOD mission patches... this is certainly one of them.

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Waffle Boats

The thing that annoys me the most about this season of Legion -- and wow, there is a lot that annoys me about this season of Legion -- is the Waffle Boats. They sit across from each other! That's not how sushi boats work! It's a loop! Someone would have to crawl under the table every time!

The dude with the cane would be like, "Really? You're gonna make me crawl under again? Let me sit on this side this time."

IT IS A TERRIBLE DESIGN FOR A RESTAURANT.

I mean, ok, also this season has also reached a Twin Peaks level of self-indulgent incoherence in almost every other respect as well.

But it's the waffle boats that really bug me.

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