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  1. In Topic: Whats making you happy right now

    23 July 2025 - 02:25 PM

    View PostQuickTidal, on 23 July 2025 - 01:55 PM, said:

    Taking my daughter to his very first concert tonight (BLACKPINK)! So excited. I got her the best earplugs (Loop; Engage Kids) to make sure the sound doesn't hurt her ears, and told her I'd buy her merchandise (the prices are $ but it's her first experience). She's made an outfit to dress up in too.


    Hope she has a wonderful time!

    Also, can't recommend Loops enough - Mr NAB and I both have the adult concert ones (I have the everyday quiet ones too) and they've successfully stood up to Iron Maiden and Bruce Springsteen with no ear ringing afterwards :)
  2. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    21 July 2025 - 07:21 AM

    Most likely!

    Thing is, I was put off trying any Brandon Sanderson despite multiple recommendations because I thought he came across as such an insufferable ass with the WOT TV series stuff, but then Tress of the Emerald Sea turned out to be a thoroughly great book, so I'm in the mindset of revisiting things I haven't given a chance :)
  3. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    21 July 2025 - 06:56 AM

    View PostMacros, on 18 July 2025 - 04:38 AM, said:

    So the friend reading the Blade itself is about 40% in.
    Has declared 'its such a boy book!'


    I'm going to give The Blade Itself a go when I finish the book I'm reading currently. Mr NAB and his dad have all the Abercrombie books between them.

    I tried it before absolutely years ago because my horrible ex badgered me about it - he read Gemmell's Legend because I really liked it, proceeded to make out it's the worst book committed to page (this was a thing - anything I liked had to be terrible and for less intelligent people) and tell me why The Blade Itself was infinitely more intellectual and better in every way. I got about a third of the way through and gave up, but I don't think given the setup I gave it a fair chance. I seem to remember being enraged by the idea of calling Legend generic and then recommending me that.... but there we are. I do however remember Glokta as a character VIVIDLY all these years later.
  4. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    15 July 2025 - 09:00 AM

    View PostQuickTidal, on 08 July 2025 - 05:57 PM, said:

    View PostAbyss, on 08 July 2025 - 04:30 PM, said:

    View PostMacros, on 08 July 2025 - 03:43 PM, said:

    View PostMacros, on 01 July 2025 - 02:29 PM, said:

    Here's a quandary for the forum.

    Have made an agreement with a friend, that I would read the first 2 crown of Thorns and roses books, the trade of was that I could give her 2 books to read.
    (She then insisted one was the book I am forever writting(read not))

    What books to issue?
    Do I go for something epic and classic like magician? straightforward like Legend? Grubby and fun like Low town? Dark and a great into like the Blade itself?



    Gave her The Blade Itself




    See i knew this was a sex thing Interesting choice, not JAs best work, but a decent grim n gritty intro level book. I found it took til well into bk 2 for that series to really kick off but BLADE ITSELF does have enough going to draw a reader in that was not a sex thing comment.


    There's some dark shit in that book too, so it will be a good litmus for what level of grimdark she likes.


    Maybe this and Legend for some difference?
  5. In Topic: Algorithms and automation

    10 July 2025 - 09:03 AM

     amphibian, on 27 June 2025 - 04:51 PM, said:

    Relying on AI for things that change lives - emergency regulations, product safety, healthcare, legal/judicial world, and/or other things - is a very foolish and dangerous thing to do. These regulations and rules are made with blood and bones. A failure to understand that among the tech crowd is endemic.


    On this note, I read an excellent book by Hannah Fry earlier in the year (Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine) which does a great job of illustrating exactly what can go wrong when you leave the sorts of things amph listed up to AI (ranging from the vaguely amusing to the catastrophic). Both a good read and a cautionary tale.

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    Tsundoku 

    01 Nov 2024 - 21:01
    Good lawd, is it that time of the year again? I swear they are going faster.
    Hope you have a great one and you get all the good things :)
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    Tsundoku 

    01 Nov 2023 - 19:29
    happy birthday TRB :)
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    TheRetiredBridgeburner 

    02 Nov 2022 - 09:16
    Thanks! :D
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    Tsundoku 

    01 Nov 2022 - 20:11
    Happy another one :)
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    TheRetiredBridgeburner 

    02 Nov 2021 - 06:38
    Thank you! :D
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    Tsundoku 

    01 Nov 2021 - 20:00
    another one, have a great day
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    Tsundoku 

    01 Nov 2020 - 20:32
    happy birthday falcon girl
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    Tsundoku 

    02 Nov 2018 - 10:23
    Happy birthday Hermione
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    Toc_theyounger 

    28 Nov 2015 - 19:16
    What Hoosier said. Loved your reading sessions on Youtube. Do you still do them (I ask because I'm hoping for more)
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    HoosierDaddy 

    07 Aug 2015 - 08:22
    Your videos on YouTube are awesome. It's always different hearing the voices in another person's tone and accent. Really enjoyed them, thanks so much!
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    TheRetiredBridgeburner 

    17 May 2013 - 06:41
    Aww thanks very much, you know those videos only started because the Malazan fans on Tumblr dared me... then they just kept going with request haha! I should really do a new one :)
    How are you? :)
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    Studious Lock 

    17 May 2013 - 00:35
    Hey! Just popping in to say well done on the blog! Also randomly found you on youtube completely by accident. Really enjoyed the quotes vid :)
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