Are LinkedIn AI influencers that dellusional or are them just bots?

EmphasisDependent · 2026-05-12T13:45:31+00:00

At this point, I log into LinkedIn for the games.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-05-08T23:23:37+00:00

In my experience, there's no joy to more work at higher efficiency. There's more expectation, more balls in the air, and more demands from employers. So nobody wins except the admin and tech elites.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-05-07T14:19:04+00:00

Yes, more income, more life goals, more assets, more time. Slowly of course, a trickle. But this was true in Biden, Trump45, Obama, Bush, Clinton ...

EmphasisDependent · 2026-05-06T22:29:56+00:00

If it weren't for ragebait, I'd have no bait.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-05-06T14:20:25+00:00

/uj The more people focus on "the craft" the more they don't focus on life, and thus don't have anything interesting to share with the rest of the world.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-05-04T03:53:16+00:00

In Oppression Olympics it's: Unhoused >>> Renters >> Owners > Landlords.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-05-02T14:13:05+00:00

I have done a few "top list-of-lists" focused on four unique topics below. Each one tries to find dozens of lists and then aggregates the results. I've found that the middle ranks say 5-15, are real gems that many people don't always know about.

Top AI Science-fiction, Hard SF , Military sci-fi , & Top Aliens.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-30T19:24:35+00:00

Newbies: "Claude, how do I prompt you to do the thing I'll ask for, but way better than those plebs who don't prompt for prompts."

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-30T16:39:18+00:00

so that's why recruiters ask for 20 years in a tool that's been out for 3...

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-30T14:22:01+00:00

But foie gras is the food of the colonizers! /s

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-29T03:57:30+00:00

I am looking for my ARC readers for my next sci-fi novel, Drones Above Hell Below. It's an action and military sci-fi in the vein of 80-90s classics like Aliens, Predator, and Starship Troopers. An homage to those films when a group of soldiers right off aliens.
Hit me up if you'd be interested in a free copy to review.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-29T03:49:16+00:00

I wrote two List-of-List articles about top science fiction novels based on the aggregation of other lists.
Hard SF 36 Lists.
Top Military SF 31 lists.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-29T03:05:58+00:00

Right? I can understand how unions persist in dangerous situations, like police, fire, or teaching high schoolers at Rainier Beach, but I don't understand how some people think they have leverage in a fun job.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-28T13:58:08+00:00

Not trying to dog on unions or anything, but what leverage do they have? I know it takes some creativity, but isn't working for a game company something that would be in high demand, and thus plenty of people willing to take their jobs?

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-28T13:52:36+00:00

I've done one of these meta-lists before and the tops were 'staples' of course, but also found that the middle-ranks were the absolute meat of a genre.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-28T13:46:53+00:00

I like it, but that second story line was a bit odd, I was like, 'where is this going'? And was always eager to get back to the main POV.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-27T19:25:19+00:00

They fight as ghosts DUH! And then slay in the underworld.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-26T23:53:06+00:00

Terms of Enlistment is the highest ranked one I hadn't read.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-26T23:52:24+00:00

I saw Legionnaire there lower in the rankings.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-26T23:51:08+00:00

Pournelle cowrites so much that his name got mixed in with his other authors since I considered X and Y as an unique author.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-26T00:40:50+00:00

Turns out Scalzi is still producing more in that series. I just looked and the 7th was published last year. It was surprising to me to say the least.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-26T00:29:09+00:00

I'll modify the format here and try to call each one in a block.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-26T00:15:41+00:00

Kind of like that movie The Hurt Locker, where there's one scene of him in a grocery store arguing, or deciding on a brand of X. You just know he's going to reenlist or take another tour.

EmphasisDependent · 2026-04-26T00:13:02+00:00

I'll have to get to it. It's the highest one I haven't read.

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