As much as I loved many of Stephensen's books, I could not get into Anathem.
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I recently hate-read Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. I had started reading it twice and stopped after a few chapters. I am aware that the book is meant to be satire, but the point of satire is to be to the point instead of having to slog through 600+ pages of drivel.
Exactly. Fucking parasites!
I recently told a seven year old that I am a wizard. I already have the beard and being a programmer, that is exactly what my customers feel about my work.
I switcthed to barefoot shoes for hiking and everyday. They are the opposite of sturdy, but well worth the investment. As a guy in his late forties, I have fewer little nagging pains.
Running shoes because when you wear ill-fitting shoes, you will hurt yourself eventually.
daaaaad!
Core developer of an open source software suite here. We make money by doing the following things:
- We offer a free and open source community package that has the basics. However, we offer a number of professional packages that we offer yearly subscriptions for.
- We host our software. We charge by the number of active users.
- Custom development.
- Paid support like migrations or troubleshooting. Also helping external developers develop custom modules.
This allows us enough income to develop the community part of the software.
If your friend really thinks that AI Is ThE AnSwEr To EvErYtHiNg, try to ask them whatever happened to the blockchain.
I am not sure about 'ever' (I am old and have been reading for over 4 decades now), but a book I hate-read recently was Foucault's pendulum by Umberto Eco. It is meant to be a satire on conspiracy theories and as such it is still a relevant book after 35 years or so. However, the point of satire is to get to the point eventually, preferably within 500 pages. It was pompously written and sometimes felt like a showcase of 'look how much I know!'.