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Antiphony, Entry 8: herpsdiasese.buzz

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From: Herpes Immunity [mailto:HerpesImmunity@herpsdiasese.buzz]
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 10:38 AM
Subject: 1 Farm Herb Makes The Herpes Virus Die Off...

Do you want to escape this debilitating herpes virus [oh, I see... you assume I have herpes because about one out of six people do] and stop any oral or genital outbreaks? [Well, I suppose one out of six people feel you have already made a very compelling case for... whatever it is you're selling.]

Here's what this Texan farmer has been doing when he accidentally found the key to kill herpes [accidentally?], that science has been struggling with for decades. [And how exactly did he 'accidentally' find this cure? Actually, wait... on second thought I don't think I want to know the answer to that.]

1. He went to his farm to pick up some vegetables [oh no... all of the most horrible stories start out so innocently like this]
2. On his way there, he found THIS "herpes killer" herb... [which is? oh, I get it... this is what you are trying to sell me]

I know how crazy this sounds, but it's 100% true. [Well, I was skeptical there for a moment, but since you said it is 100% true....]

1 Farm Herb Makes The Herpes Virus Die Off... [Crap, you're doing it again!]

His farm has now caught the attention of some of Big Pharma's top execs who are offering to pay a 6 figure check to grab their hands on this miraculous solution. [Only six figures? My goodness, the cure for herpes has to be worth at least 100x more than the cure for COVID.]

If the findings are still online, I urge you to check them out here... [Ahh, you sneaky guy, you.]

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Proof that Google is Not Always Correct

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The other night, I was grooving to the song High Voltage icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 by AC/DC. It’s a killer track from the band’s classic era and has some very simple but wickedly clever (and catchy) vocal harmonies in the chorus. For the uninitiated, the band’s original singer, Bon Scott icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12, was a truly amazing performer. His voice lives in the higher registers and, like many aspects of AC/DC’s early music, what he sings is deceptively complex.

I have always had good vocal control, but hitting higher notes, particularly in Bon Scott’s range, has generally been difficult for me. Over the last couple of years, I have worked a lot on my singing and have gained a lot of ground. So… inspired in the moment and feeling confident, I opened Google Chrome on my smartphone to pull up the lyrics to the song so I could follow along and lead appropriately in to those really high “high voltage!” lines in the chorus that are so difficult but satisfying to hit.

I typed in “High Voltage lyrics” and was a little pissed to find that a different song with the same name came up from the band Linkin Park:

Google search for "High Voltage lyrics" produces Linkin Park as top result (over AC/DC). [Thumbnail]

This is not even one of Linkin Park’s more popular songs, nor was it a single, yet it’s favored in search results over AC/DC’s High Voltage!?? I understand times change, and fads come and go like the turning of the tide, but something ain’t quite right here.

What might Google’s algorithms be doing? It should be easy to make the argument that AC/DC’s song is more culturally significant than Linkin Park’s song: one was a hit single and the other was not. AC/DC is also a bigger band than Linkin Park with the former selling many tens of millions of albums more than the latter. Linkin Park has certainly been more active and relevant in the last two decades, so perhaps that’s why it is receiving preference.

Well, whatever… the point is Linkin Park sucks a fatty compared to 70s-era AC/DC, make no bones about it. If Linkin Park was somehow supposed to usurp the claim to the “High Voltage” song title then the band failed miserably, despite Google favoring it. By the same token, if any other band is ever going to try to build a stronger association between that song title and their band name then they really have their fucking work cut out for them.

It’s also worth noting that Google isn’t meritocratic in its search results—give people what they want and not what they need (yes, you really do need Bon Scott’s AC/DC). Meanwhile, bury the splendidness of the past if it’s less likely to make a buck in the present.

Game Developer Confessions, Part 03: Behold! the Micro-NOC

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Introducing the new Micro-NOC! Intel NUC7PJYH1 VM hosts, Intel NUC5PPYH web and game servers, Cisco managed Layer 2 switches, Synology NAS devices, SonicWall firewalls… and Linux, Linux and more Linux! (Batteries not included.)

You might be asking, what does this have to do with game development? Bedrock: cultivated workflow, scalable infrastructure, security, devops and—most importantly—sustainable technologies. Oh yeah… and all subdomains and servers are named after planets and characters in Metroid (respectively), which is fucking rad.

Antiphony Entry 7: Eliminate the Operator

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From: Dickenson Weirick [mailto:order@lider-gaz.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 6:25 AM
Subject: (#9053) You need to certainly read this before anything negative can happen 17/01/2019 04:25:25

Hey, [Wazzup!?]

I have a private webpage with all types of solutions that i give in darknet. [Solutions from darknet? That sounds a little shady...]

Just about anything from entirely destroying somebody's small business [huh?] to physical wounds [damn!] etc, however nothing significant just like getting rid of. [So you're saying you will only do stuff like beat people up and sabotage their small businesses? You are thug of very modest ambitions.]

Generally it is shit similar too rejected relationships [mmm hmmm...] or rivalry at the workplace [I see]. Anyhow i've been got in touch recently by individual to make an request and also objective is obviously you. [Who hired you?! Was it Bruce?? Is he still mad at me for getting that promotion last May??]

In a immediate and painless manner. [Painless punishment? So you're saying this is not very serious then.] To be honest i only get compensated soon after each accomplished job and so choice to get hold of you before, to be able to pay me for remaining non-active this i sometimes offer the target. [This is a very interesting strategy, but honestly you don't sound very scary or intimidating. In fact, you sound like a fucking idiot.] However,if i don't obtain everything that i'm asking,my people will carry out the request. [And what exactly will your people do? Ring my doorbell after leaving a flaming bag of shit icon-external-link-12x12 on my doorstep?]

But in case if we will generate deal [not likely], apart eliminating the request you'll be able to obtain full information concerning the client that i have found. [It's gotta be Bruce. Only he would hire a moron like you.] As soon as the order is accomplished,I often eliminate the operator as well [wait a sec, aren't you the operator?], therefore i have a decision [Hang on... Bruce, is that you??!], to generate twelve hundred via you, quite simply with no effort and hard work [you are the laziest thug imaginable], or maybe to get 4000 from the client, yet to shed my operator. [Hmmm... tough call. $4000 is more than $1200, but there's going to be more work involved.]

I am receiving transfers solely via Btc aka bitcoin , this is my bitcoin transaction address - 1KLpbx3a6e5GphyDGGrRfRbPgE8G5SUtD6 [Sorry dude, I only have PayPal!]

You only have thirty-nine hours to transmit funds. [I guess I need to check my email more often---you sent this more than a month ago and no flaming bag of shit icon-external-link-12x12 so far!]