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Offline noisyturtle

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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #350 on: Wed, 03 July 2024, 02:29:06 »
Re-reading Norm Macdonald's drivel, what a load of horse****. I'd give it only a 9/10 and will only read it probably 6-7 more times. Critics are calling it everything from "****" to "****ing ****"

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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #351 on: Wed, 03 July 2024, 11:43:17 »
Re-reading Norm Macdonald's drivel, what a load of horse****. I'd give it only a 9/10 and will only read it probably 6-7 more times. Critics are calling it everything from "****" to "****ing ****"
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #352 on: Wed, 03 July 2024, 11:47:25 »
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I loathe self-help books but I need something right now.
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #353 on: Tue, 27 August 2024, 22:07:56 »
Currently reading LOTR by J.R.R Tolkien. Great reads  :thumb:

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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #354 on: Wed, 28 August 2024, 11:34:04 »
Currently reading LOTR by J.R.R Tolkien. Great reads  :thumb:

His writing is so hard to read. F.scott now, that's smooth.

What's awesome is, you can tell the AI to read Tolkien, and have it re-written by F.Scott.

It's like Movies with ugly actors, and you just remake the movie with better looking ones. 

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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #355 on: Thu, 29 August 2024, 22:28:15 »
Currently reading LOTR by J.R.R Tolkien. Great reads  :thumb:

His writing is so hard to read. F.scott now, that's smooth.

What's awesome is, you can tell the AI to read Tolkien, and have it re-written by F.Scott.

It's like Movies with ugly actors, and you just remake the movie with better looking ones. 



The material is especially dense, and quite thorough. Scary what AI can do these days :confused:. Thanks for the tip!  :D
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #356 on: Sun, 08 September 2024, 06:41:19 »
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #357 on: Fri, 13 September 2024, 10:13:08 »
Hey, great to see another book thread here! I'm currently diving into the rich tapestry of "红楼梦" (Dream of the Red Chamber) by Cao Xueqin. I've always known it's a masterpiece, but the sheer volume of analysis and interpretations surrounding it was a bit intimidating at first.

I was worried I'd miss out on the deeper layers, but after dedicating myself to a couple of chapters each day for the past few weeks, I've realized something wonderful. It's a book that keeps giving, no matter what your age is. Because with different layer of life and history you experience it always brings you intelligence and beauty.

Next:
1. weak communication - the law of the jungle in the public opinion world [Zhendong Zhou]
2. Getting_Started_in_Electronics_-_3ed_-_[Forrest_M.Mims]
3. The Worlds I See【Fei-Fei Li】

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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #358 on: Wed, 02 October 2024, 15:08:47 »
This is a surprisingly enjoyable read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39345591-eager
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #359 on: Wed, 02 October 2024, 16:01:42 »
This is a surprisingly enjoyable read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39345591-eager


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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #360 on: Fri, 13 December 2024, 18:32:40 »
Just finished the red rising series  - what a dope saga - can't wait until they ruin this on amazon prime

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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #361 on: Mon, 06 January 2025, 21:41:13 »
From the pen of Raymond Chandler comes his most famous character, Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator, in an all new crime-fighting adventure :cool:
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #362 on: Tue, 21 January 2025, 15:15:16 »
Reading through this thread brought back a wave of nostalgia from my college days. Late nights in the dorm lounge often turned into heated debates about which was more mind-bending—Tolkien’s The Silmarillion or the endless pages of theoretical physics we had to cram for finals. I remember trying to break down complex ideas into something manageable, and, honestly, I would’ve killed for tools like https://edubrain.ai/ back then.

Nowadays, I rely on AI to streamline my learning and even casual reading. Just last week, I revisited a philosophy book that had stumped me in college, and using Edubrain, I managed to break it down into bite-sized explanations. It felt surreal having what’s essentially a study partner ready 24/7 to clarify anything, no matter how many questions I had.

It’s funny how conversations with AI remind me of group study sessions—except this “study buddy” never runs out of patience or snacks. Sometimes I even experiment with having AI rewrite dense texts in a smoother style (imagine Tolkien reimagined by Hemingway—wild, right?).

Books like Dune or Dream of the Red Chamber remind me how every re-read can unlock new layers. Pairing such classics with modern tools feels like bridging two worlds.
Even scarier is what she might do tomorrow!
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #363 on: Wed, 22 January 2025, 08:21:26 »
This one is fascinating, and many of us might not have expected it.

 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196774338-the-light-eaters

“He was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody.
Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide.
So it was pretty good .... Thank you to Elon.”

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