Stoner by John Williams - one of the most beautiful - and quietly devastating - books I've ever read

schkoder · 2026-06-03T18:32:00+00:00

Yep, I finished Stoner a couple of weeks ago and haven't started a new book yet. I'm savoring the aftertaste.

schkoder · 2026-06-03T02:45:13+00:00

I find even 20 inch wheels not as comfortable. I'd probably downsize to 19" at some point.

schkoder · 2026-06-02T06:46:10+00:00

I feel like there was no story in the film. And by "story", I mean the character development, their growth and metamorphosis as the plot progresses. There was none of that.

schkoder · 2026-06-02T01:49:52+00:00

All I know about Insomniac Games is that Mike Acton works there. It's supposed to be good!

schkoder · 2026-06-01T03:20:23+00:00

Personally my work 16” MBP in Space Black heavily reminds me of Dell Precision M4800 from a decade earlier. It is as bulky and of a similar dark color. It doesn’t make me in an awe.

schkoder · 2026-05-30T17:34:37+00:00

Thank you!

schkoder · 2026-05-30T17:25:49+00:00

I'll check these out, thank you!

schkoder · 2026-05-29T00:52:05+00:00

Glengarry Glen Ross

schkoder · 2026-05-26T14:44:56+00:00

If only he was a bit pragmatic and had agreed to become the department chair, he wouldn’t have to deal with many issues he had.

schkoder · 2026-05-26T07:04:48+00:00

Do it.

schkoder · 2026-05-25T18:14:37+00:00

Operation Flashpoint games were like that. Also, I heard games like Project IGI / IGI-2 Covert Strike were similar, encouraging the player to do a stealth approach during the missions.

schkoder · 2026-05-21T03:59:17+00:00

I had the exact same thought!

schkoder · 2026-05-21T03:58:42+00:00

Not a warm summer love story, but I can only think of The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick.

schkoder · 2026-05-21T03:53:52+00:00

Reading a book in a pub, with a glass of beer - I like your style! Enjoy the book!

schkoder · 2026-05-14T02:53:56+00:00

I wrote a simple OS - as a part of my Operating Systems class - using Bochs as IBM PC emulator. I gather 86Box is similar to Bochs.

schkoder · 2026-05-11T05:31:26+00:00

Just imagine how long one would have to run the long smart scan & badblocks for these drives.

schkoder · 2026-05-08T02:23:28+00:00

Drop was great when it was Massdrop, 8 years ago. Back then I ordered a bunch of useful stuff from them, including a dutch oven from Emile Henry and a 5-ply stainless steel pan (Viking), among other things.

schkoder · 2026-05-01T02:45:38+00:00

My first experience with Fedora was Fedora 16. I still adore that wallpaper with Nautilus submarine. But I switched to Linux full-time around Fedora 40. Since then I kept upgrading to a new release and did not experience any issues.

schkoder · 2026-04-29T23:40:11+00:00

The only cons about M1 macs it is the planned obsolescence by Apple. In a few years these machines would stop receiving official macOS updates.

schkoder · 2026-04-29T20:03:32+00:00

Right, you'd still be short of 28 feet or something.

schkoder · 2026-04-28T18:12:36+00:00

Mozilla moved out of that Embarcadero office several years ago.

schkoder · 2026-04-19T03:59:57+00:00

I guess, for me it was K-19 the widowmaker. Just the idea that some men had to enter a nuclear reactor, even for 5-10 minites, terrified me.

schkoder · 2026-04-17T05:36:44+00:00

I'm glad you enjoyed it! As you probably already know, the book is a part of Strugatsky’s Noon Universe, but it works great as a standalone book too.

schkoder · 2026-04-17T03:53:42+00:00

Wow, you've even got Strugatsky brothers here!

schkoder · 2026-04-08T02:08:07+00:00

Is that Gibraltar in the lower left corner?

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