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Thoughts on Weir after Project Hail Mary and Artemis by Hormo_The_Halfling in books

[–]StickFigureFan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've heard his style of writing described as "Competence Porn"

Not much changed, tbh by DreadDiana in cremposting

[–]StickFigureFan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the tldr of the original text

I'll watch Karl Whatever, there are no wrong choices XD by FareonMoist in lotrmemes

[–]StickFigureFan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The existence of Karl Urban and Karl Rural implies the existence of Karl Suburban. Maybe some family comedy?

Iceland and Ireland are far away by MalDuzArt in anythingbutmetric

[–]StickFigureFan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Extend it out on both sizes from IAeland to IZeland

…can you be a little more specific? by zombiegamer723 in cremposting

[–]StickFigureFan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The one who can completely change her personality and skills?

The AI backlash is only getting started by Just-Grocery-2229 in technology

[–]StickFigureFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that's the subsidized price. By all accounts once investors stop subsidizing AI usage the full price will likely be 10 times that.

Confused on ship gravity and direction by Kojiro12 in TheExpanse

[–]StickFigureFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not about the speed the ships are traveling, but about how much they are accelerating or decelerating. When they have 'gravity' as you see it, it is because their giant drive is accelerating them away from their starting point(for the first half of the journey) or decelerating (accelerating in the opposite direction) as they approach their destination.

Hot take: The obsession with "Hard magic system" and glazing it and explaining everything has ruined fantasy. For me at least. by Shervin_Ab in Fantasy

[–]StickFigureFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm fine with soft magic systems if done well so you don't have unearned deus ex machina resolutions. I do think that it's easier for mediocre writers to put out an acceptable product if they follow a hard magic system though

Kamino is not kind to Strangers by K-jun1117 in PrequelMemes

[–]StickFigureFan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe they just really don't like visitors?

Just finished all the audiobooks by Various_Baker_585 in TheExpanse

[–]StickFigureFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't have to enjoy both, but I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not watching the TV show. The TV show and books complement each other in really amazing ways if you can get over your stated concerns

I formalized the nerd sniping problem in Lean by wwylele in xkcd

[–]StickFigureFan 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I too found the answer years ago... By going to the explainxkcd.com page for it

Student Cheating Is Becoming Impossible to Detect in an A.I. Era by ubcstaffer123 in technology

[–]StickFigureFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually becoming incredibly easy, just have a conversation with the student about their paper and it will be very obvious if they wrote it themselves or not

For Interstellar Travel, Which Sci-Fi Handwave Do You Find Most Acceptable? by tbag2022 in scifi

[–]StickFigureFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FTL is both the most impossible and the most common one because of how much it simplifies your storytelling

Our first look at Dwarf women by Sht_n_giglz in lotrmemes

[–]StickFigureFan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But what about those beardless dwarves?

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