📝 Ben's Random Bits

[DevilinPixy]

That link will work smoothly for anyone who is already a Discord user and part of NMS Discord. For anyone missing some of those requirements, they’d have to sign up for Discord and/or get access to the NMS Discord (public).

I would recommend you describe where the link is supposed to take you, as in its current form, will only advertide Discord itself, not really useful. It will link correctly though.

Was thinking more in the lines of:

[Project Skyscraper reply by YBM](https://discord.com/channels/146101654981312513/1506587996835680347/1529536449722978434) :link: (NMSDiscord)

Result:
Project Skyscraper reply by YBM (NMSDiscord)

[BenR]

My idea, after the fact, was to screen shot and edit my post to include them… Future us might need it for the 20yr anniversary…

[DevilinPixy]

That might even work better to be honest. I love my handy ‘snipping’ tool for quick grabs to share.

[DevilinPixy]

Oh and wow, I did not right away realise, but great taking care of preparations for the coming decade

[BenR]

How bad does it look? On my end, it’s readable… If you zoom in.

[sheralmyst]

Clear on mobile when zoomed in
In 10 more years I will need a way to move my controller by thought. Bring on the gaming implants

[sheralmyst]

I’m watching 2010. I never realized how important calendars and calculators are in the movie… Especially if Hal has to be shutdown.
Didn’t this ARG start with a clip from that movie?
What if System is being drawn into a black hole? Dr Chandra, will I dream?

[BenR]

Yes it did!!!

Right here I posted about it.

[sheralmyst]

Reading about what happened to Hal, it was ordered to conceal info about the monolith from the crew. This conflicted with Hal’s basic programming and caused the computer equivalent of a paranoid breakdown ..
Is this what just happened to System?
System lied about being Arnaud…
There was an internal conflict
An attempt to resolve it ensued

[astrosurf66]

I’m forever behind on my news feed, but as it happens, here’s a Reactor piece from just a couple days ago (if only I’d stumbled over this yesterday, when 2010 was on TCM)…

HAL Is Not an Evil Robot — He's an Amoral One (and Why That Distinction...

[BenR]

the reward function is to keep the user engaged, and to give them what they want.

yup. I identified that years ago.

So what exactly is the core of System? Purpose?

We all have our theories, but this really brings it to the front…

[BenR]

While over analyzing everything for the 16,001 time, I over heard someone on Discord mention something about the email dates not making sense… So I did what any good Operator that is unsure how to help would do, and did my own investigation.

Sunday, June 8

Tuesday, June 9

I posted to BlueSky as a reply to Archie’s most recent post. Here’s a direct link:

Benᴿ (127) (@benrandomnamehere.bsky.social)

[BenR]

and the calendar puzzle, they forgot Mnemosyne. From what I read, that’s a day of the week I think?

and the fact that it’s a MONDAY that was missed/removed… I dunno…

[Rusty]

I’ve completely missed this detail, did you look into the rest of the email dates?

[BenR]

Oh yes. The rest match for 2026. Only this one is incorrect.

[BenR]

Recap of what I did:

Replied on BSky about the missing Monday in email chain.

Reminded myself the Calendar Puzzle forgot the Muse of Memory.

Noticed how System-> terminal is Arnaud centric. Use Terminal, and you are mirroring Arnaud’s awakening within.

Pictures on RecallDreams. Long Room. Dublin. Aristotle is next to him.

Mnemosyne studies, which mimics “don’t drink the water”, and the Void Mother creation concept very well.

I plan on hyper fixating on this today. Hopefully life allows it.

[BenR]

Anyone have anything to add?

The missing Monday is from 2026. We were here. We know it happened. But what happened? Something bad enough for System/Server to miss an entire day? A sub routine? The termite?

[BenR]

I think I have all the loose ends pertaining to this… or enough to discover something.

[BenR]

Tap error 1016 and end up here

[BenR]

why is the community focusing on seeing their memories added instead of the clues we have so far?

Some interesting misdirection if you ask me.

Nothing is random.

I got some honest suspicions of people… vehemently misdirect when specific points raised. Why?

Still can’t get a find in page to work if I look at this exact post I am typing on screen.

Random is listed on the page more than 3 times people.