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Cybernation is most often used to refer to the control of a system, especially an industrial/manufacturing system, by computer. It is a portmanteau of cybernetic and automation.

Occasionally, cybernation, or sometimes CyberNation, is used to refer to a large on-line community or the entirety of internet users as a group. Usually it is a vague combination of the two -- e.g., a statement like "policing the cybernation" would suggest that it involves all the internet, but in fact would in practice be limited by national jurisdictions; in other cases it is in fact limited by certain skillsets (e.g., coding ability) or language.


Cybernation is also the 6th book in Tom Clancy's Net Force series.

So this was very much like the typical dream -- namely that it was mostly nonsensical, though I thought everything made perfect sense at the time. 

My grandmother was there, and she said she had something important to tell me, and for whatever reason, I had to go chase a newt -- a foolishly large newt -- and I didn't see her again. Even as I was chasing the newt, I knew I'd made a…

Word Enchiladas

It's like Game Jams, but instead of making Games, we're writing words!

Purpose

To encourage noders to write outside their comfort zone, without worrying about perfection, or even completing a writeup.

Principles

  1. The spirit of the rules and the event is more important than the letter of the rules.
  2. Enchiladas are

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