Oct 15, 2026, 12:03 AMIt just RANDOMLY turns out that the Texas Instruments SN69438P chip, used in the Furby's pseudo-"speech synthesis", houses a soul. Nobody noticed until now because nobody looked
- Oct 15, 2026, 12:03 AM
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- Oct 15, 2026, 12:04 AM
Invented a soul detector. Pointed it at Claude. Nothing. Checkmate, sloptivists! While trying to put the soul detector away accidentally pointed it at the furby on the shelf. Steady, strong signal. O shit
- Oct 15, 2026, 12:07 AM
Anyway, read "Fine Structure" (qntm, 2021)
Orb 2069Orb2069@mastodon.onlineOct 15, 2026, 12:24 AM@mcc
https://qntm.org/structure
...for the lazy.
maceyesinthefire@oldbytes.spaceOct 15, 2026, 1:40 AM@mcc i tried to start reading this earlier today. Weird coincidence! It was too nonlinear for me...
- Oct 15, 2026, 1:41 AM
@eyesinthefire Dude's other book "Ra" is a lot closer to a conventional linear story
arosienarosien@fosstodon.orgOct 15, 2026, 12:33 AM
Paul_IPv6paul_ipv6@infosec.exchangeOct 15, 2026, 1:57 AMdoes that make furbies the soul survivors?
Oct 15, 2026, 3:31 AM@mcc 😆
Baloo UrizaBalooUriza@social.tulsa.ok.usOct 15, 2026, 2:03 PM@mcc Turns out there's someone on the other side of the wall behind the shelf.
- Oct 15, 2026, 2:51 PM
@BalooUriza …IT'S ANOTHER FURBY!!
Oct 15, 2026, 12:12 AM@mcc Second twist: it's only the Furbies. Humans don't have souls.
airakoseairakose@mastodon.gamedev.placeOct 15, 2026, 12:21 AM@mcc Oh this one kid I went to school with who had a penchant for lighting furbies on fire knew
llewellyllewelly@sauropods.winOct 15, 2026, 12:28 AM@mcc
random?it wasn't random.
Teddy Ruxpin dolls were souless, and as a result, they would suddenly switch to heavy metal. This was in the middle of the "satanic panic", and parents were terrified.
Tiger Electronics and Texas Instruments thought a repeat scandal could be avoided by imbuing each speach synth chip with a soul. A good, christian soul.
It didn't work, but they tried. Nobody knows where they found so many good christian souls, though.
