I like how Maeve and Dolores still use the dramatic period drama speech patterns of their characters, even if they’re self conscious now. Just because they’re aware and sentient doesn’t mean they’re not still controlled by their programming. It’s like upbringing and habits. You can change and evolve to an almost…

Hmmm... While I would tend to be on the side of the author, and Gaiman is one of my absolute faves, he’s not the best screenwriter. I would have preferred to have kept Fuller. He has more than proven himself in terms of delivering challenging stories on the small screen.

Well, there used to be io9, but if you’re sad about AVClub you already know what happened...

If I get to finally see Janelle Monae kick ass as an android this will not be a waste of time. I still think the Chronicles of Cindi Mayweather would be a great starting point for a sci-fi franchise.

Science!

I have a distinct feeling that this is going to make Angela even more zealous. She needs a mission, and she needs to be good. She has to make the loss of both her only friend and thousands of lives worth it somehow. The only way to do that is to press forward and hope the new world Whiterose promised is delivered. I…

I’m Norwegian and I did way more mandatory training than that when I got my licence last year. And had I been under 25 I would also have had to do a month-long course before they even let me start training, instead of just self study for the theory test plus a couple of safety and first aid courses. Once you do the…

I’ve never used Reddit much, but Redditgifts is amazing. Did it a few times and always received awesome loot and most people I gifted for seemed genuinely grateful. Haven’t done it in a few years due to money issues but maybe I should sign back up. There’s no need to get expensive stuff as long as you’re thoughtful…

Damn I need to sign up for Redditgifts again.

Thank you Katharine, that was really informative and well written. I’m so sorry your family had to go through that. You’d think people have learned their lesson. Like my grandmother (who lived through the German occupation of Norway) taught my mother, and my mother taught me: Never forget.

At first it looks shiny. Then the perspective shifts and it’s obviously paint. Nice effect.

Eh. It’s nice but the top started falling off mine resulting in a sphere of really icky lip balm that had mooshed into every edged item in my bag. I prefer stick shaped ones.

Eh. It’s nice but the top started falling off mine resulting in a sphere of really icky lip balm that had mooshed…

And Consider Phlebas is in no way the best of Bank’s Culture novels, or even the most action oriented. Just the first. A game set in the Culture might be the thing to finally get me to play through an RPG. Mostly I just want to explore a GSV and talk shit with a Mind and its mates though.

Why the hell is the once venerable BT acting like a patent troll? It’s not like they really need the money. Unless they plan to take down the entire internet and rule the world with these patents, in which case I suppose they do.

Because capitalism says cheap = good?

Arthur’s problem now isn’t so much is wife but his family. Linda is doing a great job helping him get over his PTSD and violent tendencies and substance abuse, but his brothers keep dragging him back in and pretending he’s the problem.

Reads a bit like a sub/dom relationship.

Haven’t I read this story before? On io9 or Paleofuture perhaps? Either way it’s still very amusing.

I agree, but you’re not really disagreeing with the article, or with Watterson. Calvin does stand up for himself, it’s just that in this case he couldn’t win.

Aren’t we all assuming that these are the same people who would have been hiding in the park waiting to flash pre-teens just a few years ago?