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What time travel might look like from the other side [1]. I remember a great short story I read about the first time traveler. They decided the first visit would be the Shakespeare. Shakespeare has no problems accepting that he's being visited by a time traveler, and asks what gifts the traveler brings. The traveler is a bit confused, so Shakespeare explains that the early ones all bring gifts. The traveler has broug…

Reminds me of a story where it turned out that the entire Passover crowd where Pontius Pilate asks who should be pardoned are time travellers that have been told to do what everyone else does.

My god. Google is amazing https://i.imgur.com/XRknZWf.png

"Let's Go to Golgotha!"

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So, in the late 90's I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, where my wife met a time traveller named "Butterfly". I saw her talking to a weird looking guy, and swung by to see if she needed help, but she had that "oh this is going to be a great story" look on her face and kind of shooed me away. Later, she told me he had claimed to be from the future. He made some predictions: - there would be a war in Iraq, but…

One of my classmates in an IT course was named Aragorn. I thought about asking him whether his parents chose the name but decided I didn’t want to know.

> I thought about asking him whether his parents chose the name but decided I didn’t want to know.

Who else would have named him?

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Steins;Gate, a Japanese light novel and anime, includes John Titor in the story in an awesome way. It also includes some bit of hacker culture that I think is more real than the typical American movie "hacker". I recommend it! Edit: As pointed out in the comments, this was originally a visual novel! There are many ways to enjoy this story.

The full anime (all episodes subbed, a few dubbed) is available for free on YouTube by Funimation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=EL3n57TtnN3tY

The anime is good, but the original visual novel is much more detailed and offers several endings. 11/10 would recommend; it's the only time I can say a video game brought me close to tears. The Steins;Gate visual novel was the perfect gateway drug into otaku culture for me the first time I played it, especially since it included a glossary of terms related to anime/manga that grew as the story continued.

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John Titor made poor predictions. He also said that his timeline could have been different than this one, as a way to justify prediction failures. He said an organizarion pays him a paycheck then said he lives in a society based on bartering. There are contradictions in his posts. The Mad Cow disease epidemic never happened, neither did the civil war he predicted, or any if the other stuff. He also talked about using…

The bug was y2036, which he said we knew was a problem even then. It is definitely still a problem.

Re: John Titor

#125

So, in the late 90's I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, where my wife met a time traveller named "Butterfly". I saw her talking to a weird looking guy, and swung by to see if she needed help, but she had that "oh this is going to be a great story" look on her face and kind of shooed me away. Later, she told me he had claimed to be from the future. He made some predictions: - there would be a war in Iraq, but…

But what predictions did he make which didn't even come close to coming true but you don't remember them as well because of that?

He also warned that his arrival might have changed the outcome. He covered his bases.

Re: John Titor

#126

So, in the late 90's I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, where my wife met a time traveller named "Butterfly". I saw her talking to a weird looking guy, and swung by to see if she needed help, but she had that "oh this is going to be a great story" look on her face and kind of shooed me away. Later, she told me he had claimed to be from the future. He made some predictions: - there would be a war in Iraq, but…

That's very cool. Interestingly, some believe the Bible also predicted a war in Iraq (Babylon) over oil. I had a few email conversations with Titor back in the day. Cryptic responses, kind of useless. Didn't convince me he was a time traveler. Your wife's contact sounds more credible, such as it is.

It would be hilarious if the bible predicted a war over vegetable oil.

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#127
post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of my classmates in an IT course was named Aragorn. I thought about asking him whether his parents chose the name but decided I didn’t want to know.

> I thought about asking him whether his parents chose the name but decided I didn’t want to know. Who else would have named him?

Some people name themselves. Sometimes you can even tell how old they were when they came up with their name

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Can someone explain why this is trending on Hacker News today?

It's the choice of Steins Gate. The spread of the truth is a necessary measure to bring the actions of The Organization and SERN to light. El Psy Kongroo.

Re: John Titor

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post #128

Can someone explain why this is trending on Hacker News today?

It's the choice of Steins Gate. The spread of the truth is a necessary measure to bring the actions of The Organization and SERN to light. El Psy Kongroo.

In case you didn't get it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22558727

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post #98
post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of my classmates in an IT course was named Aragorn. I thought about asking him whether his parents chose the name but decided I didn’t want to know.

My sister has a friend named Arwen and her dad says she would have been named "Frodo" if she had been a boy. Dodged a bullet there.

I met a lady named "Arwen" once. I asked her about it and she just said "My parents were total LoTR hippies." But while it stood out to me at the time, it didn't strike me as name that was ridiculous or anything. Just distinctive.

Now Frodo... that would just seem weird. Or Gandalf for that matter.

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