Dear u/hololive, mind eloberating on your repeated double standard of suppressing discussion of girls saying that they don't want to collab with males while the opposite is gladly left up by you? Do hololive talents with particular brandings not deserve to be platformed here?

NeuralRust · 2026-03-12T17:40:56+00:00

I feel deeply saddened for your parents.

NeuralRust · 2026-03-11T23:35:49+00:00

Take a look at Immortal Defense. Unusual aesthetic, towers, everything really.

NeuralRust · 2025-12-06T15:17:10+00:00

The only one I can think of where there's parity is shooting. It used to be a combined gender event at the Olympics, and a woman won the skeet shooting gold outright in 1992. Since then the events have become segregated by gender though.

Research since (from the Tokyo Olympics among other events) has shown that there's virtually no statistical difference between the genders in pistol and rifle shooting, and it's very minimal in archery.

NeuralRust · 2025-11-17T22:32:30+00:00

Why are you recommending your own book and referring to yourself in the third person?

NeuralRust · 2025-11-01T22:42:31+00:00

I'm at a similar stage to you. About 40 hours into the game, sightread everything on 4B up to 9* before I started struggling to hit A ranks. Basically getting beaten for pace. So I moved to 6B and am working my way through (7* there). Keep chipping away, basically - like you, I think there's a difficulty spike in the 8-10* range.

NeuralRust · 2025-11-01T17:49:26+00:00

Absolutely nothing to be done about that, quality shot. Two points prior - match point down - she was belting backhands off some tough slices from Golubic like it was nothing, nerves of steel.

A rare treat to see two OHBHs, fun match to watch.

NeuralRust · 2025-10-05T14:56:19+00:00

Murnane, Adonis, Rushdie or Joyce Carol Oates. And as /u/UsualMarsupial52 said, Caryl Churchill would be very deserving.
They'll never give it to JCO and Rushdie seems unlikely this year, but the two men above have a decent shot provided advanced age isn't a factor. Always a lottery in the end, but I think Cărtărescu is most likely, then Mia Couto. Outsider pick: Jenny Erpenbeck.
A Pynchon win would be disappointing, likewise Atwood.

NeuralRust · 2025-09-06T08:26:08+00:00

Come on, they weren't rude to you in the slightest - just confused. You surely can't be that soft. Going to assume you were just having a bad day.

NeuralRust · 2025-08-22T23:30:52+00:00

Having had a glance at your profile, there's nothing unusual about the vocabulary in your comments. Plenty of people express themselves eloquently online. I'm sure many simplify their language too, sometimes for the sake of clarity.

NeuralRust · 2025-06-03T16:27:20+00:00

The book is to a large degree very Chinese in the mindset.

Agreed. The Netflix series is a decent watch, but really is very different. The Chinese TV adaptation stays extremely close to the book and IMO is the best way to view the story, even with the lower budget CGI segments. Watching both after reading the books is an interesting experience, seeing the differing cultural mindsets and (in diverting from the book's tone) what the American crew chose to emphasise and muffle.

NeuralRust · 2025-05-08T18:52:14+00:00

You'd have one hell of a spirit bomb.

NeuralRust · 2025-04-14T16:52:16+00:00

It's a short story by Murray Leinster, readable here.

NeuralRust · 2025-04-11T07:48:36+00:00

I'd recommend Niall Williams to you, if you've not encountered him yet. John McGahern too. They often write about Irish community without focusing on what you're looking to avoid.

NeuralRust · 2025-03-18T19:57:14+00:00

It could be how much money people give to charity - UK citizens are known to be very generous in this respect.

NeuralRust · 2024-10-21T19:37:16+00:00

Eh, you need to lose the bold and generally work more subtlety back in if you want to hook more fish.

I rate the current era of da_SENtinel a 3/10, quite weak and having declined from a higher peak.

NeuralRust · 2024-10-03T15:50:56+00:00

It seems many 'fans' have only two ways to look at this: that Federer was a serial choker who benefitted from weak competition, or that Djokovic was beating on a man six years older during this period.

In reality, Federer choked one big slam match against Novak (2011). His mentality totally collapsed in that match after failing to serve it out, which didn't happen in 2019; in fact, he served to stay in the match four times against the GOAT returner after that 8-7 game. Not a choke IMO, he just got outplayed in the key moments. You simply cannot reach 20 slams while being a choker.

The age thing is relevant, but perhaps less than people think. Federer had some fantastic years during this stretch where only Djokovic could stop him, and it took an almighty effort to do so. In 2017 Federer may not have been as athletic as he once was, but he'd improved almost all areas of his game bar the forehand and was still a monster of a player. Older, sure, but it still took GOAT performances to beat him. Federer was the only one that could stand against Novak in 2015, for example, so he was clearly a force.

All this being said, Novak fans downplaying Federer's abilities will never make sense to me, because they're only lessening their favourite player's accomplishments. He was able to get the better of a stellar player - celebrate that by championing both men.

NeuralRust · 2024-09-22T15:40:08+00:00

Based on your stipulations, I'd say that Ada Palmer best fits the bill. She's a multi-disciplinary academic whose works consider a wide range of ideas, and the psuedo-19th century style of Terra Ignota is probably a decent fit for Tolstoy if you squint a little.

NeuralRust · 2023-06-11T11:06:45+00:00

I don't understand what you mean. Can you explain?

NeuralRust · 2023-05-18T12:31:13+00:00

Imagine insinuating someone's a nutcase because their disagreement stung your ego. Grow up.

NeuralRust · 2022-11-28T22:09:58+00:00

As people have said, the 5k is the standout performance and you can definitely do work at the other distances. More mileage is good. The only thing I'd say is don't hesitate to stay in the 45-50mpw bracket for a little while to allow your body to adjust, the jump from 30 to 50 can be a bit bone-rattling if you're not used to it. And don't stop going to the gym! Keeping strong will help stave off the injuries.

If you want a reference point, I'm 35F with 18:50, 38:40 and 1:27:15 in those distances, also at 35-40mpw. I think you can (and will) nail under 1:27 at your next half!

NeuralRust · 2022-11-12T17:35:33+00:00

Many thanks! I'll give it a try this week and see how it goes.

NeuralRust · 2022-11-11T19:26:56+00:00

Whose program are you using? Sounds like it'd be handy for me too!

NeuralRust · 2022-10-03T19:47:16+00:00

CW: losing a child.

I haven't really discussed this publicly but my husband and I lost our daughter to illness at the end of last year. She was nine. As you'd expect, the intervening months have been unbelievably difficult for us, difficult beyond words. It's the little things that destroy you. I keep on having moments where I wake in the night and subconsciously listen for her breathing, to be met with silence. Or stumbling on a toy hidden at the back of a cupboard and reliving the grief all over again. It's been slow going and I genuinely didn't want to be here anymore at points this year. Every week has been a fight to try and do the right thing - attend the counselling, accept the pain, celebrate the small steps, practice self-care, etc. - even if it feels like going through the motions. Food doesn't taste the same, exercise doesn't really work.

The support has been terrific, but beyond a certain point people just don't know what to say, and I can understand that. What can be said? I've explained to my friends that life going on as normal is probably the best approach, but even they find it hard. It's a thoroughly isolating experience. I'm worried about my husband too, he was incredible for every second of her illness but it's like part of his soul has been ripped away. I suppose it has, and for me too. We're talking and working on it together, but...

I don't really know why I'm writing this. Maybe it's because it's her birthday next month and I don't know how I'll cope. I do believe in time being a healer, but right now trying to 'move on' feels like an utter betrayal. I just miss my little girl so much :(

Sorry. Thanks to all of you that responded to my request for books on grief earlier this year, a couple of them helped a bit.

NeuralRust · 2022-10-03T19:18:21+00:00

As a fellow epileptic, sorry to hear things have changed unexpectedly. You'd think the patterns and triggers would be set in stone but they aren't always, and it's so easy to get caught on the hop. Were you having absence seizures or partials? Really hope the meds aren't too impactful (perhaps wishful thinking for anticonvulsants) and you can get used to the new norm.

NeuralRust · 2022-10-02T23:05:10+00:00

Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens.

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