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  1. Comment on What short standalone book is worth more than its page count? in ~books

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    Voltaire's Candide helped me in my terrible 20's cope with the world at large. I need to go back and reread it

    Voltaire's Candide helped me in my terrible 20's cope with the world at large. I need to go back and reread it

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  2. Comment on What long standalone book is worth its page count? in ~books

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    I have quite the backlog of his to churn through as it is. Crypto, Diamond Age, Big U, Fall. I have a habit of picking up his books on the cheap and don't think I've bought one of his at full...

    I have quite the backlog of his to churn through as it is. Crypto, Diamond Age, Big U, Fall. I have a habit of picking up his books on the cheap and don't think I've bought one of his at full price ever. I got Snow Crash for free when I was a kid who bought a game called SpectreVR. Don't remember jack about the game. Read the book multiple times til its little mass market cover fell off, and lucked out on a nicer copy from Goodwill

    If we're due for a cyberpunk dystopia future, Snow Crash is the one I'm hoping for

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  3. Comment on What long standalone book is worth its page count? in ~books

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    I'm really really really hoping Neal Stephenson's Reamde is worth the chonkiness. i just started it, love his stuff but the page count kept me away for very long ever since I failed to finish...

    I'm really really really hoping Neal Stephenson's Reamde is worth the chonkiness. i just started it, love his stuff but the page count kept me away for very long ever since I failed to finish Cryptonomicon.

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  4. Comment on Former US President Donald Trump's televised trial could rival Super Bowl viewership in ~tv

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    That totally won't feed his ego at all and will never come up ever again as a future talking point. No sirree. Not a pinch.

    That totally won't feed his ego at all and will never come up ever again as a future talking point. No sirree. Not a pinch.

  5. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes (Android version) is open for alpha testing on the Google Play Store in ~tildes

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    Yay! Former RiF user here and this is exciting to see! Also great to see I'm in such good company!

    Yay! Former RiF user here and this is exciting to see! Also great to see I'm in such good company!

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  6. Comment on What are the best cover songs that reinterpret the original into a different genre, style, or mood? in ~music

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    Three in particular I consistently play. Placebo's cover of Kate Bush's Running up That Hill Portishead's cover of ABBA's S.O.S Cat Power's sendup of Frank Ocean's Bad Religion I love the darker...

    Three in particular I consistently play.

    Placebo's cover of Kate Bush's Running up That Hill

    Portishead's cover of ABBA's S.O.S

    Cat Power's sendup of Frank Ocean's Bad Religion

    I love the darker vibe on the first two, and the more whistful lamentation on the latter.

    11 votes