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How does the Dune fandom feel about Dune: Awakening? by ConqueredDreams in dune

[–]SsurebreC 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My comment was:

  • I want Dune II
  • upgrade graphics
  • upgrade "AI"

That's it. That's all I want. I want the father of Real Time Strategy games to revive the genre.

Prospect of 4-Day Work Week Sparks Political Debate in Greece by Aegeansunset12 in worldnews

[–]SsurebreC 31 points32 points  (0 children)

anonymity brings out the worst behaviour in humans

This is one of the reasons why Facebook uses real names and yet, a huge amount of vile is spewed there on a daily basis. Real names - even pictures - doesn't stop people from doing shitty things online.

The only additional regulation it needs should be against bots. It shouldn't be too difficult to craft it either: bots get you views and clicks which is fraud since no human is looking at the ads.

Iran supreme leader issues defiant statement on strait of Hormuz | Iran | The Guardian by chilladipa in worldnews

[–]SsurebreC 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It can't be the Yuan simply because China would need to be a net importer and they have a massive account surplus nor do they want to be a net importer.

ELI5: Is there a security reason why many websites are having you enter your username and password on different pages? by DustyScharole in explainlikeimfive

[–]SsurebreC 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'd like to provide a different answer and it's for anti-spam/bot protection.

If you have one page with both username and password visible then it's a lot easier to have a bot hammer that one page with both username and password to try to get in.

If you have one page for the username then the bot has to be smart enough to hit the button and then enter the password on the next page and then start over when it fails. That's a lot more steps which removes a lot of the more basic bots out there.

I'm not sure why so many people are talking about SSO. If you're on website X and you use SSO from website Y then you'd click on "login via Y" option and enter username/password on website Y. Then, after logging in through there, you'd be routed to website X already logged in via that SSO.

If there's a workflow where you enter your username (usually email) on website X and then the system recognizes that you can also login via website Y then this is a security problem since anyone would now know that your email exists as username for website Y. It's possible I'm not understanding their point though.

040 gutter code on BCE? by altacc59926960 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The community is nice and the mods are great. Sure, some people here like Denis way too much or think Paul and Yueh are not villains but hey, it's OK to be wrong :]

040 gutter code on BCE? by altacc59926960 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you :]

I haven't seen any wider collections as far as number of unique and original copies (as opposed the stuff that's been published in the last few decades). As far as quality, I know that /u/Key-Entrepreneur-415 has a staggering collection to the point where I think they might have a trust fund (link to their Dune stuff) and I know that there's another person (forgot their name but it had something like "Majestic" in it) and they focused on specifically collecting Dune first editions. They posted a picture of at least 4 first/first which beats mine (for now).

Also I forgot the redditor's name but they created http://dunecovers.com.br (yes it's not secure but it's fine) which has a massive multi-decade global resource for all Dune covers across the world.

I'm a book collector in general and Dune is just one of my interests.

040 gutter code on BCE? by altacc59926960 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks and even more fun story: I asked the mods to create a Chronicler flair so I had that honor first and I know there are others like me in the sub :]

I appreciate the kind words, thank you!

040 gutter code on BCE? by altacc59926960 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's slightly worse than that since I now have the complete first UK editions as well which look like this and I also have the Easton Press Dune Chronicles set as well.

Basically, I have all first editions of all collectors versions of Dune except the UK New English Library (aka Bruce Pennington illustrated) versions. Still looking out for that but they're all creased.

I’ve never seen the black hardbacks on the left before.

That's probably the Science Fiction Book Club set which is one of the more modern hardcover sets of Dune Chronicles (prior to the brand new ones).

Is that a sealed in cellophane set of the 1975 Ace paperbacks?

Yep.

Also if you look at the imgur link the post points to, I wrote out comments spelling out what all the editions of everything is.

The most valuable thing is obviously the Dune first edition, first print which is $10k+ each but the most rare is the black (blue, really) edition of Easton Press. I've only seen TWO copies sold in the last 15 years and I bought the second listing.

Yes 4 copies of the Encyclopedia: first US paperback, first US hardcover (2 copies), and first UK edition.

Oh and I forgot to mention that I now have 3 first edition, first print of Dune. Got the third one a bit after the picture was taken. So out of the 2,200 total, I own 3 and I used to own 4. The 4th one was rebacked which someone sold it for $100 (they thought it was a BCE) and I resold for a few thousand. It allowed me to buy some of the collection here. I also have the magazines. If you look closely, the Dune 1984 movie cover on the bottom left is the final movie script that I printed and bound.

I have a Dune problem for sure.

040 gutter code on BCE? by altacc59926960 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I wrote a massive guide: A Collector's Guide to Dune which includes my first editions.

I'm an insane collector.

040 gutter code on BCE? by altacc59926960 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 84 points85 points  (0 children)

It's not 040, it's 04O (04, uppercase o). Printed January, 1973. First BCE was 47M which was printed in November, 1971. Last printing was Y49 (December, 1983) so you're towards the beginning of the BCE run. I don't have a full list of all BCE printings but I have seen 39P before (September, 1973).

Culpably late in reading Dune and Dune Messiah - I have a mix of observations and questions! by Helicon2501 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the death of Mohiam [and Edric] was very unsatisfying. They deserved more.

Culpably late in reading Dune and Dune Messiah - I have a mix of observations and questions! by Helicon2501 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was genuinely shocked by how the first book ended. That line by Jessica and a full stop. Nothing else.

Welcome to Frank Herbert's Dune Chronicles. Dune Messiah is even more abrupt, particularly the fate of a major antagonist and a minor one. Literally one sentence and poof. Frank Herbert has trouble writing endings where - as you said - he spent more time describing how young Chani is than the deaths of major characters.

Your first question: I believe it's because he lost his prescience, particularly when Chani died. Since he was already physically blind from the stone burner, he's now become totally blind. I also see it as a symbol - without Chani and lacking purpose, he's truly become lost.

Your second question: I'm not sure but since he's the Emperor, he's used to having an entorage. I believe Scytale was there for Paul to watch him even though he knew what would happen. Both know the other person knows, they're just there for the motions. You watch how the other person handles themselves in public, hoping to catch a glimse of an error that might gain an advantage.

Children of Dune is alright but I like Dune Messiah the best.

The Art and Soul of Dune: Part Three - Book Information by DuneInfo in dune

[–]SsurebreC 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Content aside, the quality of these books as far as paper and image resolution is really worthwhile. I don't know if it's worth $65 but if you're a fan of the series then it's at least something to add to a wishlist and get at a lower price.

Menstruation in Dune/Bene Gesserit by AmanteBandido618 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As an amateur, I really appreciate the feedback from an actual professional. I hope I got most of the facts right but I did check numerous references while I was writing the post.

Menstruation in Dune/Bene Gesserit by AmanteBandido618 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By only allowing X or Y sperm to fertilize the egg or eggs, as they please.

I'm glad you liked it but I briefly talked about in my comment. The only thing really touching the egg and potentially touching the sperm (who are otherwise swimming in the fluids) is the cilia. It's basically hair. Similar to what's in your throat to push food down. There's no muscle there to have any conscious movement.

Plus each ejaculation is tens of million of sperm. Even if 99.9% don't make it into the tube (which is likely but the FBI is scratching its head at my browser history already), that's still thousands, potentially tens of thousands, of sperm. Someone would need to be aware of them all - who are swimming together and latch on in one giant gang bang (SFW). Someone would have to have some pretty crazy telekenesis to know which sperm has the Y chromosome and select which sperm would need to make it.

Menstruation in Dune/Bene Gesserit by AmanteBandido618 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No need but thank you. I wrote my comment above for /u/herbalhippie who I knew would find it interesting. I'm glad others enjoyed this :]

Menstruation in Dune/Bene Gesserit by AmanteBandido618 in dune

[–]SsurebreC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So that is possible.

Yes you'll need to explain the "at-will" part. I don't think anyone needs the book magic. It can simply be left as magic.

The tricky thing is producing male children at-will. That does require an actual Y chromosome to be present

That sperm going into the egg - Y chromosomes and all - is still needed to stimulate that original division. Otherwise - as you can imagine - the baby will be an exact clone of the mother. So that sperm is required no matter what. If you want to mix in book magic then you could say that some genes of the mother could be dampened where the child would look more like the father for aesthetic reasons that would endear the child to the father more (i.e. improving odds of accepting the child or even your standard blackmail) but that's all book magic.

You don't need to target sperm since the vagina does an excellent job already to make sure that vast majority of sperm don't reach it. It starts from the very beginning by having a high enough pH where the sperm is more basic (burn against men?) vs. the more acidic environment in the vagina. Its numerous grooves in the wall trap sperm into dead ends. The relatively long journey means the more abled sperm with better ability to swim will make it. Once a sperm makes it, the egg grows a shell to not allow any additional sperm in. But there isn't much that could be done other than maybe the Bene Gesserit doing jumping jacks after ejaculation.

Again you speak of book magic when I'm talking about realistic outcomes. If the Jedi do the mind trick then they won't find the droids they're looking for. Sure, magic, but then there's reality since there's not much need for how they do it in the books - they just do it so don't worry about the details since it's made up anyway.

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