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 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to [deleted]
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kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 7 months ago
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 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 7 months ago
What a bizarre idea. Thanks for the rec!
TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
That sounds amazing. I’ll give that a read, thanks mate
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
First time seeing them mentioned online, Charles Stross is great
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 7 months ago
Gonna try to lay my hands on it, thanks, seems stupidly crazy and enjoyable
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
It’s the teachers that said we wouldn’t always have calculators in our pockets getting revenge.
Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Tried to do the funny “58008” on the display didn’t you?
mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de 7 months ago
Legend says he divided by zero
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
Homie tried to divide by zero.
Tyr_Raidho_Othala@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Homie is chinese
Froyn@kbin.social 7 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 7 months ago
Now I really want to know what this person did to get this.
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 7 months ago
✓-1
unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wall hacks.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Seems fair
unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wouldn’t even care. Excel is always open.
bquintb@midwest.social 7 months ago
This is what happens when one attempts to divide by 0
StThicket@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Or square root of -1
Vaginal_blood_fart@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
i see what you did there
PossiblyHuman@lemmy.world 7 months ago
He really said 80,08.
fury@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is what happens when you try to use third party ink cartridges in your calculator.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is what smurfing will get ya
ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 7 months ago
The forbidden math is used to summon demons: f-droid.org/…/com.quaap.computationaldemonology/
T4V0@lemmy.pt 7 months ago
He did the monster math
Exusia@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Calculator-as-a-service
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 7 months ago
When you break the subscription cost down into weekly payments, it seems very reasonable.
marcos@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It costs less than a Stabucks coffee every 5 minutes.
R2DPru@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I wouldn’t know. I can’t check.