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Ribbit
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39 years old
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November 27, 1985
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Upstate NY
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  1. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    19 December 2024 - 12:41 PM

    I'd launch into the Cradle with the understanding that the first half of the first book is kinda ho-hum, then it takes off.

  2. In Topic: JPK's Classics Read

    17 December 2024 - 08:38 PM

    I did a full year a while back where I only read SFF or fiction works by women authors. It rocked and helped me encounter great books, support author diversity, and better understand the history of SFF (especially the exclusion or the "failed to mainstage this author or that author bc *reasons*" stuff.

    I am quite happy it'll take a couple years and hope that it stays fun.

  3. In Topic: JPK's Classics Read

    17 December 2024 - 01:07 AM

    I would suggest swapping Rushdie's Satanic Verses for Midnight's Children (or my favorite of his works, Shalimar the Clown). Satanic Verses is famous, but it's not a great book if that makes sense.

    Some classics I think are worth adding:

    Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Hurston Neale
    Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
    Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
    A Bend in the River, VS Naipul
    Disgrace, JM Coetzee
    The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy

  4. In Topic: What's messing with your groove?

    15 December 2024 - 04:21 PM

    Robot pets are limited, yet far better than the dog walking robots (that can't solve the higher order problems encountered while walking dogs).

    The devices that act as pets truly do help people with cognitive disabilities, even if they know it's a game/machine. This is one of those things where the limited artificial learning networks are useful (surprisingly so, especially in comparison to their near total lack of use outside of photo recognition and data meta trends).

    Dunno what you're on about with the other stuff. Go get yourself a robot pet and see if you like it.

  5. In Topic: What's messing with your groove?

    14 December 2024 - 11:57 PM

     Azath Vitr (D, on 13 December 2024 - 03:29 PM, said:

    He could have a robot walk the dog.

    And make sure FIL comports himself like a good boy... First rule of robobutlerotics: no harm to humans (including from themselves)!

    [Edit: behold... the glorious future is now!

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    Meet Loomo Puppy - a dog walking robot that automatically walks your dogs while you are busy. You can create walking routes on app and track your dog through GPS. The dog-facial recognition capabilities allow you to interact with your best friend. Pre-orders begin on April 31st 2018. : r/robotics

    ... and started a few years ago! ]

    This is the broken clock being right - there's real research that shows these robot pets have actual value in achieving better health outcomes for our elders. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm...les/PMC8082946/

    NY is exploring the value of this in nursing homes now.

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    Tsundoku 

    27 Nov 2024 - 12:03
    happy #39, wow
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    Tsundoku 

    27 Nov 2023 - 09:14
    happy #38
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2022 - 20:52
    Happy another one, hope things are looking up for you.
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2021 - 22:43
    happy birthday
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    EmperorMagus 

    13 Apr 2015 - 21:01
    I love how well you write in discussions. It's like a far more articulate version of me saying things I want to say.
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    Terez 

    26 Nov 2014 - 09:15
    I needed an excuse to change my profile status so I used it to respond to your incredulity that I am still alive.
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    QuickTidal 

    29 Nov 2012 - 20:46
    Um, the NEW SANDMAN trades have the Absolute -recolouring-...but the older trades don't. You can see a comparison here at the link below and personally I think it's staggeringly different for tonal value of the panels. http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/09/23/absolute-sandman-recoloring/
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    Illuyankas 

    17 Aug 2012 - 16:02
    Oh, and cheers for calling me out on the pics on the election thread, I have a bad habit of not registering if a thread's in Discussion or not but I will cut down on the no content posts there.
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    Terez 

    05 May 2012 - 04:34
    heh, sorry, didn't mean to make it look like you were resentful of my presence or anything. I just felt most comfortable approaching you about it. As QT mentioned there are others who feel the same as him. I'll still be around, but I'm just saying I wouldn't be offended. :p
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    Terez 

    05 May 2012 - 04:11
    By the way, if you guys want to have a Terez-free WoT thread, I wouldn't object to that. To be honest, I probably won't be discussing WoT online much longer anyway. It's not good for me. ;) I'm told some people feel like they have to defend a dissertation to discuss WoT with me. Not true, really, but I get it.
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    Greyfrog32 

    11 Jan 2012 - 20:26
    and dont be rude you little bastard
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    LinearPhilosopher 

    09 Nov 2011 - 03:48
    You doubled back for GOTM and DG? tell me did you read them in the correct order?personally i read DG b4 GOTM
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    Guest 

    06 Jul 2011 - 14:53
    I will look into getting my hands on it :) By myself.
    Have you seen Valhalla Rising?
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    Guest 

    06 Jul 2011 - 14:46
    I saw you said something about Winter's Bone, I recently watched it :D I liked it :D
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    HoosierDaddy 

    11 Jun 2011 - 06:43
    I have not. I'll see it at some point.
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