As I understand it, there was one timeline in the nineties where he came in a “birthing pod”, just so he’d be born in the US. That’s been changed again since; aside from that weirdness, he’s always been an immigrant.
Which makes sense - wasn’t his concept conceived by two Jewish immigrants who wanted to give their spin on what an actual Übermensch would be like, as opposed to what Nazi Germany was putting out? Pretty sure that’s how he got his name…
Same! I ended up with a kinda stock answer (“all over the state!”), but that still leads to a story. Which is the point of the question, I guess.
(I’m a preacher’s kid, hence the moving!)
Can’t find it now, but I remember seeing an interview where George Lucas said it was very deliberate.
Nah, most of humanity at least is either living idyllic lives, or chose to live on a frontier world or research station or something. Starfleet’s just the exploratory arm of the Federation; but that’s where most of the fun stories are!
“No, what I’m doing is different!”
You’re not wrong, and I feel like it was a developing problem even before AI - everybody wanted someone with experience, even if the technology was brand new.
That said, even if you and I will be fine, it’s still bad for the industry. And even if we weren’t the ones pulling up the ladder behind us, I’d still like to find a way to start throwing ropes back down for the newbies…
No, but that’s the only way you get senior engineers!
My fear for the software industry is that we’ll end up replacing junior devs with AI assistance, and then in a decade or two, we’ll see a lack of mid-level and senior devs, because they never had a chance to enter the industry.
The difference being junior engineers eventually grow up into senior engineers.
Okay, I’m not a huge griller, but wouldn’t it be better just to build in a thermostat? Let it maintain its own temperature?
Crispy and juicy, now you’re havin’ a snack
Mine would crack up and switch to that
These seem more in an absurdist vein of comedy to me, rather than having or needing a particular punch line
The Gods Are Bastards makes the same call-out!
“I’d be careful with that kind of joke, Professor,” Toby warned. “Sisters of Avei consider the use of love potions a form of rape. So does Imperial law, for that matter, but Imperial law doesn’t get quite as…worked up on the subject as they do."
Only Villains Do That, by the same author, has a similar reference - the protagonist receives a “starter bundle” of spells, one of which is Enamour. He’s pretty skeeved that one of his few starter spells is a rape spell.
As long as they stop siphoning money from us, I’m fine with that
The flying cat must be rendered accurately!
I rarely have sound in my dreams. I hear fine (when awake), just… don’t bother rendering that part when I’m asleep!
I talk with people in dreams, sure; but there’s no dialogue - I just kind of know what’s been said.
That’s what’s fun about the whole establishment coming out swinging against him - he just won the primary. He’s not even elected yet, and they are losing their shit.
(also, didn’t notice until after posting that you’d posted 2 days ago - sorry for the necro post!)
Iirc, the beams need to have smoke machines or foggers or something running in the arena to be visible. The machines where you went might have just been off.
And in six weeks… It’s time to change your password! No repeats.