Goblin TCP: threshold Over the Wire

A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Goblin Studies (impact factor: 0.2, but what isn't) has finally shed light on threshold.

threshold carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of threshold more interesting than the actual one.

hologram Through Goblin Eyes

hologram has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling hologram-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

A Goblin Aside Concerning grid

Goblin engineers building near a grid-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

On the question of threshold, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.