Japanese has three alphabets (and the English alphabet… and those Arabic numbers we are all familiar with)

• Hiragana (ひらがな) for native words, grammar, and morphology - it reminds me of cursive
• Katakana (カタカナ) it gives an unmistakable clue you are reading a foreign word - but can also be used for emphasis
• Kanji (漢字) borrows Chinese characters that can be read with native or borrowed sounds, but generally with the same meaning

Given those and the English letters at your fingertips they have a lot of tools to give context. Grab a newspaper or Manga sometime, even if you don’t know the words you can tell each writing system apart pretty easily.

“Hurd OS? Isn’t that obsolete?” “Not obsolete. Just… illegal.” ~Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

I didn’t know star control 1 was on the Genesis. Huge fan of the series! 3 never happened.

I think that’s the point of this post, either as a commentary or specific recommendations to avoid junk. Let’s hope LG or Samsung have some good offers.

Does anyone else see a giant chicken?

Yep. Balance. More generally it’s all about social calibration. Get a good idea of where you are, then aim for the comfortable middle.

Black is white, up is down and short is long…

Keith Apicary’s Classics Gaming Wiz

You forgot to use “—”

IIRC there was a study where people with strong opinions talked to an Al and the process changed their minds.

Edit:

Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq1814

Is there a list of Libraries I can register online with if I don’t necessarily live near them? Would like to expand my reach in libby.

Nemesis Games (Expanse Series) had bicycles. Not the strongest book in the series but Amos and Peaches learned how well bikes worked when the shit hit the fans. Very thoughtful authors.

Who would ever want to sneeze faster? 😄

My wife does this too, both of us have the reflex, I just happen to not enjoy sneezing?

Timeless movie!

Imagine something more valuable than your life. Every moment you think of a loved one being well you feel joy. When they are hurt you feel a physical pain in your chest. You would do anything for them. The world is no longer about you.

Looking from the outside that sounds like a very vulnerable and unattractive situation to be in. But I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

(Disclaimer: It’s still possible to hold unconditional love and betray that love in a self centric way, I have, but the above is how I would describe the ‘feeling’ of it)

Great read, thanks!

Tachikoma - in analog that’s God, digital that’s Zero

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Needs to be a cartoon drawing

Probably looking for stories and here I gave some advice. Will sit down now and get some popcorn.