Vanth

Oh, interesting. I always see Huxley's later Island as the counter to his Brave New World. Interesting to place all three side by side.

I don't get Stephen King. I've never read a thing by him that I thought warranted the accolades.

I like some of the films based on his books, but those are all punched up quite a bit.

Same. Loved the world building over millenia. I was hoping to see another book each on the miner people, the Navy men, and the spacefarers who went out into the wilds after water.

My older sister hated it, she wants stories about characters and not the world-building. She compares the pages on moving through 3D space with small jet thrusts to the pages of whale info in Moby Dick.

It's a book I recommend with caveats. Not everyone is going to like it. Lesson learned, as much as I liked Snow Crash and Anathem too, I won't recommend them to her. And moving beyond Stephenson, I'm confident she would immolate Canticle for Leibowitz halfway through.

The same question was posted yesterday. Are you a bot fishing for engagement?

Yoga/mobility/flexibility of some sort. Counteract the repetitive, static positions many of us hold during work hours.

My library has really good access to online catalogs with ebooks, audiobooks, music, and movies. I rarely come across a fiction book I want to read that isn't available, all without even having to go into the physical library.

"Lots of books" may not be the answer you were expecting, but the volume of media they have access to is truly notable compared to any other library system I've ever been a member of.

More people declining to get married and/or procreate is the problem the government should watch out for. And instead of banning sexbots, they should make having a child easier. Make it so low and middle income people in their early twenties can buy a house. Make it so women can take maternity leave without setting their career back years. Make it so father/non-carrier parents get parental leave at all. Make it so a sick kid doesn't destroy a family's finances forever. Make it so women have adequate protection pre and post sexual interaction so that the risks of getting it on are not as high.

AI sex bots are far from the most impactful thing driving people away from having kids.

Yeah, I've had two jobs in Mac environments while running a Windows or Windows and Linux at home. When I'm tired is the time I make the most goofs, which is usually around the time I should get off computers for the day and touch some grass.

Interesting that track pad and mouse are specific annoyances for you. You don't have to use an Apple mouse with an Apple computer, you can use other brands with a more robust scroll wheel.

Sometimes when I go into the big booze store for wine. If they have samples of a type I'm looking for and it tastes ok, I might buy. They're usually sampling wines at very acceptable price points.

I always test drive cars before buying.

I change hobbies like I change my clothes. So to keep from sinking way too much into every new hobby, I try to borrow or rent for a bit before buying to make sure it's a hobby that I will stick with. Example, I picked up dragonboat racing this summer but declined to buy my own $120 paddle and used the clubs slightly heavier, older, paddles that are a little big for me. If I keep going with the team next year, I might buy a paddle. But first will buy a new PFD so I don't have to wear one of their "one size fits all but it's going to ride up halfway to u/Vanth's ears" lifejackets.

Why are dolphins part of this? It's possible to talk about teaching or evangelizing to people with learning disabilities without comparing them to dolphins.

But who is the No Ears book about? ST characters have huge ears, no ears must be a juicy autobiography.

Wtf were you eating that led to the need for a root canal?