geekwithsoul

More so for being/cosplaying (same thing) as a fucking nazi https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/2/17/14613234/pewdiepie-nazi-satire-alt-right

I really wish articles like this made it more clear that this was under government orders.

If they knew about the attack, wouldn't it have been easier to move the planes or stop the trucks carrying the drones? I admit the tires were weird, but may have been more to counter surveillance than to counter drone targeting. Can't see any reason why they'd let Ukraine blow up billions in critical hardware to prove a point.

This has always been the downside of the commercialization of space flight in the current environment. NASA may have its problems but they always knew the priority was making things work and be repeatable. This is antithetical to how Musk and the tech bros work - any success on their part is a fluke not a predictable result.

Was trying to figure out when this was published - looks like April 1949. Unfortunately all too timeless.

He won about 3 out of every 5 states - most of which have low populations. By percentage, he didn't surpass 50% nationwide and only won by 1.5%.

Pink flower business is euphemism for porn, usually something like OF

Two weeks of full days - jury duty

Yeah, this post is misleading as he just gave the commencement address this year - yesterday in fact. Already received quite a bit of coverage and some outlets have not only articles but the full transcript: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-commencement-speech-full-transcript-2067064

Anyone not knowing that might see this and be confused as the date isn't noted in the post.

I've been married for more than 30yrs - and the sometimes harsh (but constructive) feedback an editor needs to supply is not a model for a lasting marriage. Also, a spouse has different motivations than a professional, independent editor provided by a publisher.

As for the writing, every single person who has ever talked to me about WoT mentions the world-building and overall story, but I've never heard anyone praise Jordan's writing style, dialog, or pacing - if it's mentioned at all, it's usually in the nature of "there's problems with the writing but the story makes it worth it." While the novels may resonate with folks for good reason, that doesn't change the fact that the writing - from a technical standpoint - is subpar.

Wasn't implying anything about her gender causing an issue and weird that you chose to go there. My point was that an editor is supposed to provide direct, impartial, and sometimes cutting feedback to an author. In addition to providing basic copy editing, an editor on a novel has to be able to call an author on their BS, and I don't believe she did that in editing her husband's books.

The writing is repetitive, long-winded, and self-indulgent. The novels have absolutely no sense of pacing and plotting is not done with any sort of strategy. She may have been a fantastic editor, but her husband's works were poorly edited, and the fact that she was his wife I think speaks volumes as to why.