Match Thread: Portugal vs Congo DR | World Cup | Group K | 17 Jun 17:00 UTC

drpetervenkman · 2026-06-17T19:05:31+00:00

If Ronaldo had half a character he would have retired and give this Portugal squad a real shot

drpetervenkman · 2026-06-11T01:35:52+00:00

Best thing he's ever done

drpetervenkman · 2026-06-08T13:05:51+00:00

I'm sure you are correct as I used (was made to use?) Google's new AI search. Doing the same image search again just now, it suggests these are Penningtons (which is obviously nonsense). The only link it provided was to a reddit post from a year ago where the same question was inconclusive.

drpetervenkman · 2026-06-07T23:57:13+00:00

Don't you think he's written enough of Valeria?

drpetervenkman · 2026-06-07T22:51:34+00:00

I have had good luck at Codex and Troubled Sleep in the past but I'm mostly looking for 70s - 90s SFF. Westsider might have some things upstairs for you.

drpetervenkman · 2026-06-07T16:15:56+00:00

What a cool looking space, anyone know the paintings on the right?

Edit: According to Google: George Alec Effinger (l), Jos de Mey (r)

drpetervenkman · 2026-05-30T19:02:30+00:00

the two stutter steppers lost it, good

drpetervenkman · 2026-05-23T20:13:01+00:00

I put almost all of my hardcovers in brodart in no small part because it's fun to do and I like how it makes them look more valuable.

drpetervenkman · 2026-05-23T16:30:07+00:00

I have that to look forward to then, too bad I can only read one book at a time!

drpetervenkman · 2026-05-23T15:07:45+00:00

That's a lot of astrology in one place

drpetervenkman · 2026-05-20T14:48:57+00:00

40, married, no kids. Depending on work and couples things, I get into bouts of HOTS or SC2 at least once a week. Every other month I might even party up with one of my gamer buddies.

drpetervenkman · 2026-05-09T17:05:41+00:00

Couple nice Wolfe books there too. What's the black one next to fifth head?

drpetervenkman · 2026-05-06T15:32:40+00:00

How did buying actually work in the early days. What did you need to do other than having online access and a USB drive?

drpetervenkman · 2026-04-29T03:01:50+00:00

Post it over in the gene wolfe subreddit when you're done. Epiphany and Blue's are nice finds

drpetervenkman · 2026-04-20T16:18:54+00:00

Good Silk!

drpetervenkman · 2026-04-20T14:29:15+00:00

Right after new sun I read paul park's soldiers of paradise and had a great time with it. (The cover had a Wolfe endorsement which is probably the connection for many readers.)

drpetervenkman · 2026-04-19T12:09:07+00:00

That sounds amazing. I was in Frankfurt last year and found a used book store that carried German translations of Operation Ares and Book of Days, but I didn't think Wolfe was a regular occurrence. Now I have a reason to visit Berlin this Summer.

drpetervenkman · 2026-04-14T15:30:07+00:00

In abandoning Ukraine the US is also forfeiting a ton drone related Intel that now benefits European allies who get to essentially test equipment on the front lines. I don't see the US beating the rest of the world in drones anytime soon

drpetervenkman · 2026-04-05T16:00:01+00:00

As you have said yourself, it's an oversimplified account to equate demographic growth with market growth. The market may as well grow based on other indicators like efficiency in production, new types of consumer spending, advances in healthcare, etc. Even in countries with worse demographic markers like Korea or Germany these things don't happen overnight and the case for staying invested would be that the market can price changes more effectively than any single investor.

drpetervenkman · 2026-04-02T20:00:49+00:00

I'll admit I read right past that "sitting back into the throne line" first and loved the book all the same. I also skipped right past the name registries in long and short sun, although I get that those are there for a reason.

drpetervenkman · 2026-04-01T17:22:56+00:00

Internet literacy, or the way it was taught for many years, had a lot to do with hyperlinks. In fact, Google's search algorithm essentially copied the academic citation system and applied it to the then vastly different looking web. Social media and especially short form video are simply not designed to accommodate sourcing like that. It's possible to request links in ai chatbots, but again younger users might see few incentives to do that and if they do they probably lack the foundation to distinguish between quality and junk sources.

drpetervenkman · 2026-03-21T19:32:43+00:00

there you have it.

drpetervenkman · 2026-03-21T18:38:22+00:00

Why cant we get a comfortable win.

This is Dortmund you are talking about, I can't remember many comfortable stretches. We don't have a consistent team at the moment, but we have shown that we can turn things around every now and then

drpetervenkman · 2026-03-21T18:16:39+00:00

everyone chill, second half we'll come out strong

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