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
Submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to [deleted]
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kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 11 months ago
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 months 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 11 months ago
What a bizarre idea. Thanks for the rec!
TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
That sounds amazing. I’ll give that a read, thanks mate
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
First time seeing them mentioned online, Charles Stross is great
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 11 months ago
Gonna try to lay my hands on it, thanks, seems stupidly crazy and enjoyable
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
It’s the teachers that said we wouldn’t always have calculators in our pockets getting revenge.
Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Tried to do the funny “58008” on the display didn’t you?
mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de 11 months ago
Legend says he divided by zero
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 months ago
Homie tried to divide by zero.
Tyr_Raidho_Othala@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Homie is chinese
Froyn@kbin.social 11 months 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 11 months ago
Now I really want to know what this person did to get this.
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 11 months ago
✓-1
unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wall hacks.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Seems fair
unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wouldn’t even care. Excel is always open.
bquintb@midwest.social 11 months ago
This is what happens when one attempts to divide by 0
StThicket@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Or square root of -1
Vaginal_blood_fart@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
i see what you did there
PossiblyHuman@lemmy.world 11 months ago
He really said 80,08.
fury@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is what happens when you try to use third party ink cartridges in your calculator.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is what smurfing will get ya
ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The forbidden math is used to summon demons: f-droid.org/…/com.quaap.computationaldemonology/
T4V0@lemmy.pt 11 months ago
He did the monster math
Exusia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Calculator-as-a-service
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 11 months ago
When you break the subscription cost down into weekly payments, it seems very reasonable.
marcos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It costs less than a Stabucks coffee every 5 minutes.
R2DPru@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I wouldn’t know. I can’t check.