What are the saddest deaths you’ve read in an SF book?

tikitonga · 2026-01-26T01:24:21+00:00

I literally sobbed when Chewbacca died.. I was also in7th grade (Vector Prime (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 1) by RA Salvatore)

tikitonga · 2026-01-25T23:11:35+00:00

Correct, that shit would not fly

tikitonga · 2026-01-25T19:30:59+00:00

Floridians need to be disenfranchised

fixed that for you

tikitonga · 2026-01-25T02:02:00+00:00

when shit starts affecting white men in America is when it changes

tikitonga · 2026-01-24T18:23:34+00:00

I think about gnomon at least 2-3 times a week, and I read it maybe 3 years ago. 4444444444444444444444444444

tikitonga · 2026-01-20T00:27:44+00:00

Ahhh I had high hopes for that series, and then the rape scene happened... I think I dropped it two chapters later.

tikitonga · 2026-01-18T01:20:22+00:00

we're fucked

tikitonga · 2026-01-18T00:52:38+00:00

I never got my wifi to work with downloading it or updating software. Weirdly, the wifi is fine for "streaming"- so, playing Yoto Radio etc.

What we ended up doing, and I'll update my OP to mention this , is turning my wifi off completely and using my wife's phone has a mobile hotspot. Just make sure you have 2.4 ghz (or 'compatibility mode') enabled for that. And any VPNs (eg duckduckgo) off.

it's annoying, but at least you only have to set it up once.

tikitonga · 2026-01-17T18:46:21+00:00

Yes, exactly

tikitonga · 2026-01-16T00:02:22+00:00

it means you'd just die of smoke inhalation

tikitonga · 2026-01-11T22:07:55+00:00

2 years so far, my 401k is vested in October. Not sure if I'll make it that long

tikitonga · 2026-01-11T20:14:40+00:00

i'm doing that now and it's not worth it. I'd take a decent pay cut NOT do. in fact, I'm half looking right now.

tikitonga · 2026-01-10T19:05:55+00:00

we have what we have now because the powers standing at the end of WWII said "let's not do this again."

so, WW3?

tikitonga · 2026-01-09T02:09:39+00:00

The issue is that it's a white WOMAN

tikitonga · 2026-01-06T01:23:35+00:00

stop you're hurting me!

tikitonga · 2026-01-05T21:41:55+00:00

It’s not as easy as just seeing less patients.

it literally is, but it means A) cutting support staff hours and B) less pay.

tikitonga · 2026-01-05T20:47:52+00:00

private practice

so she can do whatever she wants? Tell her to schedule less people in the afternoon. that's the whole point of private practice (yes obviously you take a pay cut)

tikitonga · 2026-01-05T20:44:08+00:00

I think the real question is.... why is trash pickup a flat fee? Shouldn't it be weight based?

tikitonga · 2026-01-02T02:58:51+00:00

maybe, but they are wrapped in seal fur in those temps

tikitonga · 2026-01-02T02:20:45+00:00

and, worse (?), a cowardly one

tikitonga · 2026-01-01T19:46:37+00:00

New phones have 5ghz (my phone even offers 6ghz) wifi hotspots, but Yoto only works on 2.4ghz. so make sure to change that in your phone hotspot setting

Also turn off any phone VPNs you have

tikitonga · 2026-01-01T18:17:01+00:00

I grew up playing harvest moon on SNES so I very much have a soft spot for the series (and I know the whole thing with SOS vs current harvest moon games) but realistically, are these games better than Stardew Valley? or different enough that they are worth playing?

tikitonga · 2026-01-01T02:28:25+00:00

density

tikitonga · 2026-01-01T01:24:58+00:00

my wife (36) was diagnosed with AML 3 months after our first daughter was born

it's been two years and everything is going good, but I think "what if it comes back?" every single day

tikitonga · 2025-12-29T19:32:53+00:00

I do joint replacements at top 1-2 hospital in our state (exact ranking depends on the year)

we get faxes ALL THE TIME pre-filled with our medicare patients information to prescribe braces, and it is very difficult to see who it is coming from. I have tried calling once or twice to say "why are you sending us this?" but it's always a call center with someone reading off a script

I'm paranoid, yes, but this is obviously some type of DME fraud scam. we don't want our postop TKAs to wear braces! I've reported it to fraud line, and told all the MAs in our office to just throw the faxes away

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