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The Scratching Post: The Joy Is in the Doing
This past weekend reminded me why I build any of this in the first place. It was the kind of weekend where there were never enough hours in the day, but somehow that did not feel exhausting. It felt energizing. I bounced from football to old friends, from Across Pittsburgh to Scratch Writing, from tinkering with editorial workflows to sitting down behind a microphone and reading another chapter of The Midas Protocol. None of those things, taken by themselves, qualifies as some monumental life event. Put them together, though, and they reminded me of something I have probably known for a long time and occasionally forget: the joy is in the doing.
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The Funny Newz: Claude to Add "Skidmarks" to AI Slop Videos
New AI quality-control system will stamp a literal poop stain on obnoxious, poorly made content so viewers know when they're about to waste 45 seconds of their lives
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Character Profile: Caroline Friday In The Midas Protocol
Caroline Friday is twenty-one years old in December 1989 and lives with her family in Pittsburgh’s North Hills. She comes from a relatively comfortable upbringing, but she is broke, directionless, and determined to prove that she can build a life without relying on her father or the expanding family restaurant business.
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AI: Would That Be a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
One of Hank Raglan’s favorite expressions in The Midas Protocol is, “Would that be a good thing or a bad thing?” Lately, I have found myself asking essentially the same question about artificial intelligence, particularly as I experiment with using it to expand the world of the Midas Files. My answer is increasingly that AI is neither inherently a good thing nor a bad thing. It is a tool, and like most tools, what comes out of it depends heavily upon the intent and skill of the person using it.
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The Midas Protocol — Chapter 2: Misbegotten Fortune | Live Reading
The Midas Files: Live Readings continues with “Misbegotten Fortune,” Chapter 2 of The Midas Protocol. Watch the complete chapter, read by author Matt De Reno from Midas Files Mission Control.
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The Midas Protocol — Chapter 4: Auspicious Occasions | Live Reading
Join me for this week’s live reading of Chapter 4 of The Midas Protocol, titled “Auspicious Occasions.”
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The Midas Protocol — Chapter 3: Burger Empire | Live Reading
TCaroline Friday enters The Midas Protocol in Chapter Three with purple-streaked hair, a bad attitude and a desperate need for a job that will carry her through Christmas. Unfortunately, that job is cooking burgers inside the greasy kitchen of Burger Empire for an overbearing creep named Pete.
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The Midas Protocol — Chapter 1: The Gold Box | Live Reading
Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Midas Files: Live Readings, recorded live from Midas Files Mission Control. In this episode, author Matt De Reno reads “The Gold Box,” the complete opening chapter of his science-fiction thriller, The Midas Protocol.
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Character Profile: Hank Raglan In The Midas Protocol
Hank Raglan is a 24-year-old materials engineer from West View, a working-class suburb north of Pittsburgh. The year is 1989.
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Character Profile: Addison Moore In The Midas Protocol
Addison Moore is a 25-year-old Executive Corporate Communications Specialist at Unalco World Headquarters in 1989. Beautiful, intelligent, and intensely ambitious, she is steadily climbing the corporate ladder and already moves comfortably among senior executives, consultants, and important corporate guests. She helps coordinate high-profile events such as Unalco’s Global Communicators Conference and has learned that presentation, preparation, and self-control are essential to succeeding in the executive world.
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- The Scratching Post: I Survived My First Ever Live Stream – But Just Barely!
- Man Arrives in Heaven, Discovers Eternal Life Now Requires Monthly Subscription
- TechGnosis: Roman Aqueducts - Watering An Empire on Gravity
- Chapter File: Midas Protocol - Chapter 1 “The Gold Box”
- Chapter File: Midas Protocol - Chapter 2 “Misbegotten Fortune”
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