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#SoftwareEngineer, privately interested in #commonlisp currently, also #python and #emacs.

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I have a degree in physics, too (and not the new fangled bachelor shit ;-), BTW).

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eo, to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic

what are some of the most common, or most bothersome, false assumptions people make about you?

Don't limit yourself to neurodiversity or any other topic.

glitzersachen,

@eo @actuallyautistic

That I am human.

dickrubin716, to bookstodon
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When writing your book, do you give thought to the final word count, or is it irrelevant to you? @bookstodon

glitzersachen,

@SusanHR

But where is the fun in this?

@golgaloth @dickrubin716 @bookstodon

rabbit_fighter, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon I'm looking for book recommendations for an 11yo who reads at a much more advanced level. He likes sci-fi. He has read the Hitchhiker's Guide series and loved them. I think he would enjoy some more 'hard' sci-fi as well. He needs something challenging but without subject matter that is too mature. Thanks for any help!

glitzersachen,

@thebaywindowgirl

Isn't there a certain amount of guilt and torture in the Revenger series?

@rabbit_fighter @bookstodon

glitzersachen,

@sentient_water

I adore Banks. But ine has to admit, there is a lot of violence, often with a sadistic undercurrent. For an 11 year old? I advice against it.

@rabbit_fighter @bookstodon

glitzersachen,

@TEG

Neuromancer -> couple of violent scenes, like that projection performance where I seem to remember a girl is sadistically murdered on stage. All projection, right, but the images are there.

@sentient_water @rabbit_fighter @bookstodon

glitzersachen,

@Hawkmoon

No. Definitely not.

@sentient_water @rabbit_fighter @bookstodon

glitzersachen,

@rabbit_fighter

Pay attention, though. Around 2/3rd of the books recommended in this thread have some torture, violence or mutilation in it. The recommenders don't seem to remember it.

You should know best whhat you want to expose your child to, but ...

@bookstodon

KaraLG84, to bookstodon
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I wonder if any of you lovely people can help me remember the title and author of a sci-fi book I read when I was a teenager.
It was a novel about a bloke who I think had a life threatening accident and ends up waking up years in the future. He had someone helping him acclimatise to it all, and one of the things they showed him was these wings you could strap to your back and fly with. I remember wishing I could do that. They also had tiny chips that could hold a terabyte of data, which blew my mind in the late 90s/early 00s when I read it.
There was some evil plan he had to thwart because of course there was.
Other things I can remember is that there was a part were he was floating through Jupiter, which had sheep-like lifeforms swimming through it. Also he was on Europa for some reason, probably because it was where the evil plan was to take place.
I can't remember much else, but I'd love to read it again to see if it's held up. it probably hasn't.
@bookstodon

glitzersachen,

@brunogirin @KaraLG84 @bookstodon
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Meeting_with_Medusa
Maybe not the only one, since don't remember the wings event, the OP has been describing.
Or the OP has been reading the novel size ectension by Alistair Reynolds , which I have not read.

I am extremely curious what the general take around here is on the Singulairty

First, let me say that what broke me from the herd at lesswrong was specifically the calls for AI pauses. That somehow ‘rationalists’ are so certain advanced AI will kill everyone in the future (pDoom = 100%!) that they need to commit any violent act needed to stop AI from being developed....

glitzersachen,

@BrickedKeyboard
The major take is: We spell it differently.

glitzersachen,

@BrickedKeyboard

"I am too dumb/autistic to know what you’re conveying here."

I don't think so. You seem to have a way with words.
Read my sentence quite literally.

Maybe it doesn't work as a joke for you, but there is still some meaning left in this case (though, probably, rather useless).

My apologies: I could not resist.

glitzersachen,

@Eq0
Earth, Fire, Air an Water. Skillfully arranged and connected in an ensemble commonly called an "author".

glitzersachen,

@KasimirDD
"Terrorismus ist das Ausüben und Verbreiten von Terror. Er dient als Druckmittel und soll vor allem Unsicherheit und Schrecken verbreiten oder Sympathie und Unterstützungsbereitschaft erzeugen bzw. erzwingen."
Zitat aus Wikipedia.

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glitzersachen,

@jason_w_karpf @bookstodon @religion
That would require we had AGI. Which we won't have soon.

glitzersachen,

@jason_w_karpf @bookstodon @religion
This article is like "what if potatoes became intelligent and rose up?". The premise is already flawed.

NickEast, to bookstodon
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That's why I prefer to buy physical books from thriftstores. Worst case, if it's a double, I can just give it back to them... 😁

@bookstodon @humour @bookbubble @bookstadon @books



glitzersachen,

@deirdrebeth @weirdwriter @NickEast @bookstodon @books

Absolutely a real life situation.

Laking86, to random
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1 of 2023

The Penultimate Truth
Philip K. Dick

Part of the SF Masterworks Collection. Despite being nearly 60 years old the narrative around the manipulation of the truth feels incredibly prescient. Wondering whether David Whitaker had read it before he came up with story The Enemy of the World.

glitzersachen,

@Laking86 @bookstodon

Completely agree. Also much better than the hitchhikers guide.

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