"The interesting story is not whether psychohistory is correct or how it works. The interesting story is told around what people do when they assume "psychohistory" (prevailing philosophy) is correct, and what happens with people who don't subscribe to that "truth."
Determinism is so much fun to play with, even if there is really no way to determine whether determinism has any actual merits.
The recent series Devs is almost kind of a reboot/prequel almost - sort of, "what if psychohistory was developed as a routine on a really big and fast quantum computer?"
Hey #SFBA folks, a quick request… I’m starting to look at housing in the city #SF, and if you have any leads (even if it’s an “I love my neighborhood because…” type of comment) that would be great. 🥰
I don’t need a roommate, but I do need a place that accepts cats and has in unit laundry (which apparently is a very limiting factor). Not sure where to start my search other than the usual online portals.
In-unit laundry is going to be a really hard barrier. Few places have that; those that do are typically expensive, even for here. You might have to resort to a portable washer that you connect to the sink, and improvised clotheslines. That's what I did in the last place I lived. Not all buildings will allow you to have your own washer though.
In my current building I have to use a shared laundry room. But since I have a sensitivity to scents and detergents, this means being the first person in there when it opens, running an extra cycle to clean the washer before my laundry goes in, and not using the dryers at all. You may be forced to make compromises like that if you aren't rich.
I do like the building I live in now, and the area is very convenient and walkable. Since it's a large building there are usually a few vacancies. There are a few units with washing machines but so far as I know, all of those are 3-bedroom apartments.
Who was hit hardest by #covid-19? Possibly immigrants in unprotected essential jobs. Osbaldo Varilla-Aguilar and others still face lingering, sometimes extreme symptoms. #sf#longcovid
Je n’ai pas cherché à copier le style de qui que ce soit ; il s’agit d’un projet avec une approche assez personnelle. Jetez-y un coup d’œil ! 👀
PS : Je n’ai pas beaucoup de relais, ni l’aura des influenceurs aux milliers d’abonné·es. Si vous pouviez booster ce message... ☺️ :mastodon: 💪 :owi: #MastoLivre#Lecture#AutoÉdition
The latest Robert J Sawyer novel — The Downloaded — was, uh, downloaded to my Kindle today. Easily my favourite SF writer. You might know him as the writer behind the novel that 2009 TV series Flashforward (Joseph Fiennes, Sonya Walger) was based on. Check it out at: https://sfwriter.com. #sf#scienceFiction#CanadianWriter#CanadianSF
Bonjour les Mastonautes. La journée sera consacrée aux corrections de mon prochain roman #SF#SpaceOpera pour les #editionsdu38. Je prendrai quand même un peu de temps dans la journée pour m'occuper de la maison, après tout le printemps est là. Un petit café ☕️ avec moi? #bonjour#cafe#mastolivre
Nous y sommes! Retrouvez-moi aujourd’hui et demain au salon Imagina’Livres à Portet-sur-Garonne pour faire dédicacer vos livres ou refaire le monde littéraire avec moi! J’aurais également quelques goodies à vous distribuer grâce à la générosité des #editionsdu38 #salon#livres#sf#fantastique#occulte#occitanie#toulouse
@LilianPCB
Mais que dit le grand Strateger @AnitaBcko suite à vos passages sur les salons ? Avez-vous des augmentations des ventes numériques ou papier remarquables ? D'ailleurs je n'ai pas vu de QR code sur le bandeau vertical pour envoyer vers le site des éditions, si ?
Pardon pour la référence autour de Goldorak @AnitaBcko. @oliviersaraja
Bonjour les Mastonautes. Savez-vous que ce week-end se tiendra le salon Imaginalivres, consacré aux littératures de l’Imaginaire, à Portet-sur-Garonne (salle du Confluent)? J’y serais samedi 27 et dimanche 28 pour y dédicacer mes livres SF et Fantastique. N’hésitez pas à y passer me faire un coucou et discuter avec moi! ☺️ #bonjour#mastolivre#salon#dedicace#imaginaire#sf#fantastique#imaginalivres
:computerfairies: San Francisco's light rail to upgrade from floppy disks | The Register
"And before folks start panicking, it's worth remembering that use of floppy disks is not uncommon in embedded systems. Bear in mind that the US nuclear arsenal ran off eight-inch floppies until 2019. It's the way stuff was done when these systems were built last century.
Upgrading San Francisco's public transit IT will be a lengthy and costly effort"
I'm reading Foundation for the first time, in preparation for an upcoming review for @NerdsofaFeather , and I'm torn between 'Asimov is doing something brilliant' and 'Asimov is doing something very silly'. I really hope it's the former. I can see how it could be. But I fear it's going to end up being the latter, because in my experience reading Golden Age #SF, writing in that era doesn't tend to do the thing that needs to happen for the former.
