this one remains topical, although for different reasons than when i wrote it.

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it was supposed to be a joke about historians not understanding the past but as i now know there was some truth to it: digital camera colors were still quite bad in 2012, and color post processing helped hiding the lack of fidelity.

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i would only change "him" to "them"

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i would never be able to think of such a joke. who is this guy!

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back then i apparently only made posts when i thought they were supergood¹, different to the utter crap chute i'm running today, so these are in direct succession.

the second one takes a moment, but you'll find it is an excellent improvement upon poppers' paradox.

¹ an incorrect assumption, see further down.

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and that day is at hand! soon! any moment now!

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a thing that we often did back then was to take sayings and spin them a little, with varying success.

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someone should post this once every year.

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sounds ominous but which of the two words would you rather want to read?

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back then, there were no lows to which i would not stoop

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oh man remember the little table flipping dude?

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well i'm hearing Half-Life 3 is right around the corner. no, seriously.

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some things never change. yes this was and still is about the game we're working on.

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