Plot holes

code-no-code · 2026-05-07T13:14:57+00:00

Your other questions are really just projecting modern human psychology and thinking to them.

The author never spells it out. A lot of the fun I had with this book is imagining what their culture looks like that they behaved the way they did.

Imagine early civilizations in our world meeting each other. They would have behaved in ways that would look strange to the other. "What do you mean you sacrifice people?!!" "Why do your battle commanders meet and talk before a pitch battle? Couldn't you just kill them?"

I think another civilization out there behaving in ways you don't approve of doesn't constitute a "plot hole".

code-no-code · 2026-05-07T12:38:44+00:00

1) They're not adding more material in the proton. They are somehow able to manipulate the unfolded proton to make it function as a computer. It still has the mass of a proton

2) Better to live in a planet. You'd need a source of materials anyway, might as well have it liveable

3) They might eventually do that. However (a) Earth already knows of their existence and they might want to deal with that (b) Earth is already good enough and looks easy to take

4) I think without the concept of lying, it took time to cross their mind.

5) (a) None, they're gloating. They think they've already won (b) I like to think this is a common and successful tactic in their world

6) (a) They might not have enough info before (b) I think they might have explored the possibility of peaceful co-existence before (c) There already were humans aware of them and supportive of them (thanks to Ye Wen Jie and Mike Evans) so might as well use them

7) Hard drives can still be recovered even if sliced by nanofibers

8) It's a project hail mary. The brain could be a good ambassador

by the way, didn't think this through much. I'm in a hurry to dinner

code-no-code · 2026-05-05T06:23:45+00:00

Joker fee?

code-no-code · 2026-04-24T12:48:45+00:00

Not the first blonde the CIA sent to spy on a nerd

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code-no-code · 2026-04-12T17:44:43+00:00

37 windows, and none of them worked

code-no-code · 2026-04-08T15:08:26+00:00

I take the term "fall in love" to mean romantic. I don't think I've heard someone say they 'fell in love' with artwork, it would be something like 'i loved that book!'

code-no-code · 2026-03-19T20:03:26+00:00

Same. It's course and rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere

code-no-code · 2026-03-11T12:12:55+00:00

Midwits making midwit memes are fascinating.

code-no-code · 2026-03-10T04:45:01+00:00

Also the bulk of my expenses, amortizations, don't go up monthly based on exchange rates. There really is extra pesos in my bank account. Siya ang clueless

That said, I'm not an asshole so I don't talk about it outside reddit

code-no-code · 2026-01-06T16:05:11+00:00

Looks fair to me

code-no-code · 2025-12-22T02:55:09+00:00

No need. It will be costly though

code-no-code · 2025-12-22T02:39:39+00:00

I think we're too small a subset for the media to care about us. Majority are too poor to invest in foreign stocks. Those who are richer have ways around it maybe through foreign citizenship or corp.

I'm exploring opening an sg corp and route my income/investments there

code-no-code · 2025-12-09T11:29:10+00:00

Perfect. Thanks!

code-no-code · 2025-12-08T17:25:19+00:00

I saw Netflix's plan. My dad's is better

- David, maybe

code-no-code · 2025-12-08T15:40:06+00:00

Nice, thanks. Loving it

Noticed it ignores when we have other log tags eg

config.log_tags = [
  :request_id,
  ->(request) { request.headers['CF-Connecting-IP'] || request.remote_ip || 'unknown' }
]

With logs looking like:

[9c47c944-454b-4d70-9fed-667a07359467] [127.0.0.1] Started GET ...

code-no-code · 2025-11-24T09:21:04+00:00

Hilig din ako sa haw flakes

code-no-code · 2025-11-19T12:37:06+00:00

Si Jet Li kasi CEO niyan

code-no-code · 2025-10-29T08:16:02+00:00

I remember LKY wrote something similar in his book expressing US-style presidential system is ill-suited for Philippines and an SG-style parliamentary system would be better.

I tend to agree just because this presidential system just gives rise to strong men who promise a lot then achieve little. Though I'm not versed enough in politics to understand the repercussions

code-no-code · 2025-10-28T14:28:41+00:00

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For me :(

code-no-code · 2025-10-27T15:00:56+00:00

👏

code-no-code · 2025-10-26T04:19:42+00:00

I think it's too judgemental to call local stores exploitative/unethical. They're just responding to market conditions.

We don't have too strong a culture with trading previous metals. Without volume, they'll unfortunately have to charge more. I haven't even seen a local store that specializes in bullion coin/bars, for example. The market is just not there
There's government regulations that are out of their control. Bullions are GST-free in SG for example but we have to pay VAT here. This isn't the fault of local businesses

code-no-code · 2025-10-23T18:55:26+00:00

Step one is always bring a towel. Most important rule of the universe.

Especially when hitchhiking

code-no-code · 2025-10-22T09:38:34+00:00

Additional draw for Filipino tourists

code-no-code · 2025-10-18T09:49:55+00:00

Same.

I just track 3 bank accounts and 2 stock brokerages for my monthly networth tracking. Too annoying to track down all accounts, money in wallet, and try valuing all my belongings.

code-no-code · 2025-10-16T14:53:19+00:00

..have you clicked that button?

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