dexa_scantron @ dexa_scantron @lemmy.world

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That might be the same story? I don't remember well enough; I should hunt it down and reread it :D

Reminds me of this Niven story where a human takes some pills that are supposed to teach aliens how to teleport, but since he can't teleport he just gets an amazing sense of direction and orientation: https://www.larryniven.net/?q=bibliographic-reference/fourth-profession-the

https://youtu.be/99WUONRrJVo?si=rC4mHULQg3G7T-G0

I believe they do this the same way they do traffic jams, by seeing how many android phones are at the location vs. average.

There's a great YA book about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Reversed_Himself?wprov=sfla1

Patriarchy oppresses us all.

There are plenty of women who live like this now. It's a cultural thing, not a timeline thing. I had a roommate in college who would wake up before dawn to do her makeup so nobody would see her without it.

(Also high society women certainly didn't make their own breakfasts... well, ever, but especially not hundreds of years ago)

From the video it looks like the plastic rings are casings and the wheels are inside them, and the wheels poke out at the bottom. Seems dumb to me.

You can kind of see it here but it looks like they're intentionally hiding a good view of it with angles/lighting:

Too bad he took a 19-year-old with him :/

I'm not sure; usually this language is used when someone is convicted, that the sentence they receive from the judge has to fall in that range. I don't know what "sentenced to 15 years to life" means except that the judge intends that she spend at least 15 years in prison.

There were some good tips in this podcast episode: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/28/1190725808/tackle-your-medical-debt-with-life-kit

My company built a big lab with expensive equipment and then laid off the person who was an expert in using all of it.

And Onion articles, and other satire.

I think it's getting that from a McSweeney's article: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq-the-snake-fight-portion-of-your-thesis-defense

I agree with you completely; I'm surprised that people are upset as well, but there are plenty of people in this thread who feel that the question unreasonably attacks men and is deliberately inflammatory.

Hypothetical question posed to women: would you rather be alone in the woods with a bear or a man? Many women said "bear". Many men took that personally.

Sooo much more. The Baroque Cycle is like Cryptonomicon squared.