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Roman Love Freak Since: Jan, 2010
#126: Jun 27th 2010 at 1:17:20 AM

He's mentioned him in the third person, disagrees with him on a few things. (I can't remember what exactly...) It originally was because he was really smart, so you could sort of buy it, but then he mentioned he works "in the field" of AI. So, it wasn't like some cray tinfoil hat thing.

edited 27th Jun '10 1:17:36 AM by Roman

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#127: Jun 27th 2010 at 1:20:22 AM

Nornagest is a programmer. Yudkowsky is a cognition specialist (I think)

Poor poor Snape.

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Roman Love Freak Since: Jan, 2010
#128: Jun 27th 2010 at 1:48:07 AM

His title is research fellow. He reads a bunch of math books, pontificates through his blog, and occasionally gives lectures. Once in a blue moon he'll finish a paper.

If Yudkowsky, does anything else, he doesn't make it clear, but it does mention he knows how to program several times in his writings, so...

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#129: Jun 27th 2010 at 6:38:37 AM

Is it just my lack of pop culture knowledge, or are the references usually more subtle than "Mr. Bester?"

Also, yeah, poor Snape. Yudkowsky is not being kind to canon viewpoints, is he? tongue

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SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001
#130: Jun 27th 2010 at 2:05:09 PM

No, they are not usually any more subtle. Generally, they work on the level of a brick thrown through the window.

During that bit about Harry's parents

  • A) I loved his escape method

  • B) It would have been an action noted on the autopsy form as a suicide but I was waiting for noting that Snape was a Dogged Nice Guy.

RawPower Jesus as in Revelations from Barcelona Since: Aug, 2009
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#131: Jun 27th 2010 at 2:17:44 PM

He was just raised into a culture of evil Magical Ku Klux Klan.

Why do I get the feeling it would be an awesome title for a shonen series?

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Roundy210 Since: Apr, 2009
#132: Jun 27th 2010 at 9:01:54 PM

wow, that chapter went from Crowning Moment Of Awesome to Tear Jerker fast.

also, does this thing have a CMOA page yet?

RawPower Jesus as in Revelations from Barcelona Since: Aug, 2009
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#133: Jun 28th 2010 at 3:29:07 AM

Making a CMOA for this would equate summarizing the plot. It's like the Gurren Lagann Crowning Moment Of Awesome page: it ends up being a description fo every fight.

A common issue with works that go Beyond the Impossible...

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willyolio Since: Jan, 2001
#135: Jul 3rd 2010 at 3:15:59 PM

"The same reason it must be kept secret, Minerva. The same reason I told you to come to me, if Harry made any such claim. Because it is a power that Voldemort knows not."
Best re-interpretation of a quote ever. lol.

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#136: Jul 4th 2010 at 3:20:10 AM

Loved the part of this chapter were Harry tried to get rid of his Lies to Children preconceptions and try to think of reality as it really was.

But Hermione was annoying.

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#139: Jul 4th 2010 at 2:11:15 PM

He said in the author notes "I'm not really happy with the way Ch. 28 came out, which is why I'm posting Ch. 29 on Sunday. Maybe it's just me, maybe not."

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#141: Jul 10th 2010 at 9:53:47 PM

I've noticed that I have two parts to this fanfic. Number one is the plot itself, and number two is trying to find all the Shout Outs, like Dragon Army(of course, Draco's tactics are pretty much the opposite of those that Ender used).

As for the fic itself, Hermione was amazing.

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jaimeastorga2000 Indeed Since: May, 2011
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#142: Jul 10th 2010 at 11:30:22 PM

Haha, this armies subplot is as amusing as I thought it would be. I did not see that coming. Thought Hermione was going to use guerrilla tactics by herself instead after I noticed she was missing from both halves of her forces.

edited 12th Aug '10 9:18:46 AM by jaimeastorga2000

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#143: Jul 11th 2010 at 5:28:19 AM

Hell, he even foreshadowed her strategy with Neville.

What's precedent ever done for us?
willyolio Since: Jan, 2001
#144: Jul 11th 2010 at 3:45:19 PM

i expected Harry to have read The Art Of War and The Thirty Six Stratagems. at least hermione did, it seems.

jaimeastorga2000 Indeed Since: May, 2011
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#145: Jul 12th 2010 at 6:44:16 PM

So, is anybody else following the drama at DLP related to this fanfiction? Because let me tell you, it makes for great entertainment while one is waiting for a new chapter.

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#146: Jul 13th 2010 at 2:43:17 PM

Whoo, I am seeing a lot of Small Name, Big Ego on both sides there.

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RawPower Jesus as in Revelations from Barcelona Since: Aug, 2009
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#147: Jul 14th 2010 at 2:20:06 PM

^^ I might have a look. The second post is hilarious already. I didn't imagine there could he a strong Hatedom for Fan Fic, but here's your Serious Business...

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Nornagest Since: Jan, 2001
#148: Jul 15th 2010 at 5:31:00 PM

There's apparently a similar Twilight fic done by another Less Wrong contributor. I can't provide meaningful feedback as I haven't read more than a few paragraphs into it, but I find a sort of cruel delight in the concept.

I will keep my soul in a place out of sight, Far off, where the pulse of it is not heard.
willyolio Since: Jan, 2001
#149: Jul 15th 2010 at 11:14:31 PM

ok, a rational harry potter kind of puts a weird and interesting perspective to the HP series, but a rational twilight is completely contrary to the premise.

RawPower Jesus as in Revelations from Barcelona Since: Aug, 2009
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#150: Jul 16th 2010 at 4:21:39 AM

Most hilarious concept ever!

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