Saad ='(

Me too! I had only scorn for the initial comment, but this response was perfect

I can also confirm. I write software for a living. A hammer is a must-have.

I’ve got one of these, and I’m pretty sure I found a subreddit about people like us at some point. There are dozens of us. Dozens!

[Edit] There ya go: https://www.reddit.com/r/PencilStabbers/

That’s what we call lla here at ~

It’s fine, it’s probably filled with helium

I see the paintings. This isn’t his first rodeo.

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I read the first book, and like OP found the characters bland and the writing boring. I reckon this is due to the way the original is translated into English. The style may be more appealing to a chinese audience. I guess there are cultural differences that transpire in one’s language and prose.

Unlike OP however, I found the story compelling enough to finish the first book. I struggled a lot more with the second one, until my dog did me a favor and decided to shred it to pieces while I was away =D

I did enjoy the Netflix show though, and I’ll happily watch season 2.

Those damn big-milkers!

There will be if they decide to invade our era tomorrow

The source of all human misery? Oh man, as if I didn’t feel the pressure enough already…

At the very least spaciesist.

Boss, I can’t make it to work today. There’s a cat on my car.

Woohoo! Bucket list complete!

It’s a common misconception that it was even called Ev to begin with. In reality, it used to be named Mt. Eh due to how underwhelming it is.

“Constant average query time” is not that hard to understand. It means that sometimes access time is e.g. linear, and sometimes you get your content before executing the code. With a hash table large enough and full enough, this can be used to fetch content seconds, minutes, days, potentially years before the program even exists. That’s one hell of a breakthrough.

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That’s how you get Skynet

See Overton Window [Wikipedia]. It’s something to keep in mind in the face of extreme discourse (like, say, a Nazi salute on live TV) before dismissing it as irrelevant.