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by Jaauthor 1y ago
The point of looking beyond the obvious with art is an expression of faith, hope, and joy to the world. ‘My life is more than what I’m experiencing, and so is yours.’ ‘Here’s what I’m experiencing and what I think it means, please tell me w
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by Jaauthor 1y ago
When it comes to storytelling and suspension of disbelief, I’m a fan of Ogden Nash’s advice. Wanna hear it? Here you go: Here’s a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb. The art of storytelling – especially science fiction – must contain s
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by Jaauthor 1y ago
Sitting around on a Sunday morning – started thinking about solarpunk and Andrew Carnegie. Wealth inequality and the problems it causes dominates our headlines. Common media topics include re-enacting the French Revolution or ‘eating the ri
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STL: Kindness Is Normal(inkican.com)
1 points by Jaauthor 1y ago|2 comments
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by Jaauthor 1y ago
Where current events lead us to believe that apathy and cynicism are expected, average behavior – it’s more important than ever to remember that being mean isn’t normal. Kindness is normal. Even if the world makes being kind feel weird, it
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
What if you're an author and the products you launch are short stories. Can I participate?
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
QModem was my first modem program and I can still hear the sound of that little DOS-based 2400 BPS modem ringing in my ears. My best to you and your family and I'm so sorry for your lost.
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Computer Viruses and 'False Authority Syndrome' [pdf](philo5.com)
1 points by Jaauthor 2y ago|0 comments
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
'may be' ... Meanwhile, climate change is definitely impeding our long-term survival. Yes, we’ve got a planet-sized problem in climate change. 21st Century malcontents aren’t helping us figure out how to solve climate change or
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Yes to Main Characters – No to Main Character Syndrome(inkican.com)
1 points by Jaauthor 2y ago|0 comments
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The Tesla Files Unveil More Accounting Fraud Than Imagined(bradmunchen.substack.com)
84 points by Jaauthor 2y ago|9 comments
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
I was preparing my usual Tesla Weekly until Aaron Greenspan dropped his explosive filing on Wednesday against Musk and Tesla, which highlighted loads of details from the “Tesla Files” on their egregious accounting frauds. Lots of topics to
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
That doesn't make a lot of sense to me - how could an avalanche travel that far without running out of kinetic energy?
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Space Elevator Academic Challenge 2025(isec.org)
1 points by Jaauthor 2y ago|1 comments
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
The first challenge, for High School students, is to develop and design an “intermediate space settlement” on the Space Elevator’s Apex Anchor to house over 10,000 individuals. This will act as a “waystation” for missions to the Cosmos. You
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
Super exciting to read about this! Building an off-grid mesh is the central premise of my scifi novel 'Mesh.' https://inkican.com/mesh-middle-grade-scifi-thriller/
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
I mean, yeah - but take a step back from there. Why is this technology only for commerce? Why is technology only useful if it can be economically exploited? That's a deeper issue and not one you can get a ChatGPT-generated answer to.
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
I ran across a supercool resource yesterday – a Solarpunk-style High Speed Rail is moving forward in California and you can see a bunch of HD concept art / videos right here! Of course, your first question might be ‘how is this solarpu
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
By the way, thanks very much for the suggestions!
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
The thing is, I don't know that MTV news was much of a resource and I don't know that losing it is going to change life for anyone.
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Understand AI Companies: Think Like a Psychopath(inkican.com)
4 points by Jaauthor 2y ago|1 comments
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
If you want to understand the decisions of AI companies, it’s pretty easy – just think like a psychopath. Safe Superintelligence, Inc. seeks to safely build AI far beyond human capability, according to Ars Technica but the decision smacks l
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
Corruption is a system of concentrated gains and diffused costs: cheaters make a lot of money, and their victims each lose a little. The cheater has a much larger pool of money to spend on keeping the scam going, and the victims need to pay
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Doctorow on Ticketmaster jacking us for billions so it can pocket millions(pluralistic.net)
18 points by Jaauthor 2y ago|5 comments
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by Jaauthor 2y ago
It’s time to give the science fiction community help by creating a single page of toxic fan resources. I’m no authority on the subject, but I’ve been watching this phenomena for over twenty years. The experience has taught me one thing: we
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Heroes, Cowards, and Science Fiction(inkican.com)
1 points by Jaauthor 2y ago|0 comments