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THE DUMB TALES
Welcome, traveler, to the world of The Dumb Tales.
A realm forged by nerds, for nerds. Science. Tech. Games. Anime. Homelabs.
stories compiled with bad decisions.
🌲 WHISPERING FOREST
ABOUT THE PARTY
These woods hold many truths — some ancient, some half-finished at 2am. The Dumb Tales is a fellowship of curious minds drawn to science, philosophy, literature, technology, and the occasional terrible idea. We wander between disciplines the way others wander between tabs. Lost? Maybe. Interested? Always.
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ORIGIN STORY

A group chat between friends who couldn't stop sharing papers, rabbit holes, anime recs, and half-baked theories at midnight.

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WHAT WE READ

Philosophy, literature, self-help that actually helps, science writing, and the occasional manga. Wide net. No apologies.

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THE LAB

We self-host everything — NAS, media servers, monitoring dashboards. If we can run it ourselves, we will.

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THE QUEST

We explore sciences, tech, games, pop culture, open-source. Not experts. Obsessive learners.

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THE CODE

Question everything. Build what you can. Document what you make. Host it yourself. Share it all.

👥 THE GUILD HALL
MEET THE PARTY
Three chiefs. Zero wisdom. Infinite confidence.
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CHIEF
"TRUST ME BRO"
CHIEF CONFIDENCE OFFICER
Has never been right on the first try. Has also never stopped trying. Peer reviews are a suggestion.
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CHIEF
"CONTROLLED CHAOS"
CHIEF ENTROPY OFFICER
Every system works perfectly until it ships. Has 14 tabs open, all load-bearing.
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CHIEF
"TERRIBLE DECISIONS"
CHIEF BAD IDEA OFFICER
Responsible for most of our best stories and all of our worst outages. We keep them around for the content.
🔮 CRYSTAL DUNGEON
DISCIPLINES WE EXPLORE
Each chamber holds a different obsession. All kept at least one of us awake this week.
⚛ PHYSICS
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QUANTUM MEASUREMENT

Why does the universe choose when you look at it?

∫ MATHEMATICS
GÖDEL'S INCOMPLETENESS

Math has hard limits. Beautiful and terrifying.

🔐 CYBER-SECURITY
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CTFs & PENTESTING

Think like an attacker to build real defenses.

💻 CS / AI
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EMERGENCE IN LLMs

Capabilities appear as sudden phase transitions at scale.

🧠 NEUROSCIENCE
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THE HARD PROBLEM

Why is there something it is like to be you?

🎮 VIDEO GAMES
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SYSTEMS DESIGN

We play everything and can't stop analysing the mechanics.

🎌 POP CULTURE
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ANIME, MANGA, COMICS

Berserk to Chainsaw Man. Strong opinions held loosely.

🏠 HOME LAB
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SELF-HOSTING & OPEN SOURCE

NAS builds, Proxmox, Pi-holes. Run it ourselves.

🔭 ASTRONOMY
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THE FERMI PARADOX

Where is everyone? Every answer is disturbing.

📖 PHILOSOPHY
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EPISTEMOLOGY & ETHICS

How do we know what we know? And should we do it anyway?

📚 LITERATURE
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FICTION & NON-FICTION

The best ideas arrive dressed as stories.

🧘 SELF-DEVELOPMENT
MENTAL MODELS & HABITS

Understanding how we think so we can think better.

📋 THE QUEST BOARD
ACTIVE MISSIONS
Current missions are underway. Future quests remain sealed until the party is ready.
🎮 THE ARCADE
WALKTHROUGHS & BUILDS
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AREA LOCKED
Coming soon: Game walkthroughs, NAS builds, home-lab guides, CTF write-ups, open-source project docs.
🍺 THE TAVERN
FIND THE PARTY
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