« previous next »
Pages: « 1 ... 3 4 5 6 7 [8]     Go Down

Author Topic: What ya reading?  (Read 190896 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline noisyturtle

  • * Exalted Elder
  • Posts: 6500
  • comfortably numb
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 ****"
Logged

Offline smarmar

  • Posts: 317
  • Location: Orlando, FL
  • My other Dell Quiet Keys is a Model M
    • Short Stories from an Old Library
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #351 on: Wed, 03 July 2024, 11:43:17 »
Quote from: noisyturtle 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 ****"
Show Image

That's a fantastic cover illustration, though. :thumb:
Logged
1992 IBM Model M | Tesoro Durandal[Browns] | Hi-Tek Series 725[Space Invaders] | Tandy Enhanced[Sliders] | Dell Quiet Keys | Mitsumi[AT]

Offline smarmar

  • Posts: 317
  • Location: Orlando, FL
  • My other Dell Quiet Keys is a Model M
    • Short Stories from an Old Library
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #352 on: Wed, 03 July 2024, 11:47:25 »
[ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ]
I loathe self-help books but I need something right now.
Logged
1992 IBM Model M | Tesoro Durandal[Browns] | Hi-Tek Series 725[Space Invaders] | Tandy Enhanced[Sliders] | Dell Quiet Keys | Mitsumi[AT]

Offline Osidian

  • Posts: 33
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:
Logged

Offline tp4tissue

  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Posts: 13731
  • Location: Official Geekhack Public Defender..
  • OmniExpert of: Rice, Top-Ramen, Ergodox, n Females
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #354 on: Wed, 28 August 2024, 11:34:04 »
Quote from: Osidian on Tue, 27 August 2024, 22:07:56
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. 
Logged

Offline Osidian

  • Posts: 33
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #355 on: Thu, 29 August 2024, 22:28:15 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 28 August 2024, 11:34:04
Quote from: Osidian on Tue, 27 August 2024, 22:07:56
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
« Last Edit: Sat, 07 September 2024, 14:45:46 by Osidian »
Logged

Offline Scrambler_S

  • Posts: 24
  • Sic semper tyrannis
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #356 on: Sun, 08 September 2024, 06:41:19 »
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
Logged

Offline tankLancer

  • Posts: 32
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】

habit:
I use my phone and audio book most times. Recently I rely on the audio book more.
Logged

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6536
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
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
Logged
"Starting in 2011, the deficits again started to shrink. During Obama’s term  the deficit was reduced by $900 Billion  before finally in 2015 the GOP managed to wrangle a “reconciliation” bill out of Obama where he again cut corporate taxes, as well as made permanent some of George W. Bush’s original tax cuts. This is the year everything reversed. Before this, under Clinton, Bush and Obama the deficit in almost every year was gradually decreasing. The balance we had of taxes and the economy was bringing the deficit down, the money coming in was slowly catching up with the money going out until 2015. Trump’s subsequent tax cut has continued the new trend even after the rest of Bush’s cuts have since expired. Obama had an average GDP of 2.3%, with 11.6 million jobs created and unemployment peaking at 10% in 2009, then falling to 4.3% in 2016. If we had continued on that downward deficit track, we would have again reached balance and another surplus in 2017-2018.
– Frank V Walton 2025-07-01

Offline tp4tissue

  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Posts: 13731
  • Location: Official Geekhack Public Defender..
  • OmniExpert of: Rice, Top-Ramen, Ergodox, n Females
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #359 on: Wed, 02 October 2024, 16:01:42 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 02 October 2024, 15:08:47
This is a surprisingly enjoyable read.

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


Beavers are strictly Vegan and primarily eat trees like willow, cottonwood, aspen, poplar, maple, birch, oak, alder, black cherry, and apple trees. They also consume roots, leaves, vines, twigs, sedges, shrubs, grasses, and soft vegetation like apples, water lilies, clover, and cattails.
Logged

Offline OrinNYC

  • Posts: 47
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
Logged

Offline smarmar

  • Posts: 317
  • Location: Orlando, FL
  • My other Dell Quiet Keys is a Model M
    • Short Stories from an Old Library
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:
Logged
1992 IBM Model M | Tesoro Durandal[Browns] | Hi-Tek Series 725[Space Invaders] | Tandy Enhanced[Sliders] | Dell Quiet Keys | Mitsumi[AT]

Offline Peytontyler

  • Posts: 1
  • Location: New York
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #362 on: Tue, 21 January 2025, 15:15:16 »
Quote from: Scrambler_S on Sun, 08 September 2024, 06:41:19
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!
« Last Edit: Tue, 28 January 2025, 01:24:50 by Peytontyler »
Logged

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6536
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
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

Logged
"Starting in 2011, the deficits again started to shrink. During Obama’s term  the deficit was reduced by $900 Billion  before finally in 2015 the GOP managed to wrangle a “reconciliation” bill out of Obama where he again cut corporate taxes, as well as made permanent some of George W. Bush’s original tax cuts. This is the year everything reversed. Before this, under Clinton, Bush and Obama the deficit in almost every year was gradually decreasing. The balance we had of taxes and the economy was bringing the deficit down, the money coming in was slowly catching up with the money going out until 2015. Trump’s subsequent tax cut has continued the new trend even after the rest of Bush’s cuts have since expired. Obama had an average GDP of 2.3%, with 11.6 million jobs created and unemployment peaking at 10% in 2009, then falling to 4.3% in 2016. If we had continued on that downward deficit track, we would have again reached balance and another surplus in 2017-2018.
– Frank V Walton 2025-07-01

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6536
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #364 on: Mon, 17 February 2025, 09:02:44 »
Given his impact on today's world, I felt that I needed to learn more about this man-boy-monster.

After reading some of his other books (Einstein, Jobs) I figured that the Isaacson book, in spite of its length, was probably the most informative biography.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122765395-elon-musk

Logged
"Starting in 2011, the deficits again started to shrink. During Obama’s term  the deficit was reduced by $900 Billion  before finally in 2015 the GOP managed to wrangle a “reconciliation” bill out of Obama where he again cut corporate taxes, as well as made permanent some of George W. Bush’s original tax cuts. This is the year everything reversed. Before this, under Clinton, Bush and Obama the deficit in almost every year was gradually decreasing. The balance we had of taxes and the economy was bringing the deficit down, the money coming in was slowly catching up with the money going out until 2015. Trump’s subsequent tax cut has continued the new trend even after the rest of Bush’s cuts have since expired. Obama had an average GDP of 2.3%, with 11.6 million jobs created and unemployment peaking at 10% in 2009, then falling to 4.3% in 2016. If we had continued on that downward deficit track, we would have again reached balance and another surplus in 2017-2018.
– Frank V Walton 2025-07-01

Offline smarmar

  • Posts: 317
  • Location: Orlando, FL
  • My other Dell Quiet Keys is a Model M
    • Short Stories from an Old Library
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #365 on: Sun, 23 February 2025, 13:17:51 »
Quote from: fohat.digs 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
I've been thinking that one day we'll make the horrible discovery that plants feel pain.  :eek:
Logged
1992 IBM Model M | Tesoro Durandal[Browns] | Hi-Tek Series 725[Space Invaders] | Tandy Enhanced[Sliders] | Dell Quiet Keys | Mitsumi[AT]

Offline Tactile

  • Posts: 1440
  • Location: Portland, OR
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #366 on: Sun, 23 February 2025, 14:28:35 »
312410-0
Logged
REΛLFORCE

Offline tp4tissue

  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Posts: 13731
  • Location: Official Geekhack Public Defender..
  • OmniExpert of: Rice, Top-Ramen, Ergodox, n Females
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #367 on: Wed, 04 June 2025, 16:31:20 »
There's a guy, smart, accredited, you think, gee, I should read his books.

Look up his books, he's got 30 books, 500+ pages each.

Sigh, Too many books...
Logged

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6536
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #368 on: Wed, 04 June 2025, 19:32:43 »
Logged
"Starting in 2011, the deficits again started to shrink. During Obama’s term  the deficit was reduced by $900 Billion  before finally in 2015 the GOP managed to wrangle a “reconciliation” bill out of Obama where he again cut corporate taxes, as well as made permanent some of George W. Bush’s original tax cuts. This is the year everything reversed. Before this, under Clinton, Bush and Obama the deficit in almost every year was gradually decreasing. The balance we had of taxes and the economy was bringing the deficit down, the money coming in was slowly catching up with the money going out until 2015. Trump’s subsequent tax cut has continued the new trend even after the rest of Bush’s cuts have since expired. Obama had an average GDP of 2.3%, with 11.6 million jobs created and unemployment peaking at 10% in 2009, then falling to 4.3% in 2016. If we had continued on that downward deficit track, we would have again reached balance and another surplus in 2017-2018.
– Frank V Walton 2025-07-01

Offline tp4tissue

  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Posts: 13731
  • Location: Official Geekhack Public Defender..
  • OmniExpert of: Rice, Top-Ramen, Ergodox, n Females
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #369 on: Wed, 04 June 2025, 21:02:02 »
Logged

Offline tp4tissue

  • * Destiny Supporter
  • Posts: 13731
  • Location: Official Geekhack Public Defender..
  • OmniExpert of: Rice, Top-Ramen, Ergodox, n Females
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #370 on: Thu, 17 July 2025, 05:35:20 »
Bonobo Handshake.

-Vanessa Woods


Ok ok. silence..

Yes, Tp4 knew full well this was going to be alot of wifwaff/ embellish and borderline fiction.  But Tp4 must also admit, it's well written, and structurally, highly contiguous.

There is an apt analog drawn by the author's own human psychosecseewl culture and that of our cousin Bonobos.

Probably appeals to women more than men, but overall, what's achieved rarely in writing, is that bridge, an acceptable balance between empathy/science/story-telling which successfully makes an emotional connection with the reader, a place where the Bestest-best dry-fact research fail.


Humans are crap computers, we can't care without involving emotions, YET we have a social structure, and an economic/scientific system that un-astutely tries to dispense with such dimensions in publishing figures in isolate.

Much like the stupidity of isolating vitamins from an Apple, we try to deduce knowledge absent the whole. And this is the broken model which rules the world.
« Last Edit: Thu, 17 July 2025, 05:37:06 by tp4tissue »
Logged

Offline tzt

  • Posts: 4
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #371 on: Thu, 17 July 2025, 12:59:06 »
Reading Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. It's really good!
Logged

Offline fohat.digs

  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 6536
  • Location: 35°55'N, 83°53'W
  • weird funny old guy
Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #372 on: Thu, 17 July 2025, 17:07:02 »
Quote from: tzt on Thu, 17 July 2025, 12:59:06

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang


+1 a superb and under-rated writer

Logged
"Starting in 2011, the deficits again started to shrink. During Obama’s term  the deficit was reduced by $900 Billion  before finally in 2015 the GOP managed to wrangle a “reconciliation” bill out of Obama where he again cut corporate taxes, as well as made permanent some of George W. Bush’s original tax cuts. This is the year everything reversed. Before this, under Clinton, Bush and Obama the deficit in almost every year was gradually decreasing. The balance we had of taxes and the economy was bringing the deficit down, the money coming in was slowly catching up with the money going out until 2015. Trump’s subsequent tax cut has continued the new trend even after the rest of Bush’s cuts have since expired. Obama had an average GDP of 2.3%, with 11.6 million jobs created and unemployment peaking at 10% in 2009, then falling to 4.3% in 2016. If we had continued on that downward deficit track, we would have again reached balance and another surplus in 2017-2018.
– Frank V Walton 2025-07-01
Pages: « 1 ... 3 4 5 6 7 [8]     Go Up
« previous next »