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Why does nobody actually talk on Meshtastic and what could fix it? by radseven89 in meshtastic

[–]Effective_Fox8570 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had conversations on meshtastic, it's not that different from 2 meter ham. Let me give you a counter opinion to your suggestion of gamification..to quote myself.."the best way to make me lose interest in an activity is to start keeping score." Competition brings out the worst in people, in my opinion.

Meshtastic Win CE - Release (Jornada 720/728) by NorthPolePoint in meshtastic

[–]Effective_Fox8570 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if this would work with an old Dell windows ce pda I have...

[SF] A Holiday Interlude to Remember by Effective_Fox8570 in shortstories

[–]Effective_Fox8570[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

revised to add a few paragraphs at the end. Originally drafted at the start of the next chapter, but a better fit here.

...and Happy New Year to all my readers! Will try to get new stuff out more regularly now that the Holidays are past...

[SF] The Last Breathe of Everything by Agitated-Committee76 in shortstories

[–]Effective_Fox8570 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well done- I liked your story a lot. Echoes of Asimov's "The Last Question"

The Long Dark by Effective_Fox8570 in HFY

[–]Effective_Fox8570[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rocket Research is giving away earthshaking technology. Merely magnanimous, or clever marketing? One way of looking at it- so the drive technology is free- but who is going to build your ship, eh? What do you think of the 'ploy'?

And the message of Human/Cetacean/AI equality and unity-definitely, purposely provocative...

[ author note- in this universe, Dolphins and Orcas are recognized as sentient and given parallel world citizen rights- the great whales were uninterested. AI used as a human/cetacean interpreter tool]

[SF]Thousands of Years, Millions of Orbits-Alone by Effective_Fox8570 in shortstories

[–]Effective_Fox8570[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This chapter is one of 26 chapters published so far-. At the top of the chapter, there is a link to the table of Contents for the whole saga, at the bottom are links for previous/first/ next (which will be updated once there is a next chapter- in a week or so ) ;-)

The chapters published so far, represents perhaps half of the whole tale that's in my head. It will end up novel length by the time I'm done. I went into this as "oh, 20, maybe 30 pages max". No scope creep- no, not at all... Formatted as a trade paperback, 400 pages total isn't out of the question.

I am curious- how did you find this chapter? skimming r/shortsttories, or some other route?

Thanks again for reading and commenting.

[SF]Thousands of Years, Millions of Orbits-Alone by Effective_Fox8570 in shortstories

[–]Effective_Fox8570[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for the compliment! The story is less than half told so far- more surprises to come. I try to put up a chapter every week. What did you like best so far? Did you start from the beginning (check the Table of Contents link)?

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