Wyrd Sisters
by Terry Pratchett · first published 1988
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Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Maigrat have fairy godmother-dom thrust upon them.
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Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, particularly: "Mort" and "Reaper Man"; "Guards! Guards!", "Men at Arms", and "The Night Watch"; "Wyrd Sisters", "Witches Abroad" and "Lords and Ladies"; and "Small Gods" and "Pyramids". The first two are about Death, the second three about Samuel Vimes, the third group about Granny Weatherwax, and the last two…
on “What Would You Recommend to a Bright 14 Year Old?” ↗“When you break rules, break ‘em good and hard.” — Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett https://thepiratebay.vg/torrent/9369039/The_Prisoner_1967_10... http://uj3wazyk5u4hnvtk.onion/torrent/9369039/The_Prisoner_1...
on “TPP final negotiated text – IP chapter” ↗"Witches... certainly don't have leaders. Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn't have." - Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters.
on “No CEO: A Swedish company where nobody is in charge” ↗…is true. On the other hand: "Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things. Well-known fact," said Granny. "But I don’t hold with encouraging it." - Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters This makes LLMs much better than claimed by those who dismiss it as BS or stochastic parrot or whatever, and also not as good as domain experts.
on “Oops! We Automated Bullshit” ↗Gives Terry Pratchett's "Wyrd Sisters" a whole new layer of meaning. The man knew his language history, apparently. Also interesting you can see the influences of Old English on German as well: > Wyrd comes from the same root as the verb…
on ““Weird” is a weird word” ↗