joonazan

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I interpreted your first comment as meaning that you are supposed to hate the book because of its topic as many people seem to think whenever it is brought up.

Rowling has said a lot more questionable things, though. And even written books about her insane opinions. Calling Lolita a love story makes sense, as that is the protagonist's point of view, even though the story is also many other things.

Crime novels about murders are a very popular type of book. Do you think that people read them because they'd enjoy watching murder in real life?

Also, the writing seriously is that good. I'd have completed the book if it was about watching paint dry.

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Of course there is a limit. The question is how high it is. For instance, at high enough CO2 concentrations, the greenhouse effect doesn't get much stronger anymore. Also, the more CO2, the faster it dissapears by eroding rocks. That happens on a geological timescale, though.

If we did something to lower temperature, I'd be very worried about the CO2 concentration's other effect: feeling like suffocating all the time.

I would say the only thing the movie has in common with the book is that it mentions the book's main character and the laws of robotics. The book is all about weird behavior of robots that actually obey the laws but the movie just treats them as some corporate doublespeak.

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It would be nice if we could upvote interesting posts rather that posts that we agree with.

Pyre is an interesting sports game IMO because it doesn't try to look like any real sport.

The main character in I, Robot is Dr. Susan Calvin. It also features Donovan and Powell. Elijah is from the robot trilogy, which happens centuries after I, Robot.

Growing it in a lab is likely worse that growing it in an animal. Synthetic imitations are the only efficient replacement.

You can patch bugs but a buggy game will never be like Factorio. Also, fanmade fixes tend to introduce some wonkyness.

I calculated at one point that if you ride a bike instead of a car but replenish the calories with pure beef, it is better to ride the car. So diet matters.

I found the first part of Gravity's Rainbow a very fun ride. But I took a break at that point as it is very slow to read and I wouldn't want to interrupt it mid-part. I was impressed that it was able to explain mathematical concepts in simple yet correct ways, which is rare in books let alone books this crazy.

Finnegans Wake on the other hand I haven't even given a serious try. Spelling words as you see fit is too much for me.

Does it matter? A discussion is not about signalling that you support the correct side even though social media seems to think so.