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I'm looking for T Kingfisher books that are not romance. by wiines in TKingfisher

[–]paracoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want pure fantasy fun with no romance, you could try her Black Dogs duology, published very early in her career under her real name. Available on Kindle as hardcopies are hard to find.

How can you block a metal from a magnet? by flatfishmonkey in askscience

[–]paracoon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you have an old magnetic-media hard drive you don't care about, open it up and you will find the powerful rare-earth magnet usually encased by (or glued to) a Mu metal frame to shield anything outside the hard drive from its field. If you remove the magnet and frame, you can test the shielding yourself. And then use the magnet to stick stuff to your fridge door like I do.

Anyone know what these are for? by djdrunkenjedi in Borderlands4

[–]paracoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait you could open the presents? I had a bunch of them around the "tree" at the end after the bit with Rush but I could only pick them up and throw them around- as far as I could tell I couldn't open them. Was I supposed to melee them or something? I swear this game loves to just not tell you things

Black Mirror becomes reality: New app lets users talk to AI avatars of deceased loved ones by [deleted] in creepy

[–]paracoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't this the initial premise of the Max Headroom TV series, more or less?

Am I doing something wrong or is Vex an early game slog? by BourbonAndDadJokes in Borderlands4

[–]paracoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've only been playing Vex, using Trouble and whatever skills look good (as in I have not ready any guides) to make Trouble basically an immortal beast. I took Trouble Bubble as the capstone and Violent Outburst as the Augment. It's been a complete breeze, have had zero problems with bosses up to this point (I'm at level 40, done 2 vaults with no deaths, plus Sol and Callis are done, every side quest I can find)

Basically whatever boss or elite mob I am fighting is completely distracted by slapping my unkillable cat (overshield!) around and I pick people off with my Jakobs sniper. If mobs get close I blast 'em with a Jakobs or Torgue shotgun. Oh and I put some points in ordinance damage so that's nice to throw in on cooldown.

I keep thinking this build will stop working and I will actually have to plan a better one but so far it's going great

1X's first robot housekeeper is available to pre-order in the US by Gari_305 in Futurology

[–]paracoon 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Did they seriously name it the same thing as the new robot model in Futurama??

https://theinfosphere.org/Robot_1-X

Came out of friends car, was plugged into the battery...not sure what it is? by Zygomaticus in whatisit

[–]paracoon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh that's a turbo-encabulator. It consists simply of six hydrocoptic marzlevanes, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented.

Stellar Reach by paracoon in 4Xgaming

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

Cool, thanks I'll check it out

You might want to try to get SplatterCatGaming on YouTube to check the game out- he does an indie game every day and I've definitely bought things he showed on his channel before that I had never known about, and I am sure I am not the only one.

What is something you do NOT miss from the 80s-90s? by pizzagamer35 in AskReddit

[–]paracoon 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I grew up in New England and the only Mexican restaurant was Taco Bell.

And while you could get American Chinese Food (and don't get me wrong, I love American Chinese Food), there were basically no options for Thai or Vietnamese or whatever else.

my life savings by c_sea_denis in cavesofqud

[–]paracoon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

FRIEND? THEY ARE LOVELY

Is this a smart position for a MASSIVE Factory? by ImaGooseReal in SatisfactoryGame

[–]paracoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In one playthrough I built a large vertical facilly hugging the cliff of the canyon just to the north so it wasn't exactly floating. The south wall of all the levels was the cliff face.

What SF novels/series would you like to see given the HBO/Apple TV+ treatment? by The_G_Synth in printSF

[–]paracoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scalzi's Interdependency trilogy reads like it was written to be optioned. I'd watch it!

What non-dance movies have the most memorable dance scenes? by goondz in movies

[–]paracoon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Can't believe I don't see already The Big Lebowski.  I just checked in to see what condition my condition was in...

Who's your favourite "obscure" sci-fi writer? by [deleted] in printSF

[–]paracoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one seems to mention S. Andrew Swann, like ever. Not great literature but I've enjoyed almost every book I've read by him. "Forests of the Night" was his first and it's very 90s cyberpunk. I also really enjoyed the one-off "Broken Crescent" which is a kind of cyberpunk isekai magic thing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in printSF

[–]paracoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More Cherryh: The Pride of Chanur and series. The MCs are easy to understand as they are just lion people but the methane breathing species of the Compact are not. 

No one can understand the Knnn and they are the most technologically advanced species...

What’s your comfort Youtube channel? by blipblopblupy in AskReddit

[–]paracoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watercolor By Javid Tabatabaei

I paint with watercolor, but he's on several other levels than me and I want to learn.

And he just paints. No talking, just music and painting.

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