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Comment on [SOLVED] Help me find a particular short story / book? in ~books
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[SOLVED] Help me find a particular short story / book?
Yesterday I saw a mention somewhere online a story, maybe a book, maybe a short story. It was: science fiction literary is uncommon (actually illegal?) the main (?) character is obsessed with film...
Yesterday I saw a mention somewhere online a story, maybe a book, maybe a short story. It was:
- science fiction
- literary is uncommon (actually illegal?)
- the main (?) character is obsessed with film and learns to read based on the words that appear in the background of the films he watches
- there are robots?
Does anyone know what this is? I tried search, but search is worthless nowadays.
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Comment on Introductions | July 2026 in ~talk
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Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books
paris Link Parentyup! honestly on iOS it’s something of a nightmare, as the OS does not understand the words i type or swipe as intuitively as it does QWERTY.yup! honestly on iOS it’s something of a nightmare, as the OS does not understand the words i type or swipe as intuitively as it does QWERTY.
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Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books
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Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books
paris (edited )Link Parentsomeone on the short form social media once told me “literacy is not an unequivocal good” and that pretty much sealed the deal for me on whether or not we as a species were headed to disaster....someone on the short form social media once told me “literacy is not an unequivocal good” and that pretty much sealed the deal for me on whether or not we as a species were headed to disaster.
edit: fucked by dvorak, again (typo)
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Comment on A measured and appropriately serious video essay about zootopia [and copaganda] in ~society
paris LinkI liked the other not-exactly-related-to-copaganda issues he brought up in the video as well, like redlining, “separate but equal”, and just straight up racism. It was good, thanks for sharing!I liked the other not-exactly-related-to-copaganda issues he brought up in the video as well, like redlining, “separate but equal”, and just straight up racism. It was good, thanks for sharing!
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Comment on Sports entertainment makes me angry in ~talk
paris LinkThank you for the satire tag. For a minute I was thinking, “What is with all these grossly negative posts lately?” and then I realised that was (probably) your point. 😅Thank you for the satire tag. For a minute I was thinking, “What is with all these grossly negative posts lately?” and then I realised that was (probably) your point. 😅
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Comment on Microsoft’s Xbox to cut 3,200 jobs, divest five studios in major overhaul (gifted link) in ~games
paris LinkI really appreciated Aftermath’s response.I really appreciated Aftermath’s response.
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Comment on Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops in ~humanities
paris Link Parentthis is an excellent summary of exactly the issue. thank youthis is an excellent summary of exactly the issue. thank you
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Comment on Erling Haaland's second-half double helped Norway stun five-time winners Brazil and book their place in the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup in ~sports.football
paris Link ParentBefore the game he hugged the kids the players walk out with, and Vini too. 🥲 He comes across as a genuinely nice person. That being said he is scary on the field!!Before the game he hugged the kids the players walk out with, and Vini too. 🥲 He comes across as a genuinely nice person. That being said he is scary on the field!!
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Comment on Smush in ~games
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Comment on Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops in ~humanities
paris Link ParentThank you exactly for this. It is so exhausting.Thank you exactly for this. It is so exhausting.
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Comment on bubbles.town: Tildes but exclusively for blogs in ~tech
paris LinkI was surprised to see my blog is already listed there. I haven’t noticed any uptick in traffic, but I also am not very militant about checking traffic either. I’ll check this out. Thanks!I was surprised to see my blog is already listed there. I haven’t noticed any uptick in traffic, but I also am not very militant about checking traffic either.
I’ll check this out. Thanks!
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
paris Link ParentI love effective, well-considered consequence-heavy time travel narratives! The source I’m working with is anything but. 😅 In this particular context, time travel is used once, and merely as a...I love effective, well-considered consequence-heavy time travel narratives! The source I’m working with is anything but. 😅
In this particular context, time travel is used once, and merely as a justification for knowing the Big Bad’s vague plans (which could have been
an emaildiscovered in almost any other way), but then oops! Time travel can’t be used again for arbitrary unobtanium reasons which directly contradict and are contradicted by the rest of the text.Meanwhile, the Choices made by the PC (who has both the mechanism of time-travel and the unobtainium necessary to operate it) may result in extremely terrible consequences: such as the death of his entire family and everyone he’s ever known. Gee, if only there was some way to render meaningless that poor choice…
(I’ve been actively angry about this for five years.)
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
paris LinkI was working on a “why did you introduce time-travel to this world if you were never going o do anything with it” fan-fiction while waiting for family to arrive; now that they’re here, i’ve hit a...I was working on a “why did you introduce time-travel to this world if you were never going o do anything with it” fan-fiction while waiting for family to arrive; now that they’re here, i’ve hit a bit of a wall. while i’m not technically between bigger projects, i think a shuffle is in the cards and i’ll probably put down the big project i was working on to revive one of the shelved ones. we’ll see!
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Comment on What do you think the top three most used apps on your phone for the past week are? in ~tech
paris LinkI thought it would be Safari, Whatsapp, Signal. It’s actually Safari, NetNewsWire, and Discord. It seems I talk to my friends more than I responded to clients or family. 😬 It’s also telling bc I...I thought it would be Safari, Whatsapp, Signal.
It’s actually Safari, NetNewsWire, and Discord.
It seems I talk to my friends more than I responded to clients or family. 😬
It’s also telling bc I would have thought I “barely” check my RSS feeds compared to mastodon, but my default fediverse app didn’t even crack the top five (possibly due to time lost to Wallflower? 😉)
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Comment on Wallflower.app -- A "Literary" (read: calm) Mastodon and BlueSky web app in ~tech
paris Link ParentI would love the option to have followed hashtags in confluence! (GREAT name, btw!!)I would love the option to have followed hashtags in confluence! (GREAT name, btw!!)
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Comment on ‘Backrooms’ sends Hollywood running to Reddit for new ideas in ~movies
paris Link ParentI was hopeful someone would mention this. A shame, it was fun.I was hopeful someone would mention this. A shame, it was fun.
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Comment on Wallflower.app -- A "Literary" (read: calm) Mastodon and BlueSky web app in ~tech
Brilliant, thank you!!