Rubbing It On

Grumpy Bird

would be comfortable on hot summer days

Steve H

I’m fine with a cuddly cold bimbo Moray to hug.

Bagge

Yeah, it´s abundantly clear her job is not actually as librarian, but as manager. She might HIRE some people to do real librarian jobs, but that´s as close as she will come

George Wilson

Almost like running a daycare.

Chris Crowther

Back in the day we were pretty much all AFPers - alt.fan.pratchett being the Usenet group dedicated to pTerry (technically it still exists). I have friends I've known for nearly 30 years because of that froup.

Ethan Searls

Well, yes, but they think best in binary. Decimal number systems are hard for them

Ursus Ridens

I agree --and if Moray were an actual instantiation of The Director, the latter would seem to be a huge ditz.

Ursus Ridens

It seems that a very significant fraction of QC readers are also Disc-heads*. *"Discheads" just looked wrong.

Ursus Ridens

The weirder the better, OldGoat. But, um, how permanent is Moray, anyway. I mean (aside from the possibility of resorption) will she need to have her seawater changed periodically, or something?

Is there an equivalent of Diamond, King of Trolls? The Director?

David Howe

She isn't trolling though. Because trolls get smarter when you cool them :D

Ísabel Pirsic

Apply directly to the forehead.

Melissa

Wouldn't 🤖 function better at low temperatures? Trolls do with their silica based brains...

David Durant

I don't think the Morays are instantiations of the Director. The whole point of them making the Morays was to have something closer to "normal" people / AIs to communicate with them as the Director's consciousness is too full of abstract science to be able to do that.

David Durant

It's become overly abundant in the *two days* that Claire's been at Cubetown that this isn't a "data job", it's being mayor / COO of a medium sized town. The actual details of her contract would be very interesting.

Daniel Drazen

Moray. Apply directly to the forehead.

David Michaels

I read it that Moray started as a specific instantiation of the director but now is her own person as she and the director have diverged and spend more time apart.

Marc Ducharme

This. She got promoted two-three levels before she even accepted the Head Librarian job.

Greg Morrow

Claire's job is Chief of Staff even if nobody has realized it yet.

Charles Hirst

That's why I said she needed a hug!

David Paul

More than anything else, Moray needs direction. More than just "find out what Claire wants and then see to it", at any rate.

Stephen Wells

She lives in Canada.

Chris Crowther

Seems possible. Probably even likely, given she's gloop...

Chris Crowther

I suspect this is a "hats" thing. She's an autonomous person, but she also acts as a proxy for the Director. When she's acting as herself, she's probably got less authority than Claire would have in her new role. When she's acting as a proxy for the Director, she effectively becomes the Director for that purpose. It sounds like the Director generally just creates a proxy when they need one, but after that it's up to them what they do - they can either return or remain autonomous and find something for themselves to do until they're needed again.

Shane Wegner

Came here to say this. A lot of superconductors need to be really cold for least resistance. Unless Moray’s computation is done with chemicals, which would be more like… neurotransmitters?

PixelThis

Isn't Moray technically Claire's boss since she's an instantiation of the Director?

Chris Crowther

Interestingly this is the opposite to how most computers would work...they generally work better when they're cold. Also Trolls in the Discworld (because their brains are silicon based, obv.)

Solomon Garland

She signed up to handle data, not people. I don't think "mom" was in the job description anywhere, and she's well within her rights to tell people to fuck off and let her do her job imo

Dylan T

Moray why do you know that

FuryoftheStars

Was just thinking the same thing! XD

Opus the Poet

Well technically she's only a toddler, so I don't know how that would work. I mean she was born with adult understanding and vocabulary, but she's less than 2 YO right now.

Bagge

Claire, you signed up as mom, middle management and voice of reason for an entire town full of weirdos, goofballs and individualists. In what universe would that NOT mean a daily wrangling of people´s egos?

awgiedawgie

"...a lot stupider..."? The mind reels.

chroniclesoffire

I'm not sure about a love life, but she needs someone to balance her. Her insecurities tear her apart too frequently, so an actual love life might just be worse.

Charles Hirst

I'm having to use the Urban Dictionary often now, although Shipping News did involve quite a lot of personal interaction.

David Durant

I dunno, I know it's different for AIs but the more I see of Moray the more I think of her like a pre-teen...

OldGoat

Moray needs a love life. I hereby ship Moray and Barry the Whale Wanker.

Jaron Mortimer

Oh Moray. You're the purest slime girl in existence.

Sean Kinlin

Moray doesn't have to go to Jupiter - the fridge is close enough.

Sorastro

+100 for a Pratchett reference, says I. Also, you, sir, prodded much buttock.

Chris Heg

Moray getting a lot stupider could cause a singulariy.

Nutjob

... I think we're starting to see why Cubetown is so... Cubetown-y

Summer Sudbrink

Massaging bruised eggos would just be messy. And possibly summon demons. Massaging bruised eagles would probably be as bad as summoning demons.

Ian Mortimer

I read that as "Moray is prone to freezer bum" and I guess it's equally valid.

Byron Wright

I am now entertaining the possibility of Claire and Marten opening a library/coffee shop where Claire manages all the written documents and "various studies and experiments" that can't properly be digitally archived. While Marten manages the rumor mill that comes along with people gossiping while getting coffee. He can takes notes and send Claire the list of people that haven't been seen in over a month to find out what they've been doing.

Dave Warren

Reminds me of the trolls in Discworld, except reverse: cold makes them smarter and heat makes them dumber. Silicon brains.

Michael Boettger

Moray. I feel for her insecurities. But Zlata is definitely growing on me. I can see it now, Marten establishes a proper coffee establishment, Claire sets up shop in an adjoining space. And neither her or Zlata are too good to pitch in and help when the need arises. Of course, when they swing back to Northampton they all go back to CoD for advanced training.

Coinneach Fitzpatrick

Moray: the anti-Detritus