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a side effect of freedom archive/silicon-jest

[...] The only difference was that Brian wanted to smuggle money itself, and he had no compunctions about it. On the contrary, he reveled in the very idea, turned it over and over in his mind, found in it an entire life philosophy. And there he sat on my sofa, drinking my tea, explaining, completel…

—p.46 Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents [2] Sushi (39) by Ellen Ullman
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I used to think that was a compliment archive/silicon-jest

He grinned at me.

"You're very strange," I said.

"I used to think that was a compliment," he said. And his pleasure vanished.

It was at that moment that I thought there might be a bit more to Brian. Yes, he was weird. Yes, he barely belonged to this world. But a part of him knew all too we…

—p.43 [2] Sushi (39) by Ellen Ullman
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interstice

Discovering the tiny interstices of the complex banking network that no one else thought much about.

—p.45 [2] Sushi (39) by Ellen Ullman
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inveigh

Someone from law enforcement would inveigh against exporting encryption products with keys longer than 40 bits

—p.36 [1] Transactions (17) by Ellen Ullman
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