paranoia, ya, l'environnement, sapphic romance, possibly not in that order. can't speak french™ but pretend to flip through the odd french book
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The more I read, the less convinced I became in things I thought I believed. And the book is littered with "I explain it more fully on the website" sidebars whose links are broken. Printing web links in a paper book is a truly odd choice.
The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese American professor Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel and …
Imogen Scott has questions…
Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s …
I've always had such a pliable center. I like being who people expect me to be. It's not that I'm trying to change who I am. I just want who I am to make sense. In every context. Without any uncertainty or contradiction. Which means pinning down who I'm supposed to be in any given situation and adjusting my feelings accordingly.
— Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli (Page 348)
There’s a princess trapped in a tower. This isn’t her story.
Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she …
I don't often two-star a DNF, but when I do, I can't be bothered to elaborate.
Like all new technologies, NFTs involve a great deal of hype. I believe that the most significant uses for NFT technology have not yet been invented.
— If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable by Mikko Hypponen (64%)
We occasionally see statistics indicating that mining consumes more power than entire cities or even countries. While the numbers are controversial, it is nevertheless clear that mining consumes a lot of energy, which is why better methods are being continuously developed.…
Using technology will always consume electricity. Watching Netflix, gaming online, and making Google searches all use power. So does searching for new medicines or creating art. We should not slow or stop technological development simply because some types of power generation are polluting the environment and warming our planet.
— If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable by Mikko Hypponen (62%)
It requires, however, no power to throw a book at the wall.
Dollars and euros are based on nothing, but bitcoin is based on mathematics. Real-world currencies or money transfers can be controlled or regulated, but regulating bitcoin is difficult, since mathematics does not care about regulation.
— If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable by Mikko Hypponen (62%)
Modern cars are data centers on four wheels, and their systems require security updates throughout the car's service life.… Nobody expects to get free spare parts for their car, and neither should you get free software updates. Once the car is old enough, the original manufacturer could release the software platform for anyone to update. As long as there are buyers, someone will write the updates—much like you can still buy new brake pads for cars built in the 1970s.
— If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable by Mikko Hypponen (48%)
Aftermarket software updates at the price the market will bear. Sounds very secure.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold was nothing like the other books in my TBR pile. Tiny and softspoken, entombed in a cacophony of big-mouthed, big-font hardbacks, it waited its turn and made itself known gently but poignantly.
You may have read that this book involves time travel, but really only in the same way that The Lord of the Rings was about a ring. It's about people, humanity really. For me to try to explain better is to waste words. This is not my kind of book. But it is now.
Imogen Scott has questions…
Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down. …
