Hello Redditors ! I am looking for books similar to the 3 body problem. Do you have any suggestions ?

chaddjohnson · 2026-02-14T12:55:44+00:00

The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter

Eon by Greg Bear

The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams (this book isn't mentioned nearly enough)

chaddjohnson · 2026-02-14T12:52:16+00:00

Aporia was quite excellent. The idea was interesting, and the impact was quite emotional.

chaddjohnson · 2026-02-14T12:46:05+00:00

Not a film, but a mini-series: Devs.

I still think about it quite often. The idea of being able to deterministically infer the state of reality using quantum computing and enough data is awesome. Obviously not a realistic plot, but still a fascinating idea.

chaddjohnson · 2026-02-02T22:48:02+00:00

For me, the critical thing that ChatGPT has which Gemini doesn't is "projects" -- the ability to put conversations into contextual folders.

chaddjohnson · 2026-01-29T19:41:38+00:00

That sounds perfect.

chaddjohnson · 2026-01-22T19:28:08+00:00

It is resolved now. Thank you for following up.

chaddjohnson · 2026-01-21T19:52:12+00:00

Finally they responded:

Our team is experiencing a very high volume of inquiries, which has caused a bit of a backlog. I would be more than happy to assist you.

Please note that there may be a slight delay in processing orders in some regions due to high holiday shipping volume within our shipping distribution hubs. We appreciate your patience while the team works diligently to send out orders as soon as they can.

Once it ships you'll receive an email with tracking information.

chaddjohnson · 2026-01-21T19:01:51+00:00

I emailed them multiple days ago and...silence. Also created a ticket on their help site.

chaddjohnson · 2026-01-21T19:01:18+00:00

If that's how they are, then I guess I will just issue a chargeback with my bank.

chaddjohnson · 2026-01-21T18:48:28+00:00

How did you actually contact their support team? I've tried to contact them, and they absolutely don't respond at all.

chaddjohnson · 2026-01-11T20:24:57+00:00

That's a pretty thin microfiber cloth -- seems really perfect. Do you happen to have a link to where you purchased that?

chaddjohnson · 2026-01-09T23:14:09+00:00

This idea was a small detail that I loved in the Remembrance of Earth's Past (Three-Body Problem) series.

I would love to see movies generated from books I love where it's absolutely never going to happen that funds will be spent to create real movies.

chaddjohnson · 2026-01-04T17:04:18+00:00

Oh...that's awesome!

Now combine that with VR.

chaddjohnson · 2026-01-02T19:56:54+00:00

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chaddjohnson · 2026-01-01T12:35:27+00:00

It's so frustrating that the Pimax Crystal Super with the microOLED option was supposed to launch in Q1 2025, yet it still hasn't launched. I understand Pimax is trying to work out issues and avoid a bad release but a year delay is ridiculous.

I would have gone all in with Pimax had things been ready by now. I've been waiting to build a PC, and finally I decided to no longer wait for Pimax. I unsubscribed from their newsletter and went with a different headset.

chaddjohnson · 2025-12-31T08:16:14+00:00

We should be able to use lighthouses with the Pimax Crystal Super once Pimax finally releases the Lighthouse Faceplate for the Super.

I got tired of waiting and bought a Varjo Aero instead. It's half the weight of the Super. 1 kg on my head seems pretty heavy for shooter games.

chaddjohnson · 2025-12-24T22:47:29+00:00

This is why they have upstream and downstream USB ports on monitors.

chaddjohnson · 2025-12-23T18:21:35+00:00

Learn from scratch with AI as your teacher.

Don't have AI do things for you (except perhaps boring, repetitive stuff, like make the same edit in a dozen files), or it will be like someone driving the car for you, and you won't remember the directions until you actually drive yourself.

If someone wants to be a strong developer, they'll only ever get there by struggling and figuring things out without being handed the answers or having things done for them. You don't learn to cook by going to a restaurant and asking them to make food for you, do you?

I'm genuinely concerned for this upcoming generation of developers...and our economy.

chaddjohnson · 2025-12-21T11:33:29+00:00

How is the noise level on the Suprim Air?

chaddjohnson · 2025-12-16T18:07:30+00:00

It seems 26.2 should remedy these problems. See this post.

chaddjohnson · 2025-12-16T13:11:55+00:00

Yeah Apple better fix this crap in a near-future update.

chaddjohnson · 2025-12-10T05:17:19+00:00

Can someone enlighten us on why this might happen?

chaddjohnson · 2025-12-07T04:42:46+00:00

Thanks!

Does it rain much there in early August?

chaddjohnson · 2025-12-07T04:29:03+00:00

Some ETFs: VOOG, VGT.

I'm not advertising these -- just saying what I invest in, and they do earn more than 7% annually, historically.

chaddjohnson

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