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- Aim to be a Live LionIf you’re a regular reader of my blog, I’m sure you’ve figured out by now that I’m just a little bit in awe of science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein – for a variety of reasons, including the fact that he’s one of a microscopic collection of authors who can make me cry. Heinlein had… Read more: Aim to be a Live Lion
- Andy Weir’s HAIL MARY — About Five Chapters Too LongIt’s a well-known phenomenon that an author of a runaway bestseller will be found to be disappointing in all future books. This might even be true. I went into the reading of Andy Weir’s Hail Mary with what I thought was an open mind, after thoroughly enjoying The Martian, his monster best-seller turned hit movie… Read more: Andy Weir’s HAIL MARY — About Five Chapters Too Long
- The Immoveable Object and The Irresistible ForceIf it can’t be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion. Robert A. Heinlein – The Notebook of Lazarus Long Say what you will about Robert Heinlein, he does make you pause to think at least once in every book. His The Notebook of Lazarus Long is stuffed full of thinkers. I’ve… Read more: The Immoveable Object and The Irresistible Force
- And sometimes AI is actually useful…Any talk about AI tends to be radically polarized. The lovers and the haters seem to have zero middle ground in common. I’m personally cautious about AI…for now. There are copyright issues yet to be sorted out, and most of the tools like ChatGPT (which I’ve tried) produce generic pablum that requires just as much… Read more: And sometimes AI is actually useful…
- Self-Sustaining Life on MarsI’ve been subscribed to ARS Technica for years. They’ve always been light and superficial, and just a bit clickbaity. Lately, I’ve drifted away because the ads were so numerous, I often couldn’t read the post at all. It’s because of sites like theirs that I finally installed an ad blocker. I know, I know…ad blockers… Read more: Self-Sustaining Life on Mars