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21 Nov 2021 9 minute read 0 comments PiiJr36
“They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies.” (p. 69) By this point in time, many of us are aware of the symbolism behind The Matrix's pills - the red pill allows one to see what the world is and the blue pill m...
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21 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Book-worm
Our introduction to Meredith is very matter-of-fact and it’s almost comical how she tells us it’s been over 1,000 days since she left her home. We learn she has a cat called Fred, enjoys jigsaws and has a best friend (Sophie) who comes to check she...
17 Nov 2021 18 minute read 0 comments Gamorita
Warning: This book, although it may not seem like it in the first chapters, is grimdark fantasy. From this chapter on, some things will begin to happen that may be disturbing to some people. Read it at his own risk. Also English is not my native lang...
14 Nov 2021 11 minute read 0 comments Gamorita
The market was crowded this morning; dozens of colors, from yellows, oranges and reds to greens, blues and purples, danced throughout the stalls. Vendors were shouting their wares and freckled young girls were offering cheap snacks to anyone who pass...
12 Nov 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark
Why is programming fun? What delights may its practitioner expect as his reward?First is the sheer joy of making things. As the child delights in his mud pie, so the adult enjoys building things, especially things of his own design. I think this del...
11 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments VVoytila
The above is an excerpt from Stanisław Lem's Golem XIV, an essay which this polish futurist published in 1981 and in which he speaks, through the voice of the supercomputer Golem 14, about humanity's journey to where is is now and about where it is...
20 Oct 2021 2 minute read 1 comment trumanrose
The House in the Cerulean Sea is about a Case Worker named Linus Baker, assigned to an orphanage with magical children classified as extremely dangerous. There, he must decide whether the orphanage was well-taken care of (according to some rules and...
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18 Oct 2021 2 minute read 1 comment mercurial9
Have you thought about when last you read a book on personal finance? The personal finance category on Amazon or any bookstore has countless books on the topic. It’s almost as much as the self-help category, and I’ve been wondering which books stood...
15 Oct 2021 4 minute read 0 comments PiiJr36
“the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought” (p. 52) Some governments are able to function by dividing itself into sections. In the United States of America, these are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that attempt...
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15 Oct 2021 2 minute read 6 comments Allen Taylor
The following is an excerpt from my forthcoming book Cryptosocial: How Cryptocurrencies Are Changing Social Media. The book will release later this year from Business Expert Press. This excerpt is from the introduction. // BEGIN // The year 2020 ro...
