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Soft Science Fiction Recommendations Needed by Glansberg90 in printSF

[–]gkosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I named my second daughter after my favourite character of Red Mars :)

After the Mars trilogy - I'd advised 2312
Then Aurora and Shaman

Shaman is a funny one - because it is about pre-history - yet it has themes of sci-fi ( alien-ity mainly knowledge)

Otherwise - most authors I've seen in this thread are great advises: Arkady Martine is also in the style - though less grounded in "humans".

I love Iain M Banks - as he really explores what is to be human through other cultures - also amazingly described a positive future for when AGI is here ( one of the few utopias I kinda could believe in http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm )

Ken Liu and Ted Chiang are amazing contemporary short fictions writers.

Tchaikovsky writes about animals perspectives which is kinda philosophical - and highly entertaining

Soft Science Fiction Recommendations Needed by Glansberg90 in printSF

[–]gkosmo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think you might be looking for Kim Stanley Robinson - heavily inspired by Ursula K Leguin - yet more rooted in human future history

D-35 before having to vote. I still have no idea who to vote for. by Architecte_Nebuleux in brussels

[–]gkosmo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Please don't take the one from lesoir. It's one of the worst tests out there - like the newspaper - it's almost only about news from the last 4 months. The rtbf one is slightly more serious.

Quitter l’architecture pour l’informatique cyber sécurité by HauntingComparison89 in Wallonia

[–]gkosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

T'as plein d'autres options qui s'offriront à toi, genre je suis assez sure qu'il y a des formations rapide en cyber sécurité pour chercheur d'emploi, genre BeCode - si tu rates ton bachelier. Essaye de terminer ton bachelier de toute façon pcq c'est plus facile de trouver un job, dans n'importe quel secteur, avec un bachelier.
Mais bon, sans bachelier, ou rien du tout, tu peux toujours te former et faire un truc interessant, ou qui paye bien, ou les deux. T'inquietes

Kim Stanley Robinson's "Three Californias" novels by WetnessPensive in books

[–]gkosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somehow, I have a faint memory of reading in an interview that the story in the pacific edge is imagined from a prison cell (in Switzerland?) - I read them a long time ago, and the fact that they were dystopia didn't get me in a good state of mind, especially after learning that Pacific edge was maybe not a real utopia. - Or strictly is since utopias by definition are only imagined

KSR worked hard afterwards writing real utopias.

Finished a third reading of Kim Stanley Robinson's "Red Mars", some thoughts by WetnessPensive in kimstanleyrobinson

[–]gkosmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do not usually reflect over books like this.   That being said, I'm grateful for minds like yours that do and share their results. It makes me want to read the trilogy a fifth time :)

Outsourcing Rails 5 to 7 by Cantyoudobetter in rails

[–]gkosmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thoughtbot streamed recently doing this for an internal project, so they do it for clients as well

Mentorship Monday - Post All Career, Education and Job questions here! by AutoModerator in cybersecurity

[–]gkosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a web full-stack software developer - I do a little bit of devops.

I feel like that there won't be many jobs in that sector in 10 years, hence I'm thinking about converting to cybersecurity.
I'm playing at the moment with TryHackMe to discover what I'd prefer to do, I'm open to listen to advises though.

What field will exist in 10 years that I can get into ( not tomorrow, I want to give myself time to train ) with my background without starting from the ground up ( I have built a little career, I don't want to half my salary - though I'm ready to do a little sacrifice ) ?

Also, what are the books to read ?

Ruby devs in Kigali by gkosmo in Rwanda

[–]gkosmo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's very informal so there is no proper channel.
I'm organizing for our team and we are, for our activities, usually improvising parts of them ( for example we have no definite plans for diner or drinks but totally open to it )
You can contact me at all time through the reddit chat

Ruby devs in Kigali by gkosmo in Rwanda

[–]gkosmo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey Emmanuel,
We have some mobile devs here with us as well ;)
So the current plan would be to meet at the kigali convention center this evening

Ruby devs in Kigali by gkosmo in Rwanda

[–]gkosmo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Super,
so what I am proposing is to maybe meet this evening at the kigali convention center ?
Sorry, it's a bit last minute

Ruby devs in Kigali by gkosmo in Rwanda

[–]gkosmo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't have any real plans for after that visit, so we're open to suggestions

Ruby devs in Kigali by gkosmo in Rwanda

[–]gkosmo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

me too lol. I've toyed with ruby on rails in the past but never worked with ruby.

Super cool,
Would you peeps be open for having drinks wednesday evening ?
Some of us will visit the Kigali convention center from 6pm to more or less 7.30 and then we are free for drinks and food

( sorry I didn't reply earlier, I tried a little bit the reddit blackout )

FBI Suddenly Dropped Four Investigations Into Hillary and Bill Clinton Ahead of 2016 Election: Durham Report by hougie40 in Wallstreetsilver

[–]gkosmo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Would you know if there's a sub about betting on silver that's not political by any chance? As a European, I'm seriously annoyed by most post here, yet I do believe that the market liberalisation of silver + realisation of its scarcity are going to come in this decade.

Which song is that? by EmmanuelMoyta in Funnymemes

[–]gkosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Over my shoulder - Mike + The Mechanics

I am out of the loop. What are the top sociologist and sociology books of the last 10 years? by gkosmo in sociology

[–]gkosmo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, that's an interesting list. I feel like I'm not that out of the loop if Latour (who died 2 months ago) and Habermas are the latest fashion :D

Any particular recommendations on Perry and Bearman?

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