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james_davis_nicollwould my Framework charge if plugged into one outlet but not another? I tested the outlet from which it did not charge and it works for other devices.
[Update]
I shut it down for an hour and everything works again.
[Update]
I shut it down for an hour and everything works again.
Adventures in Tourism: Five SFF Stories About Travel
Sep. 23rd, 2025 10:24 amjames_davis_nicoll
Oh, the joys (and perils) of visiting unfamiliar places and times...
Adventures in Tourism: Five SFF Stories About Travel
Funny thing about this singer
Sep. 23rd, 2025 09:11 amjames_davis_nicollYoutube pushed a song from this source at me.
I don't think they exist. There are no non-generated images of the singer and their pace of output is suspicious. And their FB bio references ai.
I don't think they exist. There are no non-generated images of the singer and their pace of output is suspicious. And their FB bio references ai.
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
Sep. 23rd, 2025 08:56 amjames_davis_nicoll
Oxford sends its best to study World War Two in this (grinds teeth) Hugo-winning tale of sound and fury.
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
Interesting Links for 23-09-2025
Sep. 23rd, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Tesla influencers tried to automatically drive coast-to-coast -- they crashed within 60 miles
- (tags:Tesla ElonMusk automation driving fail cars )
- 2. OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
- (tags:ai )
- 3. Girl footballers attacked for having short hair.
- (tags:gender society hair football UK OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Exercising in nature is superior to the gym or city
- (tags:exercise nature psychology )
- 5. UK Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals
- (tags:tax wealth UK )
Bundle of Holding: Weird Wizard
Sep. 22nd, 2025 01:57 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The SHADOW OF THE WEIRD WIZARD corebooks, supplements, and adventures.
Bundle of Holding: Weird Wizard
Clarke Award Finalists 201
Sep. 22nd, 2025 09:52 amjames_davis_nicoll2015: Five Britons sign for the doomed Mars One venture, the UK pays off its WWI War Loans, and the Liberal Democrats’ adroit political maneuvering yields memorable electoral returns.
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2015 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson
Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
Poll #33648 Clarke Award Finalists 2015
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 34
Which 2015 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
View Answers
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
21 (61.8%)
Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson
7 (20.6%)
Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta
6 (17.6%)
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
4 (11.8%)
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
15 (44.1%)
The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
17 (50.0%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2015 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson
Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
Interesting Links for 22-09-2025
Sep. 22nd, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Canada, Australia and UK recognize Palestinian statehood (France soon)
- (tags:Palestine France UK Australia Canada )
- 2. Among UK Jews, opposition to Palestinian political autonomy is vanishing
- (tags:UK Palestine Israel )
- 3. Examining overlap and homogeneity in ASD, ADHD, and OCD: a data-driven, diagnosis-agnostic approach
- (tags:ADHD autism psychology )
- 4. South Korea's President Lee says U.S. investment demands would spark a financial crisis
- (tags:usa korea economics doom )
Photo cross-post
Sep. 21st, 2025 10:25 amandrewducker
We went up the hill. There were roses. Nobody knows why. Gideon has
theories involving dead people.
Original
is here on Pixelfed.scot.
Frostflower and Thorn (Frostflower and Thorn, volume 1) by Phyllis Ann Karr
Sep. 21st, 2025 09:13 amjames_davis_nicoll
Frostflower can solve Thorn's pregnancy problem... but can the pair survive the attention of a fanatical farmer-priest?
Frostflower and Thorn (Frostflower and Thorn, volume 1) by Phyllis Ann Karr
Interesting Links for 21-09-2025
Sep. 21st, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. EU Data Act — What Businesses Need to Know (no more lock-in!)
- (tags:Europe data regulation )
- 2. Troubles legacy: Mixed reaction to UK-Ireland deal on addressing cases
- (tags:UK Ireland )
- 3. Visa holders on vacation have 15 hours to return to US or pay $100k fee
- (tags:USA migration OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (a headline from 1939)
- (tags:nazis censorship society history )
- 5. We have invented the vibroblade! (The World's First Ultrasonic Chef's Knife for Home Cooks)
- (tags:Technology knife video )
Tags:
- censorship,
- data,
- europe,
- history,
- ireland,
- knife,
- links,
- migration,
- nazis,
- ohforfuckssake,
- regulation,
- society,
- technology,
- uk,
- usa,
- video
Books Received, September 13 — September 19
Sep. 20th, 2025 09:28 amjames_davis_nicoll
Really, more of Book Received. One work new to me, science fantasy.
Books Received, September 13 — September 19
Poll #33640 Books Received, September 13 — September 19
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 38
Which of these look interesting?
View Answers
Yalum by Matthew Hughes (September 2025)
10 (26.3%)
Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.6%)
Cats!
36 (94.7%)
Interesting Links for 20-09-2025
Sep. 20th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Popper was right about the link between certainty and extremism
- (tags:politics psychology belief )
- 2. Plastic from takeaway containers may fuel Alzheimer's risk (in mice)
- (tags:mice alzheimers plastic )
- 3. Is it cheating if your illicit affair is with AI?
- (tags:relationships ai )
- 4. The US "healthcare" system is not fit for purpose.
- (tags:healthcare USA OhForFucksSake )
Tags:
Bad News From Alpha Centauri A…
Sep. 19th, 2025 10:21 amjames_davis_nicoll
There's a planet in the habitable zone... but not an Earthlike planet.
Bad News From Alpha Centauri A…
Sabrena Swept Away by Karuna Riazi
Sep. 19th, 2025 10:14 amjames_davis_nicoll
Sabrena's life is full of struggles already. The last thing she needs is an other-worldly adventure. Life is, alas, not considerate of a teen's preferences.
Sabrena Swept Away by Karuna Riazi
Interesting Links for 19-09-2025
Sep. 19th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Labour's plan to jumpstart city building after Rayner's 1.5m homes drive stalls
- (tags:housing uk )
- 2. Chimps consume a pint of lager's worth of alcohol every day in fruit
- (tags:alcohol chimpanzees )
- 3. Man with Covid for over two years became virus incubator, as it evolved into new variants of concern
- (tags:pandemic virus evolution )
- 4. Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads (and so I will never buy one)
- (tags:advertising Samsung technology OhForFucksSake )
- 5. Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms (in Canada)
- (tags:Canada girls sports school LGBT transgender bigotry )
- 6. Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
- (tags:politics Child_abuse satire usa uk royalty )
- 7. An "At The Mountains Of Madness" game, where you play as a penguin.
- (tags:penguins hplovecraft games wtf )
Tags:
- advertising,
- alcohol,
- bigotry,
- canada,
- child_abuse,
- chimpanzees,
- evolution,
- games,
- girls,
- housing,
- hplovecraft,
- lgbt,
- links,
- ohforfuckssake,
- pandemic,
- penguins,
- politics,
- royalty,
- samsung,
- satire,
- school,
- sports,
- technology,
- transgender,
- uk,
- usa,
- virus,
- wtf
Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois by Gardner Dozois
Sep. 18th, 2025 08:47 amjames_davis_nicoll
A selection of Dozois' best, from the first half of his half century career.
Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois by Gardner Dozois
Interesting Links for 18-09-2025
Sep. 18th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Ukraine is hitting Russia where it hurts - and it's working
- (tags:ukraine russia war economy )
- 2. 'Erosion emergency' at Edinburgh's Calton Hill after grass cut too short
- (tags:edinburgh nature )
- 3. 'Forgotten' royal castle uncovered on Herbidean Scottish island
- (tags:scotland castle )
- 4. What's changing for trials in Scotland?
- (tags:scotland law )
- 5. Renewables do unambiguously reduce wholesale power prices
- (tags:renewables electricity economics )
- 6. There Are Too Many Video Games (and songs and books and TV shows)
- (tags:media economics society )
Whining about online t-shirt purchases.
Sep. 17th, 2025 05:36 pmandrewduckerOoh, I thought, that's a really cool t-shirt! And the price is only £24, that's actually pretty reasonable!
Except no, it's £24 plus £6 tax plus £7 shipping *that takes up to 6 weeks*.
And this for an item that's print on demand. Which means, theoretically, they could print it in the UK in the first place and not have to presumably ship it to me by alpaca from Kazakhstan!
Shame, really, it's a nice t-shirt. But not £37 nice.
Except no, it's £24 plus £6 tax plus £7 shipping *that takes up to 6 weeks*.
And this for an item that's print on demand. Which means, theoretically, they could print it in the UK in the first place and not have to presumably ship it to me by alpaca from Kazakhstan!
Shame, really, it's a nice t-shirt. But not £37 nice.