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Comment on Book suggestions in ~books
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Comment on Book suggestions in ~books
CrazyProfessor02 Scalzi's Old Man's War is a great sci-fi series that is a bit on the older side, with 6 books that are not that long, the longest is only a little bit over 400 pages long. But Starter Villain and...Scalzi's Old Man's War is a great sci-fi series that is a bit on the older side, with 6 books that are not that long, the longest is only a little bit over 400 pages long. But Starter Villain and Redshirts are great read.
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Comment on What’s a book about your area that you think would be interesting to people outside of it? in ~books
CrazyProfessor02 The Food of a Younger Land. This book is about the foods that were common during the 1930s and it is a compilation of reports that members of the Federal Writers' Project had created for a project...The Food of a Younger Land. This book is about the foods that were common during the 1930s and it is a compilation of reports that members of the Federal Writers' Project had created for a project that got shelved. It is interesting to see what people ate from different parts of the country at the time because it was a lot less connected, when compared to the US of today. The editor that put it together is Mark Kurlansky, the author of Cod and Salt.
For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012. This is probably one of the most important books in regard to the history of the US Armed Forces, in that it is an over view of what the US military did and the strategies that were implemented during wartime. It really doesn't go into that deep in to the history considering that it is only an very broad overview of history, so it is a good starting off point for the different wars and peace time.
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Comment on You can change ONE thing about a game. What do you change? in ~games
CrazyProfessor02 Final Fantasy XIII - It now has a fully real time combat system and, not the weird turn based/real time hybrid that they went with for the game. Holy shit was it not implemented great, it caused...Final Fantasy XIII - It now has a fully real time combat system and, not the weird turn based/real time
abominationhybrid that they went with for the game. Holy shit was it not implemented great, it caused me to bounced off of the game so hard that I really don't want to go back and play it.Civilization - It is now a RTS, not a turn based strategy game series. Because I want the chaos that will come that the long term Civ players (myself included) will have, trying to learn a new way to play our favorite game series.
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Comment on My hair is thinning. Tips and tricks, please! in ~life.style
CrazyProfessor02 I would recommend of getting a bottle of aftershave balm (don't get the regular aftershave), so that your scalp get used to going without hair. The Nivea aftershave balm is a good one because it...I would recommend of getting a bottle of aftershave balm (don't get the regular aftershave), so that your scalp get used to going without hair. The Nivea aftershave balm is a good one because it is a cheap product that does it's job. And after you get through a bottle, you don't really have to get another because by that time you scalp should be used to it being bald.
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Comment on My hair is thinning. Tips and tricks, please! in ~life.style
CrazyProfessor02 So how is the shave with a skull shaver? I am currently using a DE safety razor (after swapping from a cartridge razor) for my shaving needs and while I do love how close I can get, I don't love...So how is the shave with a skull shaver? I am currently using a DE safety razor (after swapping from a cartridge razor) for my shaving needs and while I do love how close I can get, I don't love the time investment that I need to get that way. And if I nick myself on my head with it, it is also not fun.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
CrazyProfessor02 I had played a bit of the original Gothic (I need to go back and play some more of it), and the first character that you meet says that he does not care who you are, when you were trying to...I had played a bit of the original Gothic (I need to go back and play some more of it), and the first character that you meet says that he does not care who you are, when you were trying to introduce yourself to him. And that really sets the stage of the trilogy, because your character literally has no name because no one cares enough to learn it. And it is hard because everything wants to kill you, even some of your fellow prisoners and you feel under level or under powered when compared to the veteran prisoners on that island that has the skills that you need to learn so that you can survive and to be an actual threat.
And THQ Nordic is publishing a remake of the first game, that was announced 6 years ago with a playable teaser being released.
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Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson in ~books
CrazyProfessor02 He also shut himself off from what would be his support network, which would make his situation worst off. And considering he was trying to join the Children of Kali, I would say that his violent...He also shut himself off from what would be his support network, which would make his situation worst off. And considering he was trying to join the Children of Kali, I would say that his violent actions was more of his radicalization that the heat wave caused, the same that had radicalized the Children of Kali, than his PTSD.
And if the tumor is located in the area of the brain that regulates emotions, that could have caused these behaviors (right?).
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Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson in ~books
CrazyProfessor02 Thanks for giving the number I couldn't remember the exact number, it has been a while since I read the book.Thanks for giving the number I couldn't remember the exact number, it has been a while since I read the book.
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Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson in ~books
CrazyProfessor02 I liked the role that India had played in this book. India (in the book) really played the role model how to change course from the heavy polluting of getting electricity to more of green way of...I liked the role that India had played in this book. India (in the book) really played the role model how to change course from the heavy polluting of getting electricity to more of green way of producing it, moving from the large scale coal burning to the solar farms co-ops. And the whole sale pushing off of the right-wing politics, specifically Hindutva, and electing people that would actually protect them from foreign entities that would try to exploit the land and the people.
The geoengineering that India had done was justified. The reason for this is that the government of India had only one goal in mind, to prevent another heat wave that would kill about the same or more people in their country. What I mean that if it could bring the Indian temperature a few degrees down, and that had helped with preventing another heat wave at that level, that was at the beginning of the book, then the geoengineering had done it's job. And I don't remember if they talked about any side effects that would come off of this.
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Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson in ~books
CrazyProfessor02 The use of violence that was used in the book reminds me of the flight or fight response. The reason for this is that the majority of the violence that was dealt by was people who were scared or...The use of violence that was used in the book reminds me of the flight or fight response. The reason for this is that the majority of the violence that was dealt by was people who were scared or were traumatized by the massive heatwave and wanted to prevent another one or another mass causality event. What I mean is that the violence that gets talked about was either done by the Children of Kali or by Frank, with Frank wanting to join the Children of Kali when they intentionally formed. But Frank only accidentally killed that one random rich person in Switzerland, and kidnapped the director of the Ministry, Mary Murphy, and he only did that because he was scared and wanted the ministry that was set up to tackle the climate crisis, to do something (I am not trying to excuse his behavior, from Murphy's perceptive, months after this kidnapping, she slowly realized why he did it (if I remember correctly)). And like @Dr_Amazing had said about the healthcare CEO killing last month, I had also drawn some parable of what happened to the killings of the polluting industries CEOs and their killings in the book.
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Comment on She is in love with ChatGPT in ~tech
CrazyProfessor02 Case in point there was a Japanese man, Akihiko Kondo, that married a Hatsune Miku hologram back in 2018. I mention him because I remember that there was someone that married a hologram of a...People have been developing feelings for non-sentient objects for a long time. There have been dudes loving and marrying their dolls since forever.
Case in point there was a Japanese man, Akihiko Kondo, that married a Hatsune Miku hologram back in 2018. I mention him because I remember that there was someone that married a hologram of a fictional character in the 2010s. So there is a relativity recent example of someone that married a fictional character, just not in an official ceremony.
That in itself is not a disease -- something only enters the DSM if it is harmful to the individual.
It's apparently called Fictosexuality and apparently the above mention guy that married Hatsune Miku is the founder of a organization that tries to explain what that means to the public.
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Comment on What fictional world would you live in, if you could pick any one? in ~talk
CrazyProfessor02 There are soooo many Legends books that would make good films or TV shows, such as the the Vong War series and Death Troopers and its prequel. And if we can get a Mira Jade movie or show, either...There are soooo many Legends books that would make good films or TV shows, such as the the Vong War series and Death Troopers and its prequel. And if we can get a Mira Jade movie or show, either during the Imperial period as a Emperor's Hand or after Luke had redeemed her back to the light side. The only new Star Wars that I like is the Rouge One, Andor and the final season for the Clone Wars.
One of the things about the Vong, for people that are wondering, they think that using advance technology was blasphemy, thus almost all of their "tech" was organic in nature, including their ships that they used to get to the galaxy that Star Wars takes place in. There is also the fact that the Force had no effect on them at all because something happened in their home galaxy that cut their entire species off of the Force.
And there was a fan theory that Palpatine knew that these guys existed and they scared him, and this is part of the reason why he sunk a lot of resources into two Death Stars, the other being stated in the movies, fear.
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Comment on What fictional world would you live in, if you could pick any one? in ~talk
CrazyProfessor02 The Star Wars Universe would probably be the last choice that I would make, even in the old cannon. Because it seems that every year there is something that is wanting to either destroy or conquer...The Star Wars Universe would probably be the last choice that I would make, even in the old cannon. Because it seems that every year there is something that is wanting to either destroy or conquer the universe or wanting to commit genocide so that their species can thrive in that galaxy instead (like the Yuuzhan Vong). And with planet killing super weapons, it seems to be a living hell having to live with that threat over your head.
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Comment on Tildes Book Club - The Ministry for the Future - How is it going? in ~books
CrazyProfessor02 I have already finished the book, there wasn't a line for the audiobook at my library so I could easily get it. And like as other people had said, the opening is one hell of a way to open a book....I have already finished the book, there wasn't a line for the audiobook at my library so I could easily get it. And like as other people had said, the opening is one hell of a way to open a book. And it really sets the mood of the book.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
CrazyProfessor02 I am currently reading Love in Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez (he is the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude). It's interesting, to say the least. And had finished the Ministry for...I am currently reading Love in Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez (he is the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude). It's interesting, to say the least.
And had finished the Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson for the book club that is in January.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
CrazyProfessor02 I, ah, thought that we had one this month (for what ever reason), so I had read Ministry for the Future in preparation for the non-existant December thread. But, I will be ready for next month,...I, ah, thought that we had one this month (for what ever reason), so I had read Ministry for the Future in preparation for the non-existant December thread. But, I will be ready for next month, when we are actually posting.
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
CrazyProfessor02 The bald eagle isn't actually America's national bird — but that's poised to change Some interesting (and weird) news for my fellow Americans on here that thought that our national bird, was not...The bald eagle isn't actually America's national bird — but that's poised to change
Some interesting (and weird) news for my fellow Americans on here that thought that our national bird, was not in fact our national bird. It is now, it's just really weird that we were taught this as kids.
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Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk
CrazyProfessor02 But what type of cheese would you go for?But what type of cheese would you go for?
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Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk
CrazyProfessor02 Coffee and pretzels. Because I run on coffee and pretzels are great. Or I'll go with gouda cheese because I like that one. Or blue cheese because who doesn't like eating mold.Coffee and pretzels. Because I run on coffee and pretzels are great.
Or I'll go with gouda cheese because I like that one. Or blue cheese because who doesn't like eating mold.
The Mistborn series by Sanderson is fantasy with two different series that takes place during a traditional Medieval setting (First Era) and another that takes place 300 years after the last book of the first trilogy that takes place during their Industrial Revolution (Second Era). And Sanderson did said that he is not done with this setting considering that he is planning on taking this setting to a Cold War era (Third Era) and to a Sci-fi setting (Fourth Era). And the magic system for this series is also interesting because it is metal base that the user digests and burns in their stomach, and it is hereditary.
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. Despite the name the character that the series is named after really, really hates killing and it is the last thing that it wants to do, and the only thing that it wants to do is to watch it's soap operas. It just refers itself as such because of a accident where it went haywire and killed a bunch of people that it meant to protect, but the other characters refer to it by SecUnit. It is a Sci-fi setting. Definitely check this one out from your library because it is a novella series with two full length books mixed in. And the author is not done with the series either.