Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers

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The storyline and characters are very good and the space opera tech / politics are interesting. But the gratuitous bestiality and teen angst...

Bridge across the stars by Portau et al

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Some of the stories were good; some were terrible.  Most were just ok.  3/5 stars
Sunday, June 16, 2019

AI Ethics

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Die Frankfurter allgemeiner Zeitung (FAZ) hat einen interessanten Blick auf unsere gedankenlos Methoden des maschinellen Lernens auf wichti...
Saturday, June 15, 2019

Fall by Neal Stephenson

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I bought a signed first edition the night before it was released.  The book is fantastic.  I did not sleep, could not put it down. 5/5 s...
Friday, June 14, 2019

The Light Brigade bby Kameron Hurley

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Well-crafted, intentionally disjointed, gritty military mystery story, 4/5 stars.

Seeds of war by Ashok K Banker

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I sometimes enjoy Indian epics, with their occult spiritualism and odd take on fate, ethics, and motivation.  This one was a little slow but...
Sunday, June 9, 2019

Five Hour work day

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https://www.20min.ch/finance/news/story/Bei-dieser-Firma-arbeiten-alle-nur-5-Stunden-pro-Tag-28549444 0800 - 1300, no breaks 40 percent prod...
Friday, June 7, 2019

The Legend of Corinair by Ryk Brown

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The series is getting better.  This one is fun.  4/5 stars.
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Disputation and Disinformation -- David Brin

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https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2019/06/disputation-and-disinformation.html    Read David's entire blog post and click through the links...

Software Quality analysis from Web of Knowledge by Dave Jarvis

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https://dave.autonoma.ca/blog/2019/06/06/web-of-knowledge/    Here is an excerpt from a recent blog post by Dave Jarvis that appeared at wor...