Standalone. I wanted very much to like it but it seemed underdeveloped tbh. An extra hundred pages might have smoothed out some of the narrative issues; Tchaikovsky seems to do some “tell don’t show” tricks with his writing that keep the plot moving at the price of a richer experience
Just finished “Shroud” by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I’m a fan of his works but I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this one. It was an interesting mix of No Man’s Sky meets Project Hail Mary with a dystopian corporate bent; but I’m not entirely sure that it worked? Act 1 could (or possibly should) have been a lot longer, and beyond that I shouldn’t continue because Spoilers ;)
Yay more hype. Just what we needed more of, it’s hype, at last
I don’t know why there’s so much hate for Vim. It’s simple- just use it as your default text editor since you first started using computers, and keep using it forever, and problem solved!
Friday afternoons are best for this
Thanks very much!!
Was it apple? I just heard about them last week but they seem expensive
Imagine a boot SO mighty that if it exists it might crush you, so you need to lick it ahead of time so that someday if it does exist, it might not crush you.
If the company never sees the employee, exactly how do they know the employee is resident in Canada?
If you have a competent HR department, this isn’t an issue. And if you have a competent managerial team, this also isn’t an issue.
Corporations don’t care about people.
These selfish quislings are far too comfortable with the idea of taking away the rights of others.
“South of the border, Americans have maintained their right to bear arms, have found recourse in the courts for the COVID violations against business and churches, and are much more encouraging of the free market. Meanwhile, our homeland is being flooded with immigrants.”
Does this man only speak in dog whistles?
If it’s not working well without threats of violence, perhaps that’s because it simply doesn’t work well?
Which one of these symbols is Bash? If none, does that mean I’m not a nerd?
This man lives in a bubble
Whereabouts might count as Boreal Forest? These have been out in my neck o’ the woods for weeks and weeks
The Earth itself doesn’t have to be hanging in the balance. Smaller plots are just fine.
I don’t need a month-long plot broken into 2hrs; I’d really rather have a more limited duration being represented.
More on that point: I recently watched the Director’s Cut of Napoleon, and found myself wishing it didn’t have such a “biopic” feel, where 20 years of events was condensed down to 3.5hrs. Quite frankly I’d rather have a vibe more like “The Raid: Redemption” where it doesn’t have to be Real Time, but closer to that serves a better narrative.
I keep thinking back to Rogue One, at the end of Act 2 where our Team Of Heroes has been assembled and they’re traveling towards the epic showdown that is Act 3. They’ve got a few days to spend in hyperspace, and we get one brief scene establishing that fact, quick banter between a few people, and off to the big showdown.
It felt so rushed to me that I wondered what I was missing over those days spent in travel; how characters were preparing themselves for what was next, how they were reconciling the events that led them to this; there is an utter wealth of joy that can be found by just slowing down and letting characters exist in time, instead of just minimal exposition followed by action.
I just love when I get a meeting update in my Outlook and Teams says “new notification!” but it’s the same notification as Outlook that I’ve already cleared, but then my phone buzzes because Teams is shouting “There is new activity!” but it’s not new activity, it’s the same notification I’ve already cleared on both Outlook and Teams on my laptop
Your idealism is something that if implemented would help our world far more than the current systems & modes of thought that are in place.
Welcome to Foug Dord’s Ontario
He… He really doesn’t treat anyone “like gold” except C-suite executives and their cronies