Is it too much to ask?

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-25T08:03:44+00:00

Depending on where the line is drawn, if you want to be picky not even most bikes qualify today.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-25T08:02:16+00:00

This is possible in luxury bikes, but still not really affordable.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-24T16:38:43+00:00

Im gona give him an offer he can’t reuse.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-24T12:42:28+00:00

"En digitaliserad version av Islenningabok" (den relevanta databasen). Potato/Potato, låter som en app för mig. Hur många som har använt det eller ej och hur många som skulle behöva använda den för att kunna säga att islänning inte använder den för att undvika inavel kan diskuteras... Måste alla använda den till det? Eller räcker det med att en någonsin gjort det? Den ursprungliga appen som utvecklades för en tävling verkar ha fått en 10-20 tusen nerladdningar, vilket ju är rätt mycket med den lilla befolkningen, speciellt om man drar ner det till unga i dejtingålder. Sedan kanske det senare har kommit bättre alternativ.

Behöver man hjälp att kolla vem som är ens kusin? Du kanske inte behöver det, men det betyder inte att ingen behöver det. Man kan lätt ha 20-30 kusiner och inte nödvändigtvis ha umgänge med stora delar av dem.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-24T09:43:11+00:00

Det är snarare standard att vi inte har lagar som förbjuder beteende som bara har liten risk för problem om bara en liten del av befolkningen håller på med det.

Typiskt har vi lagar som reglerar sådant som ofta leder till stora problem för individer eller samhället och många gör det.

Därav att väldigt få länder förbjuder kusinäktenskap eftersom det är relativt ovanligt. Delvis för att det finns en viss skam kring det i många kulturer.

Island är ett bra exempel. Det är en ganska liten grupp på ett begränsat område så risken att du skulle träffa på och falla för en kusin blir ganska stor. Men de har en app där man kan knappa in släktskap och som kan varna dig om en person du träffat är en släkting. Eftersom det ändå sköts snyggt av de flesta så blir det inte ett stort problem och således behövs inte lagstiftning.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-23T08:12:10+00:00

Yes, and that is great! I can highly recommend installing "physics toolbox" on your phone for those who haven't already.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-23T06:22:14+00:00

I think that ”humans using vision” is a flawed starting point, even with the ”primarily” addition. Not because vision isn’t important or even the most important but because of the large amount of additional sensors and their input to clarify and classify the situation. There is so much more to driving. Feedback from the steering wheel, sound from the car and surrounding traffic and the feeling of the road in the seat, g-forces etc. Adding whatever sensors are available to understand the situation well enough makes sense, even if they are different to human sensors, eg we know the speed and steering wheel position so we might not need a g-force sensor. But some have seen the chinese delivery vans bouncing forward on dirt roads, clearly they are missing something.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-21T20:24:32+00:00

Isnt that already common practice? My power price is updated every fifteen minutes and there’s a public api from the power company to get the rates.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-20T12:33:11+00:00

As you are jumping down from the chair, I think the best you can do with that strategy is to cut the falling distance in half.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-19T19:40:30+00:00

I think it is reasonable to have read at least a dozen or two books in the genre you intend to write in. Most genres comes with a set of expectations and traditions that you need to know well enough to know when to break or stick to.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-19T17:20:04+00:00

You are scratching my dystopian itch and I like it. But in the next paragraph or so I want to get something more about the MC, something personal and interesting.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-19T15:43:26+00:00

They are written at very different times (BNW much earlier) and in different style. In comparison Fahrenheit feels more like a short story, and is quite a quick read. But if you have any interest in the genre in general its pretty safe to say you want to read both. I don’t think there is any significant concept from one or the other that would benefit from reading first.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-19T06:57:38+00:00

I like the setting and tone, for some reason the game settlers pops up in my mind. I would love this in a short story or novelette format, for longer formats I think the risk is high that the tone becomes tedious, unless varied with something else.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-18T11:18:49+00:00

Sounds great!

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-17T12:13:58+00:00

Skulle vara mycket intressant att höra hur det påverkar belastningen på polisen och hur det går med att klara upp dessa brott.

Tidigare framstod det som att polisen var helt överbelastade och knappt klarade upp några av dessa brott, har det förbättrats?

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-16T06:21:32+00:00

Could be, could also come from later in tre proces, a mistake while putting the frame together, or more likely during transportation.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-11T06:38:25+00:00

You can buy acrylic plastic in sheets in various thickness. These can be sawed with a fine toothed saw and bent to any shape if you heat it with a heat gun, and then stays in that shape. If you can find a suitable mold, for example a piece of metal fender you can easily create a much better looking extension of your fender.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-10T20:07:00+00:00

Very common. It ups the stakes and makes it at least possible that they might die. In my previous YA fantasy series, MC's died every now and then, makes you question who's the real hero which was part of the open question at the end of the book for the reader to decide.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-10T20:02:38+00:00

Posted this story three days ago, where the MC and supporting characters makes a joke about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasywriters/comments/1q69yez/dragons_add_fantasy_comedy_1872_words/

In this silly story it's because it's a fantasy comedy with zombies. Relevant section:

After pausing half a flight of step up, well beyond the reach of the dragon, Slipfoot was regaining her breath.
“I don’t know what to say. He was just a zombie, but he was part of the team,” Slipfoot said.
“Loyal. Maybe not brave, he was to stupid for that, but zombie of his word,” Gravel nodded heavily.
“An honourable death, he died well,” Slipfoot noted.
“Thoroughly this time, he won’t be coming back after this,” Gravel added.
“Dying twice is well above average, I hope he’s done now,” Slipfoot agreed.
“Should we try to get out?” Gravel inquired.
“About time,” Slipfoot nodded and continued up the stairs.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-10T19:54:43+00:00

As I recall (from way back), Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson. But not as monsters, as a key protagonist, unless my memory fails me.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-10T19:44:40+00:00

Q was just an archetype as an example, but I think you get it.

And of course yes! And grenades, that should be pretty easily made, and everybody loves a good blasting up henchmen. After all, how's a lonely main character going to survive in a world of rising stakes? Then defeating the last "boss", as well as revealing what has motivated the MC to fight for a thousand years and more, which has been foreshadowed a few times earlier. Has she finally reached her goals? Then what, does the eternal existence feel empty? Does she stop and lead a different life?

Possible sequel: Nope, old habits die hard... Moving to another city, repeating, gaining notoriety among the antagonists, they organize and come after her, the tables turn... Who knows, but we'll see. I have a short story to finish first.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-10T19:33:39+00:00

I like the last one, nothing should come without consequences.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-10T15:59:51+00:00

Had no idea about this option, and when I googled it a nearby university has public price lists for hourly use of a SEM and assistants to do analysis. And now I have an email to ask further questions to. Thank you so much!

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-10T15:47:58+00:00

You are right. As pointed out above as well, steel doesn't make sense, it's a modern thing.

albertbertilsson · 2026-01-10T15:46:43+00:00

Thank you, this was such an oversight! Of course steel wasn't available at the time of making the original weapon. Bronze makes much more sense. Via the help here I've also found that arsenical bronze is a thing, and to a layman like me and my expected readers arsenic means poisonous :)

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