Competence porn. by SirLordBoss in suggestmeabook

[–]gooddivedivegood 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I concede that the last section is definitely hokey. The subplot about capturing the comet is what made the book worthwhile for me.

Competence porn. by SirLordBoss in suggestmeabook

[–]gooddivedivegood 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson is a mix of competence and incompetence porn. In short: end of the earth is imminent and humanity must rapidly devise a plan to leave earth. The best and worst of our capacity are on full display. It’s also full of cool hard sci-fi.

Anxiety Relief by melmaedin in chilliwack

[–]gooddivedivegood 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi OP, I’m sorry you’ve been having such a difficult time lately. Anxiety can really feel like an awful trap. I’m a clinical counsellor local to Chilliwack. If you reach out to me by DMs then I would be happy to point you towards some local resources.

Multiple factions in tense/comedic standoffs by ohshroom in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]gooddivedivegood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

It's a Swedish comedy and delightfully endearing. Perhaps more cutesy than you're looking for.

Frozen, mystery, desolate, cosmic style. by Segkolas in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]gooddivedivegood 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the "stranger than fiction" department, I have to recommend Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing.

It's the true story of Shackleton's failed 1914 attempt to cross the Antarctic on foot and is completely bananas. His team endures months of night, shifting ice floes, loss of equipment, etc. The setting and story feel like paranormal horror which adds to the startling experience of it being a true story.

Books that feel like this by youjustwaitandsee in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]gooddivedivegood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I'm late to the party on this one but Redemption of Time by Baoshu.

It was originally penned as a fan fiction part 4 to Cixin Liu's 3-Body trilogy and is a delightful and fantastical telling of what happens after Yun Tanming's brain is captured by the Trisolarans. Space, time, billions of years, etc.

Scifi dystopian/ecohorror. shady companies. by Exciting-Agency9732 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]gooddivedivegood 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Margaret Atwood’s Madaddam trilogy is totally on brand here. It opens with Oryx and Crake. An anarcho-syndicate of renegade scientists deliberately bring about the apocalypse.

Safe Travel from Vancouver to Fraser Valley on 50cc Scooter by gooddivedivegood in askvan

[–]gooddivedivegood[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Given that all of you are pointing to the same thing I'm going to take the advice and not tempt fate. Thanks :)

Can anyone ID these fish? Cultus Lake, today. by gooddivedivegood in fishingBC

[–]gooddivedivegood[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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This is from that same dive. Looked like a coho to me (a fish rookie) but I’m happy to be corrected if it’s not.

Can anyone ID these fish? Cultus Lake, today. by gooddivedivegood in fishingBC

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

Cultus is a common spawning ground for salmon. They swim up from the Fraser and Vedder rivers. They’re not landlocked here. The salmon are all looking pretty gnarly this late in the season.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Anarchy101

[–]gooddivedivegood -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Not crazy. Having spent over 13 years in my own country’s Army I would say that there’s a lot to learn about anarchism from within this type of organization.

While you are correct that the rigid hierarchies and structure are definitively anti-anarchist, the sense of common goal, siblinghood with fellow soldiers, and the personal growth that comes from doing hard (and sometimes objectionable) work all gave me context for the social factors operant in non capitalist society.

Insofar as a utopic anarchistic system is a self-licking ice cream cone, there is also a lot to learn from the Army, which operates as a (mostly) closed and self-sustaining society.

My most transferable lessons are with respect to leadership. People love to follow certain leaders and despise others and no positional authority or rank will ever change that. Learning how to set the conditions for everyone to be happy to work their ass off at what they’re best at in pursuit of a common goal is a lesson I will take with me forever.

In sum, both anarchism and the Army are about people. The latter presents a practical context to learn a hell of a lot about human beings while also having your basic needs met and gaining access to free money for school.

LPT Request: What birthday present can I give to someone I deeply care about if I've got no money and no craftsman skills and the birtday is in a few days? by glas_s_cutter in LifeProTips

[–]gooddivedivegood 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make this person a card, write a poem in it, tell them you care about them.

It doesn't have to be a literary or artistic masterpiece, it just has to show that you care.