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mattgrayyes , an Random Englisch
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I have just finished reading the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells.
I thought it was great and now I have a hole that wants to be filled (hurr) with something similar.

It’s the combo of fast paced action, humour & sci-fi/space that I liked. Also nice it wasn’t a sausage fest, and had queer characters too.

Andy Weir’s stuff is similar when it comes to pacing & humour for me. But I’ve read it.

Any suggestions please?

Murderbot diaries:
https://amzn.to/462bOso (affiliate link)

skaverat ,
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@mattgrayyes Children Of Time trilogy is very very good.
Not super action packed, but very good in writing from the perspective of completely alien views.

Three Body Problem trilogy as well, of course

mattgrayyes , an Random Englisch
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I present The Masters’ The Masters:

Caravaggio’s Federer
Da Vinci’s Navratilova
Rembrandt’s Williams and
Michaelangelo’s Djokovic

(With a “little” help from ChatGPT/Dall-E)

An AI generated portrait painting in the style of master painter Leonardo da Vinci, of Martina Navratilova (it only vaguely looks like her), tennis master, posing with a racket in front of fields
An AI generated portrait painting in the style of master painter Rembrandt, of Serena Williams, tennis master, posing for a portrait holding a racquet, wearing a corseted dress
An AI generated painting in the style of master painter Michaelangelo, of Novak Djokovic, tennis master, looking tens of metres tall, posing like a statue in a museum, wearing robes revealing exaggerated muscles, while holding a tiny racquet.

skaverat ,
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@mattgrayyes ai imagery is perfect for shitposting. Fast, slightly shitty quality but gets the job done, and you probably wouldn't hire an artist in the first place for a pun

TechConnectify , an Random Englisch
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This again?

This again.

https://youtu.be/jHP942Livy0

skaverat ,
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@TechConnectify I don't think I've ever given you feedback on the original dishwasher video.

I basically switched away from tabs/pods and moved to powder.

I never had issues with cleanlyness, but using powder is just insanely cheaper and easier to handle

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@TechConnectify for me it was just that I bought random dishwasher tabs when I got my own dish washer, and never had any real problem with them. So didn't really have any real reason to try out powder.

Plus, childhood memories of washingmachines powder randomly leaving clumps of powder in your clothes from time to time also probably kept me away from it, I think

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@TechConnectify it's definitely a way to sell more expensive stuff that is also used up faster.
The marketing definitely helped. "Powder is for old people, pods are new and trendy" is basically the vibes I get ever since I remember seeing them

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@TechConnectify how is the washing machine pod detergent situation in the US? They tried to get that ball rolling a couple years ago in europe/germany, but I don't think it ever took any hold. it's mostly liquid detergent here

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@TechConnectify Someone shared it on lemmy (https://lemmy.nowsci.com/post/8091511), in case you're into monitoring discussions there

foone , an Random Englisch
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All these websites are always asking if I'll accept cookies but they never specify if they're no-sugar-added cookies. I'm diabetic, I can't be eating all these cookies if they're full of sugar!

skaverat ,
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@foone go the grandma route.

Store them in a cupbord for a couple years. if a relative's kid comes along, gift them the 12 year old cookies that are now pebbles

SwiftOnSecurity , an Random Englisch
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There’s a YouTube Guy for everything

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skaverat ,
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@SwiftOnSecurity don't forget the "multiple-hour essay about a oddly specific bug in a 30 year old video game"-youtube-guy

foone , an Random Englisch
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It's a pity that the technology never aligned such that we could get an e-ink pda

skaverat ,
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@foone I read "e-ink panda", and still agree with the post

foone , (Bearbeitet ) an Random Englisch
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I'm a "full stack developer", in that my stack is full and if you try to push any more tasks on me I'm gonna overflow it and start corrupting my own memory

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@foone I'm a full of stock developer. I just ate soup

notjustbikes , an Random Englisch
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So, I'm on this Shinkansen train in Japan ...

Seating area of car 2 on the Hello Kitty Shinkansen
Pink and white Shinkansen train

skaverat ,
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@notjustbikes I just finished the "Bullet Train" movie 10 minutes ago.

I feel the need to wish you good luck

TechConnectify , an Random Englisch
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Things are really heating up in this new video:
https://youtu.be/ff04ecF9Dfw

skaverat ,
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@TechConnectify boooo

foone , an Random Englisch
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I just got a cold call from another country because someone wanted to buy my minecraft account

the future is weird

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@foone /cc @lino

foone , an Random Englisch
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The Roman empire fell because their Roman numerals weren't a form of positional notation, so they couldn't figure out binary. Their computers were terrible.

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@foone sigh

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