What are they feeding them?!

And in yeehaw units, that's... 20 vs 40mph

I noticed this effect when city buses were idling about a block away from my old house. It would hit just right (just wrong?) on a really noticable resonance frequency for that place. It used to make it hard to fall asleep if I went to bed after midnight.

I don't notice weird vibrations like that much at my current address, fortunately.

The exchange you described doesn't sound anything like steelmanning to me. Seems more like your coworker didn't want to engage for some reason.

I thought your meaning was clear, FWIW.

Farscape is the reason she's on SG-1, lol

Err...this is Wonder Woman you're discussing, right? A skimpy costume is completely on-brand for the original.

Oh, a troll type, then

It was a book before a movie?

quick web search

Huh. TIL.

Thanks! I'm looking forward to it.

In my core friend group, there's one couple that started a routine "third Saturday" dinner party. They'd host consistently basically every month, kind of open house. If you can make it, great. If not, see you next month! It did wonders for keeping the group together in spite of kids, job changes, life disruptions, etc.

Maybe something similar would work in your case?

This makes me think about The Belgariad. It seemed like a tired rehash of old tropes at first...but those tropes weren't so tired when the author wrote it. I enjoyed it quite a bit more with that in mind.

not a fucking furry crowd

I misread this as "not fucking a furry crowd" at first which changes the meaning a bit!

Heh, too bad they never continued the series past there :P

I skipped over most of your comment after the first line; I have the book requested from the library (#400 in line! Fortunately, they have about 150 copies). I've enjoyed Weir's other books (and the Matt Damon in peril adaptation).

Should I take this as a cautionary tale? Is Project Hail Mary a departure from "the good stuff" in Weir's previous work, or is it more like a case of a poor film adaptation in your book?

I was pretty happy with the first couple of seasons, but I didn't keep up with an HBO subscription to keep watching. A friend had some watching parties for the last season, and just ... ugh. Total waste of time.

IDK, I can see that making sense if you read it as a teen.

As adults? Absolutely. But there are phases we all grow out of (well, most of us).

Thank you for sharing. Gorgeous setting!

In my case, it's that I feel insecure about my hair. The shower is crucial to undo bedhead before I leave the house.

I loved Uplink! It's got that great '80s/90s-hacker vibe.