@lorenmorris There's a little-known letter from Chaucer that records his tasting flavor-blasted doritos
> [...] mye mouthe wys accosted with sych violence by thee triangle I was laid out upon mye bed f'r three nyghts avvash in a dread sweat that did not abate until my humors weir set aright
Checking in from the hermit vacation mountain cabin. I have brought supplies for Italian sub sandwiches, pizza, and huevos rancheros. My books are here. The steam deck is on HDMI. I am ready
I’d prefer a heterogenous mix of blog topics rise to the top of aggregators but I can at least promise I won’t try and annoyingly juice the numbers by spamming just slightly different systemd-themed posts constantly
@tautologer Le Guin’s work is like the anti-hard science fiction: she omits the mechanical details and is all about the feeling and tone. If you go into it prepared with the knowledge that she’s a poet by trade you’ll know what to expect
@tautologer I really adore Le Guin but she does have her own distinct style; The Dispossessed is good but heavy on political commentary
Earthsea is traditionally grouped as young adult but Tombs of Atuan is an all-timer book for me, very striking imagery
>You’re absolutely right—that’s on m-
You awake suddenly. You’re reading shitty fan fiction on a small forum in 2001 written by a spergy, but definitely human, author. Attention is All You Need must never be published
Honestly I can’t even bring myself to write satirical LLM-speak shitposts any more. It isn’t a challenge and you run into it so often online it just feels exhausting to read that style of prose in any context ironic or not
Growing up I felt assured that the rapid knowledge turnover in technology wouldn’t be a factor in my ability to stay in the field, but the real problem is that my patience for bullshit had started to run out and places where you can avoid it are dwindling
Shadows Linger thoughts: Shed’s character arc was one of the more noteworthy in all of the recent fiction I’ve been reading
The series continues to be enjoyable
6yo: “I’ll get myself and <3yo> ready for bed tonight”
What are they scheming. What trap are they laying for me. They can’t be willingly making my life this much easier for no reason