[–] 8 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Ive read the first few so far. The next book on my list looks to be a full length novel.

I find your reference of "her humans" is interesting. I never thought of muderbot as a her. Perhaps I missed an important line somewhere in the story?

I think your review is right on. You captured exactly what it's like. I look forward to reading the next book.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    To add to others, wind also is generated when a rain "microburst" occurs.This happens frequently in the southwest U.S.

    A microburst is when a very large amount of water is dropped out of the clouds. The gaining rain speed pushes the air below it out of the way. The air is pushed outward horizontal to the ground, which in essence is a massive wall of wind.

    Often in the Sonoron desert a microburst causes the wind to push a lot of dirt from the ground surface to be blown out with the wind. When this happens it's called a haboob. The wall of thick dust and particles can be up to a mile high and as wide as a city.

    Below is a link to an image of a haboob over Phoenix, Arizona.

    Haboob over Phoenix AZ USA

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And this is exactly what s/he's talking about. The whole name calling thing if someone has a differing viewpoint. It's militant and intolerant. I'm just so sick of this kind of attitude here, I'm close to ditching Lemmy because of it.

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    How do I get to the about:config page? It says Connection is not secure. There is no popup which asks "if I am sure".

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    Didnt know how to enter Safe mode in Firefox for Android. So couldn't try that.

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    This happens on both my Android Tablet and my Android Phone, both Samsung. Any ideas?

     

    Tired of all the tracking in app. 9 trackers found. Any suggestions?

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    Here is my embarrassing list.

    =Noteworthy

    1984 by George Orwell Catch-22 Joseph Heller Dune by Frank Herbert East of Eden by John Steinbeck Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

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    I see many 4.5 to 5 star fantasy books. I get excited and read about them only to find out they are really just "romance" or smut type books. Grrr.

    I really wish these romance novels would separate themselves from the fantasy genre. It wastes my time seeking out highly rated fantasy books only to find out they are actually romance books.

    I wish I could block the romance and smut books when searching for fantasy novels.

    It's disappointing that these romance novels are masquerading as fantasy novels. I do understand these romance novels really are, for the most part, fantasy, but I wish I wish there were a separate category either for the romance fantasy or for the traditional non-romance fantasy novels so I could block them in my searches. I've no interest in romance at all.

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