#qux

I've read two articles so far about Qux (at Gizmodo and the Daily Beast) and I love how stupid it is. I don't expect the device to ever actually ship, but on paper it sounds like a Roku for gullible people.

Up until now, I only knew the word "qux" as a placeholder word like "foo," "bar," and "baz"--sort of the Zeppo Marx of the metasyntactic variables. This device, however, is called Qux either because it sounds like "cucks" (as in "cuckservative") or because it stands for "Quantum User Experience." It is supposed to be a portal to an uncensored internet free from the influence of "Big Tech," so I'm pretty sure it's along the same lines as the MyPillow guy's social network.

If you're like me, you saw the word "quantum" and hope this thing is supposed to be based on some magical pseudoscience. Early signs are promising--co-creator Gavin Wince runs a site about "existics" which has been likened to good ol' Time Cube. I'm not sure what "three-dimensional time" has to do with keeping Big Tech from deplatforming your favorite right-wing crackpots, but I'm sure this guy's got it covered.

Welcome to quX, a short rpg maker game with a dystopian setting that's made for the Cyberpunk Jam 2.0 between July and August of 2016 by Rindre (@pakilusin).

"Following a cataclysmic war, the country of Dimapi was struggling to get back on its feet. The great amount of casualties and lack of morale made it almost impossible to rebuild infrastructure and pay reparations.

Monica Tarongoy, the surviving descendant of the powerful Tarongoy Dynasty, took it upon herself to solve the dwindling population issue and, with her chief scientist, used a new technology to mass produce genetically modified children, or "GenMods". Each child was designed to specific skills, different emotional capacities, and predestined to have a certain job in the workforce.

Quickly the population rose and economy flourished, and the once destroyed country became a sprawling urban paradise. Monica's system, although successful, was met with ethical criticism and thus Dimapi isolated itself from the rest of the world. In Dimapi's isolation, Monica worked hard to raise the quality of life for her people and now the lifespan of Dimapine citizens is the longest in the world.

Internally however, many GenMods became dissatisfied with their destinies and began revolting against the Queen.

Collins - All Alone (feat. Qux)

I’ll be fine coloring outside the lines, right? I know you people don’t understand what my grind’s like No one can tell me who my adversary is Since I grew up writing rhymes with my imaginary friends

Let’s see what tags we get.

Doo dad.