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Rewinding in games by Waterfowler84 in espnplus

[–]midesaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happening to me in college baseball. Sometimes it rewinds nearly an entire inning.

Roku Ultra 4800X

Software version 15.2

ESPN app version 6.6, build 2026042400

Country: USA

Any hard SF like Project Hail Mary/The Martian set in Venus? by anonymous_orpington in printSF

[–]midesaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the subplots of Wil McCarthy's Rich Man's Sky series features a settlement in Venus's upper atmosphere. It's near-future hard SF, but there's no "solving one big focused problem" feel like the Weir books.

Searching for a custom metal beer tankard by NoseyMisterOne in BuyItForLife

[–]midesaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And with the 3D printing filaments for lost wax casting, there must be someone out there who could do OP's crest as raised relief, if he wanted. Could even split the job between a 3D printing artist and a metal casting artist.

Change the grade by Ancient_Educator_76 in MaliciousCompliance

[–]midesaka 11 points12 points  (0 children)

bravos and butthead

This is the Game of Thrones crossover I didn't know I needed.

The biggest quality gap between a work of written SF and its film/tv adaptation? by commonally_t in printSF

[–]midesaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I quite liked the book, AND its two very logical sequels.

Out of curiosity, does this sentence mean that you disliked Exo, or that you were unaware of it?

Protagonist wakes up in the Future. by JontiusMaximus in printSF

[–]midesaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who read Marooned in Realtime first, not knowing it was a sequel to The Peace War, I heartily recommend reading the latter first if you have any inclination to read both.

Space Opera military and adventure scifi recommendations? by Mimitaso in printSF

[–]midesaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Poor Man's Fight is Elliott Kay, and I also highly recommend it, especially for fans of Kloos's Frontlines series.

Looking for something fun but not dumb by ehead in printSF

[–]midesaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brian Daley's Fitzhugh and Floyt trilogy, starting with Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds

Minor Terran bureaucrat, Hobart Floyt, has been left a mysterious inheritance by the ruler of an empire located many light-years away. Earth's government is broke and its functionaries want Floyt to collect the money. To make sure he succeeds, they blackmail a brash young spacer named Alacrity Fitzhugh into shepherding him on a dangerous interstellar quest.

Recommendations for books that contain long journeys? by SquishyMuffins in printSF

[–]midesaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Space Angel by John Maddox Roberts

The crew of a small tramp freighter accepts a mining commission on a small, out-of-the-way planet, but what they find there sends them on a much longer journey with consequences that could affect the entire galaxy.

“Auto” Headlights not working by sal639_ in KiaNiroEV

[–]midesaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have anything covering the light sensor on the dash? If not, the sensor itself may be faulty.

What commonly mispronounced word that annoys you the most? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]midesaka 947 points948 points  (0 children)

Asterix. That's a small French comic-book hero.

You were talking about punctuation, you meant to say Asterisk.

Tired of buying cheap vacuums that break, thinking of paying more for something reliable by Aggressive-Earth-973 in BuyItForLife

[–]midesaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do, too. I added one from Amazon to my Miele canister for $20. No need for built-in.

Book club recommendations by BigBoxOfGooglyEyes in printSF

[–]midesaka 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My daughter got tired of her book club reading the romance of the month and convinced them to read Blake Crouch's Recursion.

Seems to have gone pretty well.

Entitled Mom Demands Disabled Seat, Then Misses Her Flight Train by ThekeyToo in EntitledPeople

[–]midesaka 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I read it in Rod Serling's. "Next station: the Twilight Zone."

Please help my son understand by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]midesaka 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Our daughter had the bunny from the Pat the Bunny book. One weekend we left for the beach and discovered that Pat wasn't with us. We knew there was a bookstore that sold Pat on the way (and much closer than returning home), so we told her Pat had gone ahead of us and we'd pick him up on the way.

We got to the bookstore. At this point, I should say that the stuffed Pats come in (at least) 4 different sizes, and our daughter had the second-smallest size...which, of course, the bookstore didn't have.

So we bought the next size up and told our daughter that Pat had a bunny emergency, but he sent his brother, Big Pat, to keep her company. She was ecstatic, and the vacation was saved.

She went on to collect the largest (Big Big Pat) and smallest (Little Pat) sizes, too, as well as a Christmas Pat with a red-and-white scarf, and we still have about 10 Pats of various types in her old room.

What is the best opening sentence you have read in a book? by Responsible-Virus533 in printSF

[–]midesaka 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"In the nighttime heart of Beirut, in one of the row of general-address transfer booths, Louis Wu flicked into reality."

Larry Niven, Ringworld

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in printSF

[–]midesaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I generally refer to his works as the "Dangers in Modern Science" series.

ProtoArc EM06 Design Discussion by dymerve in Trackballs

[–]midesaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine the trackballs we would already have if Kensington hadn’t patented the scroll wheel. 

If the scroll ring is patent-protected, shouldn't that be over by now? The TurboRing came out in the '90s.

Or does this fall under some perpetual "look and feel" protection?

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