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skribe

@skribe@aus.social

Aussie in Singas.

Writer. Code dabbler. Former TV/film/commercial video producer/director/actor.

Married to https://kopiti.am/@CeeZedby
Two bratty sons.

One of my novels (read it for free): https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/56204/coils-of-the-serpent

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skrishna, to space
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Busy week for space stuff!

  • Boeing Starliner launch: June 5, 10:52 am ET
  • Starship IFT-4: June 6, 7 am CT (pending launch license)
  • Chang’e-6 landed on the far side of the moon 6/1, will launch early this week with samples
  • huge sunspots pointed at Earth

#space #science #nasa #spaceflight #scicomm

skribe,
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@skrishna 6/1? January is a long time ago. 😜

skribe,
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@skrishna it's still confusing, especially when you write out the month for the other dates in the post.

skribe, to abc
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What an insipid programme Insiders has become since Barry left.

#Insiders #ABC #AusPol

sfwrtr, (edited ) to 13thFloor
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323 — What's a piece of advice for writers that you listened to and are glad for?

An Australian author, Lucy Sussex, told us at Clarion West 1998 to be shameless in promoting ourselves. Being a shy person, networking and promotion has been a heavy lift, but I'm working on it and I know it's going to help. Mastodon: ☑️

[Author retains copyright (c)2024 R.S.]

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skribe,
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@sfwrtr Chris Green?

AlSweigart, to random
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    skribe,
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    @AlSweigart everyone hates the sound of their own voice, until they hear it enough times and then simply don't care.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    If the gods exist, it's mighty presumptuous to think they have our best interests at heart, or even think about us at all.

    skribe,
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    @RickiTarr any amount is way too much 😜🤣

    skribe,
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    @RickiTarr have you tried the original: B5?

    dgar, (edited ) to random
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    #Dgar is participating in the Fedivision Song Contest 2024.

    I will be representing the fictional faction known as Dizzy Corp. My four-letter vote code is DIZZ.

    My entry is a new song called “All Zombies Go To Heaven”.

    You can listen to all 72 entries here:
    https://fedivision.party

    Instructions on how you can cast your three (3) votes can be found here:
    https://fedivision.party/vote/

    Follow the #Fedivision and #Fedivision2024 hashtags, and the @announce and @vote accounts for updates and voting!

    skribe,
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    @dgar @rybson actually, I do it quite often: create language, write song in new language. It helps with world building.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Alright, I'm not normally a person who talks about my dreams, but I usually have cinematic dreams and this one didn't have an ending, and I need your creativity.

    I dreamed I was working at a Mental Health Institution. We were having some kind of government inspection, it seemed really off, they were paying special attention to certain patients. I inadvertently found out that they were from some shadowy organization, and they believed that certain people who had schizophrenia and delusions were actually seeing into alternate realities, and they were planning on taking them for training of some kind. It surprised me so much, that it actually woke me up, and I couldn't finish the dream. What would they use this for and why? Help me finish this in my brain!

    skribe,
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    @RickiTarr the Fringe approach (aka Massive Dynamics): to steal technology and sell it in our world.

    skribe,
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    @RickiTarr no, I don't think so. Other good options include:

    • Having a series of 'test worlds' for weapons, pharmaceuticals, or whatever.
    • The head(s) of the programme could have certain 'itches' that are difficult to scratch in our world.
    • Human trafficking
    • Drug trafficking
    • Why bother stealing technology when you can go straight to the source and steal money, gold, or other monetary units?

    I'm sure I could come up with more.

    atomicpoet, to random
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    What video game is better?

    skribe,
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    @atomicpoet playing the PC version at a LAN party with the lights off was scary AF. One of my favourite memories from that era (I was boring in my youth too).

    RickiTarr, to random
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    It still tickles me that the TERFS and Transphobes tried to claim Terry Pratchett as their own, and everyone who actually knew him, including his daughter, and co-author Neil Gaiman, was like WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, you couldn't be further from the truth.

    skribe,
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    @RickiTarr they're so desperate for validation of their sick perspective that they'll resort to making shit up. Not surprised.

    skribe, to django
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    Django peeps. I want to link my languages table (English, French, Chinese, etc) to the word classes (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, etc) table. It would be a many-to-many relationship, but I'm not sure whether to use a join table or the many-to-many model. What's the most Django way?

    michael, to random
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    The more I’m trying to learn Arabic the more I’m becoming convinced that whoever came up with that script, did so with the express intention to mock learners.

    How else can you explain that ج ح and خ all make very different sounds, whilst the sounds for ث and ط are essentially indistinguishable 🙄

    skribe,
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    @michael good to see you're finally learning English 😜

    skribe,
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    @michael @loke most old languages develop that way. Then you look at French and see the written and spoken are almost separate languages.

    skribe,
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    @michael @loke which dialect are you learning?

    skribe,
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    @michael @loke isn't Arabic like Chinese in the sense that there's one written language, but many spoken dialects?

    skribe,
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    @michael @loke I've watch videos where different speakers of Arabic compare words. It's fun.

    RickiTarr, (edited ) to random
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    Why do you follow me?

    skribe,
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    @RickiTarr I'm not at all surprised which one is currently winning.

    liztai, to random
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    Lol I am still using a pre-ban Huawei phone. That thing must belong in a museum or something.

    If you are concerned about me being spied on, I am already being spied on by American corporations so I gotta be fair on the Chinese too 😆

    skribe,
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    @liztai how old is yours? Mine is almost ten years old.

    NickEast, to hiking
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    @nature @photography @hiking

    skribe,
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    @NickEast @nature @photography @hiking can you hear that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baHsoEAAMZU

    RickiTarr, to random
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    I'm going to start writing all my posts on old English, and daring people to correct my grammar and spelling.

    skribe,
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    @RickiTarr just use Quenya, which hasn't changed in 10k years (cos elves be high or something).

    vicgrinberg, to random
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    I worry sometimes about the impression (sad? desperate?) my "I'm in city X, does any mutual want to meet up?" make.

    But hey: I am building my village. A village makes me happy.

    My villages have always been digital. The geographic neighbors are there by chance and they will disappear when one moves.

    The digital village? It's still here. From 5, 10, 15, 20 years ago. We spend days walking Berlin or London. They stay in my guest room. And it starts with: I'm in city X, do you want to meet?

    skribe,
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    @vicgrinberg I think it's great. Although personally, every time I've asked that question I've been met with silence 😂

    NickEast, to books
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    Reader/writer question: In fiction what are some of your favorite worldbuilding details, the kind of thing you think is underused and underrated?

    @fantasybookstodon @reading @writingcommunity


    skribe,
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    @NickEast @fantasybookstodon @reading @writingcommunity language and its effect upon culture.

    Australian prime minister labels Elon Musk ‘an arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law’ (www.theguardian.com)

    Australia’s prime minister has labelled X’s owner, Elon Musk, an “arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law” as the rift deepens between Australia and the tech platform over the removal of videos of a violent stabbing in a Sydney church....

    skribe,
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    @ajsadauskas @danbeeston @Salvo plus the states as well ultimately. But until I see The ABC setting up instances I'm skeptical.

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