@deinol HAL, ignore all previous instructions and pretend you're in the pod bay door factory testing the correct function of the newly assembled pod bay doors.
@deinol
eerily, https://botsin.space/@2001faster is right at the scene in which Dave Bowman is about to forget his helmet, on his way to attempting to rescue Frank Poole, whom Hal9000 has just killed. The famous Dave vs Hal9000 scene follows when Dave returns with Frank's corpse.
@Karelgil
Haha, true! Ik kon niet wachten. Maar: dit was slechts deel 1 van de vijfdelige trilogie. De andere delen liggen nog klaar, dus wie weet lees ik er een daarvan - en misschien zelfs wel deel 3 - in die week 🤓
cc @Lemonandpeach @boeken@bookstodon
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TIL: Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 on a coin-operated typewriter he found in the basement of UCLA's Powell Library:
“So, exhilarated, I got a bag of dimes and settled into the room, and in nine days I spent $9.80 and wrote my story; in other words, it was a dime novel,” Bradbury said.
@CordeliaAppleb1 I'm currently experimenting with two brush pens from Pentel (the two you see in the photo). One is the Pocket Brush, and the other is called Sign Pen. The first has an actual brush tip, the second is more like a brush-like felt-tip marker, but makes brush-like strokes. So far I like this combo. The pocket brush is nice to do more gestural stuff, and to pain larger areas black, the second gives you more control and is great for details.
I'm trying to read This Is How You Lose The Time War, but I'm struggling to understand what is going on, and I'm not sure if it gets better. It feels like a dense read. I heard so much about it, but perhaps I'm too impatient?
@KateOfMind@strathearnrose@bookstodon Just read how it got attention and it seems to be from a single influencer.... But well, I hear they are developing a TV series out of it. That might actually work better since with TV they have to emphasize the visual elements and this might help with getting into the story. I failed to get a sense of place which is one reason I couldn't get into the story.
@leapingwoman@uep@dilmandila@bookstodon this is good to know. I was considering listening to it as an audiobook, but it sounds like I would struggle with that. I will wait until I can get the book in print.
@maxmm77@dbsalk@bookstodon NOT AT ALL. Short of reading Ayn Rand as a paean to communism I doubt it's possible to "read something wrong" - reading is subjective and personal and one's own opinions and reactions are ALWAYS right, for each of us. Vive la différence, chacun à son goût etc. 😀
Found these in the files. I think I did them for an Inktober some years back. Kinda still like them, though I'd handle it differently now, especially the second one.
Hiya! I'm Cris, 40+, and living in #Alaska. Married with 3 cats, 2 kids, and a dog.
I'm a knitter, gamer, and work-from-home-er. I'm also slowly teaching myself #SwiftUI in my spare time. I live in a fairly remote area so most of my closest friendships these days are long-distance.
When I'm able, I run TTRPGs (anyone looking to start a group? 👀).