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Notes from a year of reading science fiction and fantasy [potentially minor spoilers]

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  • The first culture novel is Consider Phlebas.

    Start with that.

    • Netanyahu aims to trap west into war across Middle East, warns Iranian diplomat

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  • You're wasting your time I suspect. If you had to explain your very simple point a second time I suspect they are falling on deaf ears.

    • Well, at Least Elon Musk Has Realized He Accidentally Created a Badge of Shame

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  • Maybe move to mars?

    • Tired of inflated ticket prices, Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival

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  • This is exactly what Ed Sheeran does.

    • Compact Rivian R3 EV Makes Surprise Debut With Awesome Hot Hatch Styling And Opening Rear Glass

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  • Compact/xover SUVs don't weigh much more than an equivalent sedan. They're basically slightly larger hatchbacks with a bit of height in the cabin.

    • A Google AI Watched 30,000 Hours of Video Games—Now It Makes Its Own

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  • Yep, I agree 100%. I feel a very strong connection to the author of a book when I'm reading it. When some incredible fist pumping revelation happens in a book I get an intense sense of "you magnificent bastard" about the Author and I think I'd feel an emptiness experiencing such excitement from an AI.

    • X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad

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  • Just don't get the guy musk hired.

    • Biden announces $250 million in military aid to Ukraine, final package of 2023

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  • Not to mention that curtailing Putin's aspirations is very good for all Americans

    • Which Spider Man games to play on PS5?

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  • There are 3 games in the insomniac series.

    Spiderman

    Spiderman miles morales

    Spiderman 2

    Play them in order to avoid spoilers.

    • McConnell invokes his wife’s name to slam Trump’s controversial immigrant remarks

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  • Yes but all of those immigrants are white.

    • McConnell invokes his wife’s name to slam Trump’s controversial immigrant remarks

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  • He's dog whistling the one-drop rule. His white supremacist base know exactly what he's talking about.

    • Anyone watching Beacon 23? Is it worth starting?

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  • The whole story and explanation stretches credulity a lot, however I would say that the pace picks up and the backstory develops significantly in the second season (if they stick to the books)

    • This scary AI recognizes passwords by the sound of your typing

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  • Can you really use all * as a master password?

    • Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn | Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms

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  • Failing at damage control, I would say.

    • America’s Far Right Is Calling for Civil War in Ireland

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  • What do you think the definition of third world is?

    • Hey media, stop bullying women who refuse to marry Republicans

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  • Yeah, who wants to marry a guy in a Santa costume, right?

    • Largest Study of its Kind Shows Outdated Password Practices are Widespread

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    • Sam Altman’s ouster at OpenAI exposes growing rift in AI industry

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  • But what if we're just a very fancy T9 too?

    • Steam Deck OLED announced

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  • Or too late

    • Fidelity has marked down the value of X by 65%

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  • I think I would know what I thought.