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By that construction, it seems like "hard sci-fi" would allow little to no creativity to push the envelope unless the author is also a theoretical physicist.

Half of Star Trek would basically be "magic" by that rubric. I think she reasoned through a problem and conceived of a solution, even if she didn't have the implementation details …

To wit, LeGuin is the one who originally coined the term "ansible," which is about as hard sci-fi as you can get.

Of course, if Rebecca is to be believed (per the above interview)...that's not at all why they cancelled it. They cancelled it because Valve was pissed off with Apple for lying to …

I sure wasn't expecting to see multi-level-marketing company Cutco on the list of "Approved" vendors. I guess it depends on which moral failing you're monitoring.

Don't worry, Microsoft is still leading: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-ju...

> Now here we are 7-and-a-half years later, and it's the #1 FLOSS media server Source? How does its install base compare to Kodi's?

Sounds like a great candidate to watch a LongPlay instead!

The article should add the excellent Marvel Graphic Novel adaptation of Neuromancer: https://archive.org/details/william-gibson-s-neuromancer-vol... It was a shame it never finishe…

Japan likes their cutesy little-girl voices.

Is the Stanley Lieber referred to by the title someone other than the Stanley Lieber (a.k.a. "Stan Lee") of Marvel Comics fame?

Remarkably on-brand, named after the signature trick of a well-known charlatan.

How is it that Steam manages to avoid yanking games from people's libraries even after the games are delisted for licensing issues, etc? I have multiple games that you can't "buy" …

Frieren is animated by Madhouse, though, which I feel like is one of the last bastions of high-quality Japanese animation.

Thanks!

Carmack is a godly programmer, but he's largely a technical guy. Everything he releases is a feat of technical engineering ("real 3D!"; "curved surfaces!"; "realistic lighting!"; "…

The frustration, I suppose, is that the government doesn't seem to demand this level of scrutiny to take my money, in the event that I owed on my tax returns for that year. But whe…

I have yet to receive my federal tax refund because I submitted my taxes through a preparation service and, thinking that physical checks were still an option (the tax software did…

My original comment was more along those lines, but then I did a quick Wiki refresher on Chariots of the Gods (possibly the origin of the popular "Ancient Aliens" push), and noted …