He’s working against himself, with less resources than the one defending the place.
Aimee is -inside- the tech, creating the walls he needs to bypass meat-style.
He’s smart enough to know when he has himself in a disadvantage~
Not to mention that Aimee can probably overclock the host computer’s processors and think faster than brain speed. Now, she won’t think *better* than him, but with more time to plan each move she might as well be smarter than him by a good margin.
I could force a draw if I had two minutes for each move and Kasparov had only one. And I’m not a great chess player!
I’m pretty sure that I could force a draw against Kasparov if I had two minutes for each move and he had one second. And he wasn’t allowed to think during my moves.
I am a terrible chess player. (But I’m decent at Knightmare Chess.)
While I miss Nick in his proper body, I’m enjoying the interactions between these two. Nick is pretty much the only grounded one on Sweetheart’s team, and now he has a meat body we get these nice moments.
You have a point. Just the sight of a badge may be enough to send many of the contestants running, considering the questionable legality of the activities. Perhaps the threat of losing their union privileges would help, too.
Given that she works in civil service, I’d think Sweetheart would be well aquatinted with Catch 22 requirements and nonsensical circular justifications.
She is. Which why now that’s she’s a free agent, she considering chucking the whole thing. Before, it was only a wished-for option. Now, it could be reality!!
Okay, obviously she’d never do it, but the fantasy would help give her the much needed lift to finish the job.
There’s always Capt. James Kirk’s solution to the “no-win” Kobayashi Maru Problem. Alter the parameters of the conflict via hacking. (Otherwise known as “cheating”.) Let Tip distract Aimee. Considering how easily a female presence can upset Nick, one smile from Tip should blow a resister somewhere.
It’s an interesting point, that Nick thinks of the robots as his people. Regardless of his current chassis, he’s still a product of mad science and a card carrying member of the machine union. He thinks of himself as a robot. And why wouldn’t he? He’s an orphan and recluse who had almost nothing to gain or lose in his human life, but fell into something that felt meaningful and comfortable. Now Nick has a commuity of his own. Sweetheart has the rest of Doctor Bramm’s pack, and the nonhuman rights movement. Unity has the zombie rights movement and the necropolis. And now Nick has Aimee, Baron, and the robots.
“We could go find less ridiculous clients”.
Sweetheart, didn’t those many, many years at work teach you there is no such thing as a sane client? Anyone who could possibly be “normal” is probably reality blind by now.
It’s a very, very human sentiment (and in Skin Horse, it extends even to non-humans). Jews don’t have a trademark on loyalty and solidarity… or stupidity.
Time to bring out Hitty, that Humidifier is asking for it anyway.
Hitty? You’re thinking small. The building.
What do the rules say about tag‐teams?
Doesn’t hitty control the building?
Yes.
It is nice to feel like family.
So, Nick… You’re saying you couldn’t hack your way into the VR?
I’m disappointed.
He’s working against himself, with less resources than the one defending the place.
Aimee is -inside- the tech, creating the walls he needs to bypass meat-style.
He’s smart enough to know when he has himself in a disadvantage~
Right. Before he could go at grey matter speeds. But now he has to deal witha fleshy analog interface, thus to be referred as: meat speed.
Not to mention that Aimee can probably overclock the host computer’s processors and think faster than brain speed. Now, she won’t think *better* than him, but with more time to plan each move she might as well be smarter than him by a good margin.
I could force a draw if I had two minutes for each move and Kasparov had only one. And I’m not a great chess player!
I’m pretty sure that I could force a draw against Kasparov if I had two minutes for each move and he had one second. And he wasn’t allowed to think during my moves.
I am a terrible chess player. (But I’m decent at Knightmare Chess.)
He’d need a line in with enough bandwidth to get in. Those are being competed for atm, so…
While I miss Nick in his proper body, I’m enjoying the interactions between these two. Nick is pretty much the only grounded one on Sweetheart’s team, and now he has a meat body we get these nice moments.
Poor Nick. Grounded in so many ways. Practical, unable to fly, and wired by a 3-prong plug.
Double pun score!
If they hadn’t gone rogue, they could have showed their badges and shut it down. Maybe they still could show them and fake it.
You have a point. Just the sight of a badge may be enough to send many of the contestants running, considering the questionable legality of the activities. Perhaps the threat of losing their union privileges would help, too.
Given that she works in civil service, I’d think Sweetheart would be well aquatinted with Catch 22 requirements and nonsensical circular justifications.
She is. Which why now that’s she’s a free agent, she considering chucking the whole thing. Before, it was only a wished-for option. Now, it could be reality!!
Okay, obviously she’d never do it, but the fantasy would help give her the much needed lift to finish the job.
The only way to protest a death match by winning a death match… is to challenge the person running the death matches.
There’s always Capt. James Kirk’s solution to the “no-win” Kobayashi Maru Problem. Alter the parameters of the conflict via hacking. (Otherwise known as “cheating”.) Let Tip distract Aimee. Considering how easily a female presence can upset Nick, one smile from Tip should blow a resister somewhere.
It’s an interesting point, that Nick thinks of the robots as his people. Regardless of his current chassis, he’s still a product of mad science and a card carrying member of the machine union. He thinks of himself as a robot. And why wouldn’t he? He’s an orphan and recluse who had almost nothing to gain or lose in his human life, but fell into something that felt meaningful and comfortable. Now Nick has a commuity of his own. Sweetheart has the rest of Doctor Bramm’s pack, and the nonhuman rights movement. Unity has the zombie rights movement and the necropolis. And now Nick has Aimee, Baron, and the robots.
“We could go find less ridiculous clients”.
Sweetheart, didn’t those many, many years at work teach you there is no such thing as a sane client? Anyone who could possibly be “normal” is probably reality blind by now.
She didn’t say “we could go find sane clients” or “normal clients.” She said “less ridiculous clients.” That implies that they’ll still be ridiculous.
Nick’s line in the fourth panel is pure poetry. Which is just as well, because I can foresee myself having a lot of occasions to recite it.
It is a very, very, Jewish sentiment.
It’s a very, very human sentiment (and in Skin Horse, it extends even to non-humans). Jews don’t have a trademark on loyalty and solidarity… or stupidity.
Wouldn’t be the first time a jew looked down upon their people acting incredibly stupid and proceeded to lay down some law.
Nick sadly is not equipped with any stone tablets in this case.