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Such a weird coincidence. I stepped out of my house a few minutes ago to buy ice cream, and I bump into a Ukrainian friend of mine whose last name is “Popov”. I come back to my computer and immediately click this link on HackerNews and see the name Popov again. Weird. I sent this link to him and he says: where did you find this? And he says: his family name is related to people who invented certain radio components in the Soviet Union. Such a strange moment of synchronicity.

Coincidence? Maybe...

Popov is a very common surname in Eastern Europe, something like Smith or Rodriguez. At work, we have 5 Popovs :)

"Pop" is the word for priest, so it translates to "priest's" (son).

(You know this, obviously. I'm posting it for the others.)

And, I happen to chat with a Popov almost every day :-)

Reminds me of this rabbit hole I went down recently. A short story about digital consciousness where death is literally a "prediction failure." The system's attempt to handle the end of biological input is terrifying.

It's framed as a leaked document from the future. Worth a read if you're into this kind of existential sci-fi.

https://dmf-archive.github.io/docs/story/facing-the-abyss/

I assume this Alexander Popov is a fictional character, as a quick Google search didn't turn up anyone with a matching profile.

Yeah, I'm waiting for the SCP designation to appear.

This appears to be a promotional site for a movie. https://kubicki.org

Well it did it's job, I'm intrigued.

Apparently it was released in 2022?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9625672/

https://cynium.com/safespace/#trailer

This entire thing smells fictional. But, then again, as a frequent visitor to Joshua Tree during all the years mentioned, there is a fairly extreme new age culture there, kind of on their own advanced journey. Look up "The Integratron" for one such manifestation of them. Harmless, I think.

Also the game.

Easter egg: if you type 'camus' in the character selection screen you can play as Albert Camus in Algiers circa 1937, having premonitions about being a character in a text-based adventure game in the distant future.

How did you know that?

The director mentioned it in an email I got, apparently Camus is also a character in the film.

What game?

EDIT: https://strangemachine.tv/safespace/

I studied in the same school :) I can't confirm geometric tattoos, but the school definitely taught me to enjoy the art of science!

Back in the day I used to prefer amber-on-black terminals over green-on-black. But not now, it seems.

I wanted it to work, but the font used doesn't help.

With a better font, amber-on-black is restful.

We had amber screens in our school computer lab in Poland in the early 90s where I discovered gaming, so the look is seared into my brain.

The polytechnic I worked for in the mid 80s ran a little competition to see whether we should get green or amber phosphors on a new set of terminals. Most people seemed to prefer amber, but we bought green because they were somewhat cheaper (why?). I bagged myself one of the amber ones.

Super pissed I ever ditched my old amber VT-220. Still have memories of using it to dial into the North Avenue Trade School’s ancient CDC Cyber from my fleabag flophouse in Home Park.

Is there a place online to buy/watch this film?

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