A combination of two factors led to my having forgotten, today, that Pattern Recognition mentions the Curta calculator having been designed in Buchenwald: (1) I haven’t fully reread PR since writing it, (2) septuagenarian CRS. (Can’t Remember Shit, alas.)

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Reminds me of getting carded (in my 40s!!) at one of Seattle's fake-speakeasies-for-wankers and getting a blank stare when asking the bartender if that didn't sort of break the spell.

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Solving a CAPTCHA to pirate shit is peak 2026.

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Plottwist: du snodde de som jag hade petat ner superstarkt laxermedel i 😏

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Because GET 😍

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