The Left Hand of the Darkness was one of the few times I saw my partner cry for a book.

I recently read The Word for World is Forest, and while a smaller story it’s still really good. While The Ones that walk away from Omelas is extremely impactful.

Of her I often say: even her shits were pure gold.

I loved it! And Starship Troopers, just yo stay in topic and time, while changing everything else.

Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy instilled in me a deep faith in science above all else. And a lot of hope that, even if times can suck, overall we have been developing and live has been getting better and better. I am way more cynical now, but I still hold on the hope that eventually everything will be fine.

It’s difficult, because consent can be revoked at any time. So you could sign a contract em and then revoke consent (or others could use this to void the contract).

This is why, in many countries with euthanasia laws, euthanasia is assisted suicide in the literal sense as well; the person dying needs to physical pull the trigger.

Amazing! I love our ability to create items to exactly fix personal niche problems.

I guess one would not have 2D flat strange attractors like the Lorentz butterfly, but the chaotic region must then be at least 3D (two expanding directions + the time direction)

Would that “just” mean that along any given orbit there are two expanding directions? What sort of qualitative difference would that entail?

You are correct in the identification of the phase space for billiards.

Sensitivity is only one of three requests, there is also mixing and dense periodic orbits.

Why would there be condensation if there is no temperature gradient most of the year?

“Two to three jobs” is already a statement that in Europe would apply to basically no one, while it’s a common reality in US

We have wiper blades?

“Here” is an important word! I assume you are Canada based. I live where we rarely or ever get freezing temperatures, and only decently started having warm/hot summers. Why would defrosting or ac be mandatory in such climate?

If it happens once, it’s most likely self-suggestion

I’m sorry, for both it was a while ago. The gradual activation one is a configured Philips light bulb, I think.

I have moved quite a bit and I can tell you: moving south has been absolutely amazing for my mental health! I loved everything about my life in the north, except the weather and the winter and the short days and… there is just no fixing. I now live a bit souther and loving it.

Do you think it’s a light problem? I had a sun light for a while and it did wonders. Now I have a gradual activation light that mimics sunrise to wake me up in the morning and it’s also really good to wake up rested and motivated (but not as good as the sun light)

I posit that this is not anti-homeless. It’s anti-human. Why wouldn’t a party goer be able to sit at 2am after the party? And early riser at 6am? Someone that missed the last bus taking a nap? Someone else with mobility problems? This arbitrary line makes life worse for anyone passing by.

I know it’s easier said than done, but have you considered moving where summers are longer? Might be worth uprooting for

I went to a youth meeting in the early 2000s… I don’t remember the exact numbers, but roughly 4k teenagers for two days with, I think, 8 toilets? In the middle of summer. The queues were insane. Everyone was trying to hold it as much as possible.

I really needed the laugh! Thanks!