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dexa_scantron@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•I have a Kindle, but it doesn't scroll and I'm a scroller. Anybody got an Android app that scrolls ebooks really well? Preferably open source and able to access the web (where my library resides)?
6·1 year agoThe Kindle app for Android has an option for continuous scroll instead of page turn.
dexa_scantron@lemmy.worldto
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the US Government once released its own video game to inform, educate, and recruit prospective soldiers.English
25·1 year agoI recall they lowered guys out of a helicopter on ropes one year, too. It was hilarious to walk around the floor at E3 and see CoD or whatever guys in their fakey-looking booth bro costumes pass real army guys wearing real uniforms passing out enlistment info and ads for America’s Army. Why pay booth bros when you can just assign some soldiers you’re already paying?
He snaps out of it pretty quickly (and we do laugh at him which does seem to help) but his poor little head!
My 2yo nephew is in the “get mad, bang head on the ground in anger, get madder because now head hurts” phase and I hope he grows out of it soon
Deleted scenes from Eye of Argon?
There’s a great YA book about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Reversed_Himself?wprov=sfla1
This is a plot point in The Accidental Time Machine: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine; the main character
spoiler
jumps forward into the future a bunch of times, longer jumps each time, and hits a time where the human population is almost gone, and they’re like “yeah, the fucking time travelers keep showing up and bringing old diseases”:::
dexa_scantron@lemmy.worldto
Games@sh.itjust.works•"There is a lot more design to explore within Balatro" an interview with LocalthunkEnglish
10·2 years agoIt’s such a great game! The unlocks are paced really well, it always feels like you’re accomplishing something.
dexa_scantron@lemmy.worldto
Science Fiction@lemmy.world•Humble Book Bundle: The Cory Doctorow Novel Collection by Tor Books
6·2 years agoThanks for posting this! I didn’t know about it and was just about to buy The Lost Cause.
dexa_scantron@lemmy.worldto
Science Fiction@lemmy.world•Everything We Know About 'Murderbot' TV Series (So Far) | The Mary Sue
16·2 years agoIt’s a tough role to cast, since the books never describe what Murderbot looks like at all, beyond “has a face” and “has short hair but no body hair” and “some organic parts on arms but not on legs”. And Murderbot can pass as human if someone doesn’t know what SecUnits look like. No indication of height, build, complexion, features, nothing. So anyone they cast is going to look wrong to a bunch of readers because their mental pictures can vary so widely.
Mine is somewhere between Gwendolyn Christie and Robocop. But I like Alexander Skarsgard and I’ll definitely watch this. He has a good “I am 100% done with everyone’s nonsense” expression, which is vital.
dexa_scantron@lemmy.worldto
Science Fiction@lemmy.world•Everything We Know About 'Murderbot' TV Series (So Far) | The Mary Sue
11·2 years agoMe too, but the stupid humans keep doing stupid stuff.
dexa_scantron@lemmy.worldto
Science Fiction@lemmy.world•Everything We Know About 'Murderbot' TV Series (So Far) | The Mary Sue
321·2 years agoThe article said 3 times that Murderbot is an android; Murderbot is not an android, it’s a cyborg or construct (with both organic and inorganic parts). Geez.
Or unwrapped them at parties to see what was inside.




Yes, I only respect journalists who never update their opinions or recommendations given new information. Everyone needs to use psychic foresight to determine the best takes and then never ever change them. Meta was always exactly as bad as it is today. /s