I liked this book much better than the first one.š
Some of the scenes was enough to make me want to cry.
For the past two years, the spacecraft has been taking photos of Jupiter. Here are the best shots.
I love these shots of Jupiter.
š I really disliked this at the start. The main protagonist was whiny and annoying; a privileged brat who – unfortunately – does not grow up much during the book.
Luckily once the story got going I enjoyed it well enough.
It felt like the author had a premise she liked but had trouble getting all the characters there (and that was a big chunk of the first book).
Iāve started on the second book already and either Iāve gotten used to the characters and her writing or itās just better written so far.
I mean, only 5 minutes. No more. And maybe even less.
An interesting idea – and one Iāll think on a little more. š¤
A guide to the world's most controversial conflict, from the very basics right up to what's happening today.
Because I realised there was a lot about Israel-Palestine that I didn’t know about and wanted a jumping off point.
The best strategy is blasting everyone you seeāuntil it's not.
Is this too optimistic? Should we be more cautious when sending message out into space? Maybe, but I like the idea of starting off with a show of good faith than entering a room gun blazing.
Fortnite is more Dark Forest theory than not, and maybe thatās true of the universe, too. But sometimes, we have a lever against the vise of game theory, and in this case, it is a single bit of communication. I mean ābitā in the programmerās sense: a flag with a designated meaning. Nothing more. My heart emote didnāt make Fortnite cuddly and collaborative, but it did allow me to communicate: āHold up. Letās do this a different way.ā
I’ve always been fascinated by one-handed keyboards. But they have a huge learning curve, so I want to find a system that I’m sure would work before I invest the time in it. My latest find is the Twiddler. Has anyone used this? Or have other recommendations?
I can’t remember now, but someone wrote about an app that stitched Live Photos together into a video.
Does anyone remember what the app was called?
Finally finished it (second time lucky) š
Some parts of it made me feel like I was on drugs, or maybe that he was on drugs when he was writing it. š
James Shelley posted some thoughts on shifting his blog posts from the third to second person. He makes some very good arguments. Personally, I struggle with whether I could do this and, if so, if it would still be conversation in the same way to me.