“We’re the most powerful country in the world for a few more years!” – Homer Simpson

While nothing like Dan Simmons, The Three Body Problem is the only one that has knocked my socks off in the last 10 years. If you want to stick with Simmons I recommend Song of Kali.

I like watching them myself, 10 or 15 minutes to hit all the major plot points of a movie I’m never going to watch anyway.

I quit commenting at that site long ago but still lurk occaisionally in some technical sr’s. It became too mean.

“Everything is coated with a fine layer of shit.” https://yourwildlife.org/2014/07/the-tip-of-the-gutberg-the-worlds-first-map-of-the-patina-of-feces/

Linux. Windows is used for Russian oligarchs.

Since people are expecting windows shortcut keys, I nominate TAB navigation. Hitting tab will cycle the focus through all the buttons and edit boxes. Shift Tab to go backwards.