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1 day agoEnterprise - 56% critics 79% fans.
Critics must not understand Shran.
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In his essay “To Tell a Chemist” (1965), Asimov proposed a simple shibboleth for distinguishing chemists from non-chemists: ask the person to read the word “unionized”. Chemists, he noted, will read un-ionized (electrically neutral), while non-chemists will read union-ized (belonging to a trade union).
2·3 days agoBreakthrough Starshot project is working towards accelerating a probe close to 20% of C. That’s a significant fraction of C in these terms.
Even if we could get to .25 C, that would be 80 years for the probe to get there, and then 20 more for the data to come back.
But yes, that is still VERY close.
Isaac Asimov is considered one of the greats of 20th century science fiction. Again, while most famous for writing science fiction he wrote much more than just that.
Isaac Asimov has won scores of Hugo Awards for stories and for Best Editor; dozens of Nebula Awards; several World Fantasy Awards; over a dozen Theodore Sturgeon Awards and Homer Awards; and multiple Sidewise Awards1. He has won Hugo Awards for Best Related Work, Best Novelette, and Best Editor.
He wrote 40 novels and a lot of short stories, and is a great read almost always. He also wrote textbooks because he was just amazing.
2·2 months agoUnless you were early eighties baby and introduced to BBS at a remarkably young age like me. Oregon Trail generation FTW.
3·2 months agoI vote for phairy.
3·3 months agoNah, that’s more related to the episode named ‘Lower Decks’ I think.
1·3 months agoInteresting read. Thank you.
5·3 months agoWife and I watched through it for the first time last month.
We watched it for the second time last month as well.
Actually, we started our third watch last night.
2·4 months agoSame. Could use a reread. What a great book.
"What is grief if not love perservering?’
Thank you. It’s hard, but it’s worth it.
Had to say goodbye to my cat this weekend.
The past month or so, he’d become very demanding for attention in the middle of the day, crawling all over the desk and nibbling at my hands if they were typing or using the mouse rather than loving on him.
Every day at almost the same time. And I gave him what he wanted every time.
My Monday would certainly be better if he was still doing it.
2·6 months agoGoldeneye did allow this. Crazy. Hard to use other buttons though.
4·6 months ago- base10, provably
3·6 months agoPerhaps your award was the friends you made all along…
If you’re still using live journal in 2024, you should win SOMETHING.
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