Eivind (like the Terrible) finished reading Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic …
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Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic …
«Matias», seier eg, utan at han ser opp. «Matias, her har det levd dinosaurar, altså!»
Det står ingenting om det på skiltet, men sidan desse berga faktisk er frå urtida, burde det i prinsippet kunne inkludere dinosaurar. Matias si interesse for dinosaurar var uansett ein kortvarig og overflatisk affære. Eg hadde med misunning og håp sett korleis dei andre i barnehagen, utan noko utprega lovande intellekt så vidt eg kunne bedømme, hadde fordjupa seg i denne evig tiltrekkande materien frå krit- og juratida. Memorert ei uendeleg rekke lange, avanserte spesifikasjonar, vengespenn og toppfart. Korleis dei med eit halvt auge kunne skilje mellom ein diplodocus og ein brachiosaurus, og eg hadde tenkt at sidan Matias er slikt eit inneslutta, forsiktig barn, så burde han nettopp vere typen til å dykke ned på den slags djupner av spesialisert kunnskap. Eg hadde kjøpt tjukke, rikt illustrerte bøker til han, kostbare figurar i tysk kvalitetsplast, men det hadde ikkje resultert i noko.
— Doggerland by Agnes Ravatn

I den mektige Høst-familien har forlagsverksemd vore livsgrunnlaget i generasjonar. No er det tid for eit skifte: Matriark og forleggar …
I knew lunar regolith is on par or worse than asbestos, and I knew Mars don't have a magnetosphere, making radiation as bad as in space. What I didn't know is that Martian soil is actually toxic to both animal and plant life, that the bags of astronaut feces on the Moon are considered US property, that one of the reasons the US refuses to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is because it can have an impact on extra-terrestrial mining.
Neither was I aware the the lower end population limit to start a successful Martian colony is in the six digits. And even then the colonist straight up needs to embrace eugenics in order to make the colony survive beyond the first few generations.
All in all a very interesting and thought provoking read that makes a compelling argument that space settlements …
I knew lunar regolith is on par or worse than asbestos, and I knew Mars don't have a magnetosphere, making radiation as bad as in space. What I didn't know is that Martian soil is actually toxic to both animal and plant life, that the bags of astronaut feces on the Moon are considered US property, that one of the reasons the US refuses to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is because it can have an impact on extra-terrestrial mining.
Neither was I aware the the lower end population limit to start a successful Martian colony is in the six digits. And even then the colonist straight up needs to embrace eugenics in order to make the colony survive beyond the first few generations.
All in all a very interesting and thought provoking read that makes a compelling argument that space settlements should be put on hold for now.

Hovedpersonene i Fire fortellinger går alle gjennom en forvandling. I «Min kvinnes frukt» strever en kvinne med å finne sin …

Hovedpersonene i Fire fortellinger går alle gjennom en forvandling. I «Min kvinnes frukt» strever en kvinne med å finne sin …
@TanteGulo@snabelen.no kommer i hvert fall inn som Kuang-fan, men har bare hørt ~30 minutter foreløpig :)

Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic …

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"Then again, it's the whole Reagan program, isn't it — dismantle the New Deal, reverse the effects of World War II, restore fascism at home and around the world, flee into the past, can't you feel it, all the dangerous, childish stupidity — 'I don't like the way it came out, I want it to be my way.' If the President can act like that, why not Brock?"
— Vineland by Thomas Pynchon