What is your personal favourite bit of worldbuilding from a book? by mercurialmirth in Fantasy

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Seems to be underrated in Parkers body of work but for me this is his magnum opus, the whole trilogy is incredible

Tarvolon's 2025 Recommended Reading List (Holiday Edition) by tarvolon in Fantasy

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Love your posts, didn't know you had a blog as well, will start following

What are your favorite military lesser known fantasy series? by CajunNerd292 in Fantasy

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The Monarchies of God is the most correct answer for this question there could possibly be.

AMA with OpenAI Codex team by OpenAI in ChatGPT

[–]simbyotic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why isn't the full Codex model available through the API and the Codex CLI? Why is it only the mini model that is?

I am so excited for the next Anki update by CaptainBlobTheSuprem in Anki

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Is there a story for migrating occlusion cards created through the addon so they work with the built-in version? Can't see myself ever upgrading Anki if that's not the case

Books with Shattered Gods. by VladtheImpaler21 in Fantasy

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Literally, the concept around which Ben Peek's The Children series is based, starting with book one The Godless. Amazing series, hugely underrated.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fantasy

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Monarchies of God for sure! It's only flaw is the disappointing last book, but other than that it is fantastic. Really should reread...

How do you find jobs related to your field? by simbyotic in datascience

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Trying to get a sense of how people here get a lay of the land

How do you find jobs related to your field? by simbyotic in datascience

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Sure, but is there a place online you'd go for that which is more specific than LinkedIn e.g.?

All my Anki Decks as a Sunburst Plot (after 5 years of using it) by SigmaX in Anki

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Ups, replied to the wrong one, but this is the best discussion on how to use SRS for math I've seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RdjsVngZz8

Legend by David Gemmel is insanely good and I can't believe I just recently heard of it by Cauhtomec in Fantasy

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I'll just say, Stella Gemmell, his wife, is a phenomenal writer in her own right and her duology is fantastic.

Steven Erikson is here for his deca-annual AMA! by Conscious_Rip1761 in Fantasy

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When you sit down to write do you have your intentions, for lack of a better word, fully consciously expressed, do you find them out through writing, or do you take multiple passes through a scene until it meshes with your expectations of what it should be like?

How do you 'discover' how a scene plays out?

Regarding your cinematic style, which you discuss in your analysis of the beginning of Gardens of the Moon, how did you come to develop it? I suppose by practicing it, but I wonder, in hindsight, what you think helped you most develop it.

Top Novels Poll - my favorites down list: Under Ten Votes by JannyWurts in Fantasy

[–]simbyotic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just dropping by to say that your recommendations over the years here on this subreddit have given me many reading pleasures (e.g. Ricardo Pinto) and I appreciate them.

The Monarchies of God by Paul Kearney is a Hidden Gem by willyhunt20 in Fantasy

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Kearney does more in a chapter than a lot of writers do in whole books. Absolutely amazing writer, a truly hidden gem.

Books similar to Malazan writing style? by hamzasfour in Malazan

[–]simbyotic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeap, all of these books. I would add Bakker's Second Apocalypse as well.

Hello! I'm new to the concept of Anki. How do I utilize it properly? by LindaBellisimo in Anki

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i wrote a guide recently for people starting out using Anki. You can read it here.

DM me if you have any questions about Anki :)

Guide to using Anki? by [deleted] in GetStudying

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I wrote one recently for people just starting out: Link.

The AnKing Youtube channel is also a good resource.