Much more bleak. Erikson has more in the way of heroics in the face of the bleak. Bakker you get more of human flaws ushering in doom. It has a similar sense of scale, the world building is top notch. But the passage of time and intelligence are much less forgiving in Bakker’s world.

I’ve done numerous rereads of Malazan, none for Bakker. Though it’s just as deserving, if not more so. It’s just… a lot less uplifting.

R Scott Bakker kinda scratches a similar itch, though it’s much more bleak.

Malazan, Malazan, Malazan. Literally the result of two bored archaeologists and their DnD campaign while they were out on a dig.

It hangs with the best in terms of humor, tragedy, epic scope, and heroism. It does not hold your hand, in fact it will delight in letting your hand go while leading you through a dark room. Deeply philosophical, challenges and embraces tropes in equal part, absolutely interesting magic system(s). It is hardcore hopecore, it champions the little guy, empathy, and the bright mind over the slow. Main series is finished, 10 giant books. Also a bunch of others outside that series by both creators.

Be patient with it, some payoffs take a while. Read Gardens of the Moon and then Deadhouse Gates to see if it’s clicking. It isn’t for all.

Paul is that you?

Send Ringo my love

Or that it was fine to not vote

Sam Altman the infamous grifter? The same Altman whose foot in the door into the tech industry was inflating user numbers to get his app sold? That Sam Altman?

Highly relevant video of what sort of culture Zuck metastasized in at Harvard

Rip off the windshield wiper. They’re proprietary to this vehicle and aren’t cheap.

Xi disappeared two top generals, but there are signs that he’s done it without party approval and might have ruffled some feathers.

wooo woooo

She’s actually one I’ve already been listening to, but was looking for others to round out the perspective.

Just the fact that he added Lina Khan to his team says so much about him.

In a just world Khan would be a prominent political figure on her own, but she’ll do good things in this position.

I know of one spot near me that’s been hit three times.

It’s hardly a bend, but what will get people is the slight rise in the road before it. You don’t notice it at 35 (or even 45) , but if you’re reckless and over compensate when your weight comes back down you end up in their living room.

If someone made a giant datacenter on my private minecraft server, what would be the best way to sabotage it?

Fixed 35, but with the larger sensor it’ll behave more like a 28mm full frame.

I brought the RF up just because of its size. Those other GFX cameras are absolute units once they have a lens on.

I’ve got an X-Pro1, I can relate.

That thing has taken some of my favorite photos though, I just wish it were faster.

No interest in the GFX100RF?

Christ fujifilm, we just want an xPro-4 with 50 megapixels and IBIS. That’s it.

The Xpro-3 is 7 years old now.

Starlink and the number of satellites we’ve got up there could absolutely cause a chain reaction if a few too many were destroyed.

Weird, I work and get bread and I’ve got one, and my family members all have one. And most forms of communication need at least two people last I checked.

Is it our primary form of communication? No. But if cell towers go down we’re all within range of sending a text. If I lived in a city I’d definitely have one. It’s a stupid cheap insurance policy. But by all means, depend fully on your cell provider for communication.

Here’s something fun for you: Look up Kessler syndrome. If we were to lose control of our satellite networks for 24 hours, there’s a 30% chance it causes a chain reaction to where we lose the ability to even launch satellites without first cleaning up all the space debris. That time window shrinks with each new launch.