lonalzarus

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   by lonalzarus 7y ago

   So much Neal Stepheson. REAMDE includes a MMORPG money laundering scheme as a centerpiece, Diamond Age sneaks in a tutorial on what Turing machines are.
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   by lonalzarus 8y ago

   Hippie? That novel has often been characterized as semi-fascist, and it has pre-Anime mechas and alien bug colonies that essentially get genocided, I'm not sure what book you were "reading".
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   by lonalzarus 8y ago

   No doubt, I'm also a cranky opinionated life long Science Fiction reader, and we are definitely in agreement. I read as much Heinlein as I could get ahold of as a young man. There's no better fuel for a young nerd than stories of
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   by lonalzarus 8y ago

   "...Heinlein never achieved stable and consistent recognition either during his lifetime or posthumously. His prose and ideas lacked the signature stylistic and thematic hallmarks that were to distinguish peers such as Ray Bradbury, Ar
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   by lonalzarus 8y ago

   It's not my first language, I've been an engineer for 20 years, I've picked it up in the last 5. I can see what accounts for its success, it's responsive and fluid, both in its features and in its evolution which makes i
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   by lonalzarus 8y ago

   I know it's fashionable and popular to hate on JS. No matter what your objections are, if you are frightened of it, you should be scared. It's running in almost any modern device you own, and a decent chunk of services serving tho