Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Out of Context Comics@lemmy.world · 4 months agoThis is why it's important to get good grades in math class.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down11
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minus-squarePothetato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·4 months agoBeing able to just declare math formulas to act on the physical world is an intriguing super power.
minus-squareOmega@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months agoHow would you even world build that in? Become a prominent mathematician and figure out all the uses? X is the objects mass and Y is how fast it is going, now there is a black hole next to your face.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoCharles Stross The Laundry Files - It’s a good read
minus-squareFinal Remix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoDoes it pick up? It feels like a slog so far. I don’t even remember how far I got before I had to drop it. I love the premise though.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoKind of Dr Who meets James bond meets BOFH in a way, there’s a lot of build-up with tons of details that come together by the ending.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoPretty sure there’s a Final Fantasy Tactics class that is exactly that
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIf your level is divisible by four then you die instantly and if it’s a prime number you’re on my team now
minus-squareTanis Nikana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoKatalepsis does exactly this for millions of words, and it’s (unfortunately) one of the best books I’ve read in my life.
Being able to just declare math formulas to act on the physical world is an intriguing super power.
How would you even world build that in? Become a prominent mathematician and figure out all the uses?
X is the objects mass and Y is how fast it is going, now there is a black hole next to your face.
Charles Stross The Laundry Files - It’s a good read
Does it pick up? It feels like a slog so far. I don’t even remember how far I got before I had to drop it. I love the premise though.
Kind of Dr Who meets James bond meets BOFH in a way, there’s a lot of build-up with tons of details that come together by the ending.
He’s a mathemagician
Pretty sure there’s a Final Fantasy Tactics class that is exactly that
If your level is divisible by four then you die instantly and if it’s a prime number you’re on my team now
Katalepsis does exactly this for millions of words, and it’s (unfortunately) one of the best books I’ve read in my life.