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The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

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Re: The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

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Post by OoTheNigerian »

NYCTech wrote: post #28
OoTheNigerian wrote: post #23

How do people living outside the US buy/get this book? It is really annoying and frustrating.

its a PDF download, shouldn't be a problem

I wanted the Kindle version. I probably have to stick with the PDF then.

Re: The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

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Post by NYCTech »

rbxbx wrote: post #40

Did anyone else find this to be skeevy/pervy typical male nerd fantasy bullshit? Too often Sci-Fi books go down this path as well, taking what could be an otherwise compelling story and turning it into ... this. (Daemon by Daniel Suarez is the first thing that comes to mind) I should make it a point that frank discussions of sex and human sexuality don't bother me in the least, but drugged-up-sex-power-struggle-bulls…

I think the point is that he was changed by his success, and then slapped in the face...

Re: The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

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Post by brown9-2 »

rbxbx wrote: post #40

Did anyone else find this to be skeevy/pervy typical male nerd fantasy bullshit? Too often Sci-Fi books go down this path as well, taking what could be an otherwise compelling story and turning it into ... this. (Daemon by Daniel Suarez is the first thing that comes to mind) I should make it a point that frank discussions of sex and human sexuality don't bother me in the least, but drugged-up-sex-power-struggle-bulls…

That part of it seems more lazily stereotypical than anything else, but yeah.

Re: The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

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Post by jrgnsd »

rbxbx wrote: post #40

Did anyone else find this to be skeevy/pervy typical male nerd fantasy bullshit? Too often Sci-Fi books go down this path as well, taking what could be an otherwise compelling story and turning it into ... this. (Daemon by Daniel Suarez is the first thing that comes to mind) I should make it a point that frank discussions of sex and human sexuality don't bother me in the least, but drugged-up-sex-power-struggle-bulls…

I think your point has merit, but as his sexual behaviour formed part of the plot, it was necessary.

Re: The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

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Post by batista »

scotth wrote: post #34
scythe wrote: post #4

It's a story , you silly fools. It's called fiction. It's pretty good, though I feel like a lot of the length was kind of redundant; it would have been better shorter. Or, as George Carlin put it: >I’ve also grown weary of reading about clouds in a book. Doesn’t this piss you off? You’re reading a nice story, and suddenly the writer has to stop and describe the clouds. Who cares?.......I’m not interested. Skip the cl…

Who was saying it wasn't? Read through the thread. Nobody.

They were saying "it's not realistic". It's a story. It doesn't have to be realistic, just artsy or entertaining.
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