[worry]

 QuickTidal, on 06 July 2021 - 04:01 PM, said:

 Traveller, on 06 July 2021 - 02:05 PM, said:

I've just started The God is not Willing and damn if it isn't just picking up and carrying on the Malazan story following tCG. Having a shitty and stressful week but this is a ray of sunshine right now.

Good to know. I have it on tap for after I finish Sullivan's latest...so I'm diving into it as soon as my pre-order is delivered and I can't WAIT!

You might wanna check the status of your order. Book Depository seems to be having supply issues even for pre-orders on this one.

[QuickTidal]

 worry, on 07 July 2021 - 03:41 AM, said:

 QuickTidal, on 06 July 2021 - 04:01 PM, said:

 Traveller, on 06 July 2021 - 02:05 PM, said:

I've just started The God is not Willing and damn if it isn't just picking up and carrying on the Malazan story following tCG. Having a shitty and stressful week but this is a ray of sunshine right now.

Good to know. I have it on tap for after I finish Sullivan's latest...so I'm diving into it as soon as my pre-order is delivered and I can't WAIT!

You might wanna check the status of your order. Book Depository seems to be having supply issues even for pre-orders on this one.

Yeah, I got the "it's been released to our warehouse" email on July 1st, but I guess it won't ship out til then and I've not received any shipping emails...so yeah, you're likely right. Boo. Oh well, I can wait.

Although how the eff they have shipping issues on PRE-ORDERS is beyond me. Like how do you fuck up a lead time like that?

[Abyss]

 Briar King, on 06 July 2021 - 01:34 AM, said:

Yay!!! My towns Wendy's was a total loss in Laura and today damn near 11 months later is the new ones grand opening. I'm not brave enough to try and fight the traffic to get in line but I hear on fb it's even crazier then when Churches Chicken opened last month and had traffic backed up to interstate.

I can't wait to taste one of those juicy burgers and heavenly nuggets after all this time since I last ate there.

Their burgers are ok.
Their fries are good enough.
I'm always down for a Frostie.

Their spicy chicken burger, with the spices mixed into the breading, w the sriracha mayo... GLORIOUS.

[Bapop]

Finally got the first dose of Pfizer yesterday Even if we had scant restrictions to start with Sweden has started opening up so I'm glad I'm on the way to some sort of protection.

[Dutch]

 QuickTidal, on 07 July 2021 - 12:55 PM, said:

 worry, on 07 July 2021 - 03:41 AM, said:

 QuickTidal, on 06 July 2021 - 04:01 PM, said:

 Traveller, on 06 July 2021 - 02:05 PM, said:

I've just started The God is not Willing and damn if it isn't just picking up and carrying on the Malazan story following tCG. Having a shitty and stressful week but this is a ray of sunshine right now.

Good to know. I have it on tap for after I finish Sullivan's latest...so I'm diving into it as soon as my pre-order is delivered and I can't WAIT!

You might wanna check the status of your order. Book Depository seems to be having supply issues even for pre-orders on this one.

Yeah, I got the "it's been released to our warehouse" email on July 1st, but I guess it won't ship out til then and I've not received any shipping emails...so yeah, you're likely right. Boo. Oh well, I can wait.

Although how the eff they have shipping issues on PRE-ORDERS is beyond me. Like how do you fuck up a lead time like that?

I have canceled the Bookdepository pre-order last weekend and within a few hours I had confirmation of the cancellation and was told that the refund would be on it's way which happened.

Ordered the book on amazon.co.uk and it was here in 3 working days (today). Usually it's 1 to 2 weeks.

So making me happy is that I have received the book. It might take a while before I get to read it though. 630 pages to go in "The mirror and the light" by Hilary Mantel

[Aptorian]

You might want to take the cat for examination anyway. Animals are very good at hiding pain, so as to not appear weak. She might not be dying but maybe she's got arthritis or some other condition that you could ease with a daily medicin regiment.

I've definitely noticed my 14 year old cat some days being a bit stiff on her legs when she gets up after a long nap.

[Mentalist]

First time in the pool since the hard lockdown started end of Nov. My muscle endurance's gone, so was barely able to pull off 1.5 clicks in 45 min, and God knows how sore I'll be tomorrow; but it feels good to be slowly getting back into a routine. Had 2 pickup soccer games last week and full 11 on 11 exhibition game this week. Everything hurts, but feeling a lot better about myself.

[Puck]

I'M BACK!

...not that anyone noticed me being gone, I figure, but my idiot ass had managed to lock myself out of my account. Thanks to those who helped me getting back in, you know who you are

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

'Team develops quantum simulator with 256 qubits, largest of its kind ever created

[... ] Under the right circumstances, the increase in qubits means the system can store and process exponentially more information than the classical bits on which standard computers run.

"The number of quantum states that are possible with only 256 qubits exceeds the number of atoms in the solar system," [...]

Already, the simulator has allowed researchers to observe several exotic quantum states of matter that had never before been realized experimentally, and to perform a quantum phase transition study so precise that it serves as the textbook example of how magnetism works at the quantum level.'

https://phys.org/new...ts-largest.html

[worry]

 Puck, on 09 July 2021 - 05:58 PM, said:

I'M BACK!

...not that anyone noticed me being gone, I figure, but my idiot ass had managed to lock myself out of my account. Thanks to those who helped me getting back in, you know who you are

Puck, they should have postponed Eurovision entirely until you got back into your account!

 Azath Vitr (D, on 09 July 2021 - 10:30 PM, said:

'Team develops quantum simulator with 256 qubits, largest of its kind ever created

[... ] Under the right circumstances, the increase in qubits means the system can store and process exponentially more information than the classical bits on which standard computers run.

"The number of quantum states that are possible with only 256 qubits exceeds the number of atoms in the solar system," [...]

Already, the simulator has allowed researchers to observe several exotic quantum states of matter that had never before been realized experimentally, and to perform a quantum phase transition study so precise that it serves as the textbook example of how magnetism works at the quantum level.'

https://phys.org/new...ts-largest.html

You mean they solved this age-old question? https://genius.com/16077

[Bapop]

Ordered The god is not willing Both me and my partner agreed not to buy more books to carry before we move this autumn but one more can't hurt

[Tsundoku]

 Bapop, on 10 July 2021 - 12:41 PM, said:

Ordered The god is not willing Both me and my partner agreed not to buy more books to carry before we move this autumn but one more can't hurt

Indeed. Comparatively speaking, you could almost say it's wafer thin ...

[Ain't_It_Just_]

 Traveller, on 06 July 2021 - 02:05 PM, said:

I've just started The God is not Willing and damn if it isn't just picking up and carrying on the Malazan story following tCG. Having a shitty and stressful week but this is a ray of sunshine right now.

Holy shit for real? Damn I didn't know that! Now I am quite excited Time to order up!

[Slow Ben]

The wife is working. The oldest is at summer camp, and the youngest is at Grannys.

I just took a 3 hour couch nap. It was amazing.

[Maark Abbott]

Kickball is gone

[Aptorian]

 Slow Ben, on 12 July 2021 - 12:59 AM, said:

The wife is working. The oldest is at summer camp, and the youngest is at Grannys.

I just took a 3 hour couch nap. It was amazing.

I don't even have a family and naps have come to be my favorite moments of the day.

I don't think there's a time of the day where I'm not just a little bit tired. Middle age is rough.

I should become a cat in my next life.

[Maark Abbott]

 Aptorian, on 12 July 2021 - 08:38 AM, said:

 Slow Ben, on 12 July 2021 - 12:59 AM, said:

The wife is working. The oldest is at summer camp, and the youngest is at Grannys.

I just took a 3 hour couch nap. It was amazing.

I don't even have a family and naps have come to be my favorite moments of the day.

I don't think there's a time of the day where I'm not just a little bit tired. Middle age is rough.

I should become a cat in my next life.

My Next Life as a Cat: All Routes Lead to Purr!

[Tiste Simeon]

I got a notification telling me TGINW has been delivered and I wasn't expecting it till next week!

[Mentalist]

Pulled off 1.8 clicks in 45 min at the pool today.

Considering I've spent the last 5 days getting drunk by the dock in 35+ degree heat and only occasionally dipping into the lake to avoid burning alive, that's damn good result.

[Bapop]

Booked a time for my wedding next May. We're hoping for the pandemic to have calmed down enough for her parents to come over from Brazil by then. And, even though we've talked about it for a while, I keep finding myself smiling over it now that we've actually made the reservation.