Aug 05

Here’s some useful handwavium for you.

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Here’s some useful handwavium for you. Comes with a shelf life; a lot of research is going into figuring out what this stuff is actually good for and how to make it do that. But for now, you can probably use it to justify all kinds of crazy materials properties in your SF if you need to.

Originally shared by Singularity Hub

Graphene and Beyond: The Astonishing Properties and Promise of 2D Materials https://suhub.co/2KvRQux

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Aug 05

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

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Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

Wasn’t there a woman in the team at the end of the last film? Why has she vanished without trace, never to be mentioned?

Oh, I get it. There can only be one named female character per action movie.

Otherwise they might have a conversation about something other than a man, and then where would we be?

Aug 04

The total short-run impact of automation on low-wage employment may be economically small even when technological…

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Originally shared by Judah Richardson

The total short-run impact of automation on low-wage employment may be economically small even when technological substitution is taking place.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/08/the-potential-to-automate-low-wage-jobs-in-the-u-s-and-its-impact-on-workers
Aug 03

My almost-finished WIP is full of punched cards. Full.

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My almost-finished WIP is full of punched cards. Full.

Originally shared by Winchell Chung

I suddenly had visions of a dystopian zee-rust future with people surfing the web via punch cards. And the piles of cards that would accumulate when reading a flame-war.

https://twitter.com/mainframed767/status/1025023780416966656

Aug 03

Colonising space is a lot harder than, say, colonising Pacific islands.

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Colonising space is a lot harder than, say, colonising Pacific islands. Even though in space you know where you’re going and (more or less) what you’ll find when you get there.

Originally shared by Winchell Chung

David Fickling tweeted:

Here’s a thread about how Polynesian war canoes prove that humans are never going to colonize space in any foreseeable future…

https://twitter.com/davidfickling/status/1024923442594738176

Aug 01

This article takes the opposite approach to mine.

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This article takes the opposite approach to mine. It spends three of its four points on using punctuation more freely and creatively, then, almost as an afterthought, notes that you should know the incorrect usages so you can avoid them.

I’d say: learn the conventions solidly and first (they are just conventions, but literate people will expect you to follow them). Then, once you have mastered your scales and arpeggios, start your jazz improvisation.

http://csidemedia.com/wellpresentedms will get you started.

Originally shared by Joanna Penn

Punctuation is one of the most basic tools in the writer’s toolbox. But let’s face it, we all struggle with it sometimes!

We can use professional editors, proofreaders, and services like Grammarly to help us fix our mistakes, but it’s important to understand the fundamentals.

In today’s article, Dominic Selwood, author of Punctuation Without Tears, gives us some tips. #writingtips #punctuation

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2018/08/01/punctuation-without-tears-4-tips-for-professional-punctuation/?utm_source=googlePlus&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare