There’s a decent occult/sci-fi novel series called the Laundry Files wherein people sometimes stumble across or come up with forbidden mathematics that actually functions as a form of occult spellcraft. They then get forcibly drafted into this secret government organization that works to protect the world from extraterrestrial threats, occult horrors like vampires like and succubi, and the lovecraftian horrors from the depths of the oceans or the fridge edges of space. They’re like the men in black crossed with Lovecraft crossed with a British comedy about monotonous office life and bureaucracy. It’s a pretty entertaining series. Highly recommend.
Don't do the forbidden math
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kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 year ago
the fridge edges of space
Somewhere near the borders of known space, shrouded by darkness and a two-week-old carton of milk, they lurk… the moldy leftovers!
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 year ago
What a bizarre idea. Thanks for the rec!
TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
That sounds amazing. I’ll give that a read, thanks mate
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
First time seeing them mentioned online, Charles Stross is great
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 year ago
Gonna try to lay my hands on it, thanks, seems stupidly crazy and enjoyable
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s the teachers that said we wouldn’t always have calculators in our pockets getting revenge.
Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Tried to do the funny “58008” on the display didn’t you?
mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de 1 year ago
Legend says he divided by zero
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
Homie tried to divide by zero.
Tyr_Raidho_Othala@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Homie is chinese
Froyn@kbin.social 1 year ago
I remember seeing a review for that game a while back. Didn't know you could get banned from it.
I found the review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeAp15OmW2sTreczoks@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Now I really want to know what this person did to get this.
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 year ago
✓-1
unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wall hacks.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Seems fair
unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wouldn’t even care. Excel is always open.
bquintb@midwest.social 1 year ago
This is what happens when one attempts to divide by 0
StThicket@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Or square root of -1
Vaginal_blood_fart@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
i see what you did there
PossiblyHuman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
He really said 80,08.
fury@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is what happens when you try to use third party ink cartridges in your calculator.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is what smurfing will get ya
ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The forbidden math is used to summon demons: f-droid.org/…/com.quaap.computationaldemonology/
T4V0@lemmy.pt 1 year ago
He did the monster math
Exusia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Calculator-as-a-service
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 year ago
When you break the subscription cost down into weekly payments, it seems very reasonable.
marcos@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It costs less than a Stabucks coffee every 5 minutes.
R2DPru@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wouldn’t know. I can’t check.