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!
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 year ago
Gonna try to lay my hands on it, thanks, seems stupidly crazy and enjoyable
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Awesome my library app has it, thanks! Sounds right up my alley!
Brekky@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My library has it thanks!!
TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
That sounds amazing. I’ll give that a read, thanks mate
ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 year ago
novel series called the Laundry Files
Thank you i’ll search that 👍
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Happy to share. Hope you enjoy.
Kiernian@lemmy.world 1 year ago
the Laundry Files
Sweet, Thanks.
I just checked The Atrocity Archives (first book in the series) out of my local library’s e-book program.
I’m looking forward to reading this.
Letto@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I’d like to add the audiobooks are quite good for those who listen! They’re a very fun series (I’ve “only” been through the first 6, quite a few more after I checked.)
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, I listened to them on audiobook myself. Also about 6 of them, give or take, oddly enough. I have been doing audiobooks all the time, now, as I rarely have time to just sit down and read. Perfect for when you’re doing menial tasks that aren’t mentally engaging. Doing dishes, driving, going grocery shopping… audiobook. I’ve been on the Dungeon Crawler Carl series lately which is another great series that’s also weird as hell. Thoroughly recommend if that’s your kind of thing.
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
First time seeing them mentioned online, Charles Stross is great
TheCannonball@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I need to read this. Thanks for the book recommendation
TheCannonball@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I need to read this. Thanks for the book recommendation
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s the teachers that said we wouldn’t always have calculators in our pockets getting revenge.
Kase@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yup. If you use your calculator for 5×6 instead of remembering your times tables, they lock you out
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
80085
mdurell@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s an old code but it checks out
ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
5318008
uis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
13707 193
mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de 1 year ago
Legend says he divided by zero
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 year ago
iPad users be like
Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Tried to do the funny “58008” on the display didn’t you?
Octopus1348@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
You probably did meth
doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Yeah you can use all the fancy symbols you want but at the end of the day multivariate differential calculus is just addition and multiplication in a funny arrangement, you can’t stop me. L’Hopital taught me how to divide by zero and by god I will, damnit.
uis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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
funnystuff97@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Huh, I was expecting my phone’s calculator to return i, but it just says it’s undefined. You’d think imaginary numbers should be supported, but I guess not. Maybe some phone calculators do, and some don’t?
Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Iiiiih…
unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wall hacks.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
Homie tried to divide by zero.
Tyr_Raidho_Othala@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Homie is chinese
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TEACH ME THE DARK EQUATIONS OF OLD
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is what smurfing will get ya
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
T4V0@lemmy.pt 1 year ago
He did the monster math
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It was a graveyard smath
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Seems fair
unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wouldn’t even care. Excel is always open.
PossiblyHuman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
He really said 80,08.
ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The forbidden math is used to summon demons: f-droid.org/…/com.quaap.computationaldemonology/
fury@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is what happens when you try to use third party ink cartridges in your calculator.
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.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Adless addition is easily worth it
Aceticon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The secret to selling the calculator subscription is to use the smallest possible unit as the potential clients can’t use the calculator to calculate the yearly cost of the calculator subscription.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, but if you sign up for a year up front you get an additional 15 parentheses a month.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Addition = 1 mathgem.
Subtraction = 2 mathgems.
Multiplication = 3 mathgems.
Division = 5 math gems.
Square root = 10 mathgems.
100 math gems = £1.99.
100 math gems = £15.99.
1000 math gems = 129.99. <>