The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History - takes a look at a bunch of international context around the time. Quite interesting so far (but I'm only a few chapters in).
War for the Oaks - urban fantasy from 1987! The main character gets drafted by the fae to help them in a fae war. I'm also not very far into this one.
How about
See the cat. Didn't you look at the comic?
Oh, I think it checks out. Maybe it should be "fly to space" or "fly rocket ships", but the point of the job is the trip. Unless -- hmm. Did explorers of yesteryear have BS jobs, too?
Yeah, it's fairly clever but not actually magical. Sometimes you have to go in and take a look.
Actually, the real magic is that it works out mostly ok most of the time. Much better than older systems where you would have to "check out" a file to work on it which would lock others out. I've heard older programmers talk about needing to go find someone who had a file checked out and have them check it back in to enable them to do some work.
Roughly equal parts "git is clever" and "once in a while, someone has to take some time to figure it out".
Say the code is split into two files. You and I both make changes, but you're working on file A and I'm in file B. No problem!
Now we both make changes in file A. Sometimes Git can just "figure it out", like if all your changes are in the beginning of the file, and all my changes are at the end.
But sometimes we both change the same section. Git can't figure that part out, so one of us has to sit down and reconcile the changes. Sometimes this is pretty simple, other times...not so much.
Put it all together, and it works out pretty well most of the time.
silicone, glass, abs
Why do I have Huntrix songs running through my head all of a sudden?
I'm not really sure, but the nearby "fancy" grocery store is about that distance. 1.2 miles (1.9km), 27 minutes walk, 10 blocks (well, technically 15. Rectangular blocks. I counted two-for-one on the short sides).
I've walked to that store before, but I coordinated with my wife that she would meet me at the store on her way home from work. Walking both ways is just a little outside my "don't bother" perimeter.
Hmm, I could probably get used to it if I had to, but I don't really have any motivation. I already have a car, and the dollar a week to drive to the store won't break my budget.
12 blocks is more like 2km, but nice try. It's still farther than I'd tend to walk, particularly for groceries.
Yeah, that's gonna be too far for me, dawg.
I adored the Murderbot diaries. You're in for a treat :D