zout

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[–] zout@fedia.io 6 points 16 hours ago

Yup, but it's not felt like, it's how much time really passed for you.

Another one I've always liked; suppose two people (or space ships, whatever) are together in the empty space between galaxies. One of you gets a boost from an external actor, and travels 10 lightyears away at the speed of light. After that, the other one gets the same boost and joins the first. So for both, ten years have passed. But, without an external reference, there is no way to know which one moved first.

[–] zout@fedia.io 4 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

If you could travel at the speed of light, the only tim it would take you is the time spent speedign up and slowing down. Traveling at the speed of light stops the time for you.

 

So, in the last ten days I've been reading the "dumb luck and dead heroes" series by Skyler Ramirez. I stumbled onto this series on Goodreads, probably in the "also enjoyed" section for another book.

Initially, I tought the books were ok, but reading them, I found the storyline going in some strange directions. I also find it strange that there is hardly any character development in the books. I dug into it a little deeper, and found that all of these books have been published in the last two and a half years, together with some other books 14 in total.

So, digging a bit further into his profile on Goodreads; He's currently reading his own books, books by an author named A.B. Franklin who just published his first book, and an author named Jack Bodett who has published six books this year. A.B. Franklin is returning the favor and reading Skyler Ramirez' books.

All in all, this makes me guess that these writers make extensive use of LLM's while writing these books. I googled Ramirez' name, and found his website. Visiting the website only confirms the feeling that it's all LLM and AI imaging.

Any toughts on the subject?

[–] zout@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

It can be super critical, that's for sure!

[–] zout@fedia.io 17 points 5 days ago

More like living in a place where it can be impossible to cross a short distance on foot when it wouldn't be impossible to add a walking path.

[–] zout@fedia.io 3 points 5 days ago

Of all the Discworld books, Small Gods was one of few which I didn't finish.

[–] zout@fedia.io 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Poop is one of those rare things that can be a solid, a liquid and a gas at room temperature.

[–] zout@fedia.io 8 points 5 days ago

Peasant food is often the best food in any country imo.

[–] zout@fedia.io 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've actually read this one twice, many years ago. Great book!

[–] zout@fedia.io 7 points 5 days ago

Just finished "Rogue agent" by Skyler Ramirez, which I liked a lot. I wasn't through with his "Dumb luck and dead heroes" series just yet, but I needed a change from the same two characters' first person thing. Also just finished the audiobook for "The eye of the Bedlam bride" by Matt Dinniman. Great book, but I will probably just read the next book. Listening on my commute takes too long, it took me over two months to finish it.

[–] zout@fedia.io 5 points 5 days ago

One of our (Brahma) chickens lays eggs like this. She also walks with a limp.

[–] zout@fedia.io 46 points 1 week ago (7 children)

The reason is, the people who like to leave reviews are cunts. Source: I hardly ever review anything, because I'm not a cunt. When I do review, it's to a small busines (buzzword alert), and it's always because the service was excellent.

 

The toilet seat in the bathroom upstairs has two part hinges, where you mount two pins on the toilet and snap the seat and lid on. Something broke in the snapping part this week. Fixed it by removing some plastic from the clamping mechanism, put some epoxy putty in there and around the pins, then placed the seat back. It's still on there today, so it worked I guess.

 
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