An archaeological team from the Lyobaa project has confirmed the existence of a vast Zapotec underground complex in their study to explore the underground world of the Mitla archaeological site.
When fire restrictions are in place for an area, are you still able to use a camp stove? Like, say I whipped out a camp table and put my butane stove on it and wanted to cook. Would that be permissable even if fires or charcoal grills aren’t?...
As a writer, I’m very much a, “Always go to the source. No, not the how-to-write book. Actually go open up a novel you love/hate/whatever and LOOK in it” person....
It’s helpful! I’m going to add some bricks to your wall.
This is all from experimental, I don’t play stable.
In early game before you have a working vehicle with recharger, I tend to look for and use e-ink readers instead of smartphones when I want to save books to something, simply because I can renew the battery easier. I usually keep my e-ink reader on me, and periodically back up my books to my smartphone.
You have to take your smartphone out of its case for it to recharge in a vehicle recharger.
In early game, a mace makes a damn good weapon and is easy to craft. You need 1 or 2 pipe fittings, and a pipe. You can get these often by smashing fences and sinks. Other things, too.
Melee weapons early game can sometimes be safer than guns because they don’t make noise that pulls packs of zombies to you, and they don’t have bullets so you don’t run out of zombie-hurtie mid-fight. You can attract the attention of one zombie, run off, and kill it in a secluded spot. That said, because it is melee, find a source of antiseptic to treat wounds. (Bathrooms.)
Electric blankets give a lot of heating elements when dissassembled. I was going around snagging hair dryers and taking apart stoves when I should have been hunting for blankets all along.
A hacksaw can quitely remove bars over the goodies area of hunting lodges, or of gun stores. I often find this easier and less risky than lockpicking early game (esp. before I’ve had a chance to raise lockpicking)
Hacksaws are a bit harder to find in experimental than they used to be, but the battery-powered saws (there’s a few different types) can do the same task. (I tend to run into a block with vehicle construction if I don’t have something with fine metal sawing)
A few different buildings have solar panels on the roof. The evac shelter reliably has one, but in experimental I’ve noticed a few other buildings have started to have solar panels up top too. So check the roofs of buildings if you want more panels and aren’t finding solar cars.
Roofs also sometimes have large water purifiers…but I have not yet verified if you can actually set one of these up on the grid of a house or a vehicle. If you can though, it’ll make clean water trivial to get.
Re: Wind turbines…do you know if it’s possible to hook into the big ones that are auto-generated on the map? Or are they basically decorative? And is the only way to get base turbines by constructing them yourself, or do they exist somewhere to grab?
A friend got me Frank Hyman’s How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying, which I like alot because it has some nice clear photos and it’s small enough to pack in my bag easily....
I’ve always been appreciative of books that know the worth of comfort. And you’re right, that’s unusual in SFF. I’ve added it to my Goodreads list to read. :)
Welp, this lemmy thing seems to be taking off a bit, so I wanted to open up a discussion on where you all think the community should go. I personally enjoy the freeform discussion / catch-all nature of the community for any and all car enthusiast-related things. Comms for specific models, subtypes of vehicle, etc can be their...
How do you plan to deal with “how do I fix…” and “what car should I buy?” threads?
Mostly asking because I ended up here as I might be buying a vehicle in the future. Not because I just simply love cars a lot. And my needs are waaay different than those of a general car enthusist with money to spend. Then I realized I’m probably not the only one who’s gonna pop up here with such questions.
So I imagine you have to think of a way to deal with, heh, drive-by posters like me in the future. Maybe.
Edit: I don’t actually need an answer to these questions. I’m just putting them here for you to ponder.
Yeah, they’re basically killing themselves with those prices.
I’m suspending judgement on if I’ll see it in the theater until I see another trailer or two. I liked how this one ended, but I think I want a bit more persuasion. Esp. as the second Dune comes out around roughly in the same time period.
If I can respond to my own post…after a few more watches of the trailer…
From a “mythology” or at least “reference” POV, I think it’s interesting the kid is a little girl but gives heavy Dalai Lama (Dal-A.I.?) vibes. (It kicks a bit of patriarchy over too, as IRL the Dalai Lama isn’t ever a girl, and as I understand it there’s still quite a bit of sexism when you compare how Buddhist nuns are treated compared to Buddhist monks.)
Clearly the movie is going to explore some religious themes, and not just the abrahamic religions. Obviously, AI in this universe knows it had a creator, in contrast to humans that never truly “know”. And in the opening the main guy talks about heaven and hell, and the kid later talks about it too.
The kid looks like some attempt to do some sci-fi twist on religion and reincarnation. Like, maybe the AIs went kind of Buddhist and the kid is an attempt to reincarnate and seek redemption? Like, they know they’re not good, not going to heaven, so they’re trying to find enlightenment via the other religions?
Are we going to see the main character lose his child–then have her reincarnated as a robo-Buddhist nun?
I’m actually getting MUCH more excited about this movie as I put together the themes. I just think the initial trailer focused too much on semi-generic action, when I’d find comparative religion in a sci-fi setting much more interesting.
If I can respond to my own post…after a few more watches of the trailer…
From a “mythology” or at least “reference” POV, I think it’s interesting the kid is a little girl but gives heavy Dalai Lama (Dal-A.I.?) vibes. (It kicks a bit of patriarchy over too, as IRL the Dalai Lama isn’t ever a girl, and as I understand it there’s still quite a bit of sexism when you compare how Buddhist nuns are treated compared to Buddhist monks.)
Clearly the movie is going to explore some religious themes, and not just the abrahamic religions. Obviously, AI in this universe knows it had a creator, in contrast to humans that never truly “know”. And in the opening the main guy talks about heaven and hell, and the kid later talks about it too.
The kid looks like some attempt to do some sci-fi twist on religion and reincarnation. Like, maybe the AIs went kind of Buddhist and the kid is an attempt to reincarnate and seek redemption? Like, they know they’re not good, not going to heaven, so they’re trying to find enlightenment via the other religions?
Are we going to see the main character lose his child–then have her reincarnated as a robo-Buddhist nun?
I’m actually getting MUCH more excited about this movie as I put together the themes. I just think the initial trailer focused too much on semi-generic action, when I’d find comparative religion in a sci-fi setting much more interesting.
I stepped away for like...a year? So recently just got back in, and started to relearn things.
I prefer single-player play and I found the second boss to be a bit difficult for me to solo (even after watching vids), so I haven't gotten far into things that require me to mine resources in more dangerous areas.
Is it more “songs sci-fi fans like”, or songs that ARE sci-fi?
I’ve always had a hard time saying a song itself is sci-fi. I more associate certain songs with “a sense of wonder” that SFF also provokes? While the song genre itself may or may not be “electronic” or “techno” or whatever?
Anyway–this one has long been a favorite for me when it comes to provoking a sense of wonder: Dreaming - BT
I love Neal Asher's books, found him a long time ago in one of those "year's best" collections of short stories from the library (though the ones with fantasy and horror were always the best, I think I read every single collection for every year and found so many good writers that way.)...
Publishing order is best with any series, barring Discworld. Authors learn more about their series as they write them, and going out of order as a reader sometimes gives you answers to mysteries before you were ever introduced to a mystery.
Discworld is the one exception for me because early Pratchett is much weaker, and he bashes one of my OTHER favorite authors which makes me frowny. And he has coherant sub-series with their own little casts of characters and it’s easy to jump in with those. (I started with Guards! Guards! and the Night Watch and went forward/backwards from there.)
Everything else though I read publish order, though.
Yeah, KSBD really is done in the old-school webcomic way. You really need a browser, there’s so much detail. Or to buy the books–they are sold in stores, but obviously don’t have the weekly update. Abbadon is on the last book though, so after that the entire series will be in print.
::: spoiler Logline La’An travels back in time to twenty-first-century Earth to prevent an attack which will alter humanity’s future history—and bring her face to face with her own contentious legacy. :::...
They could have just had Pelia push a secret button to reveal her stash of alien tech, and that probably would have been fine. Instead they show her as this woman who’s very smart and obviously immortal but otherwise…just a person living through history, which is so much better. Imagining the 250 years between the present and when she’s one of the most famous engineers in the fleet is fun.
It’s not just fun–but it speaks to a different demographic than most shows speak to.
It’s telling older women that it’s not too late to change and grow and learn. Here she is, obviously having already lived a long life–but then we learn she hasn’t ALWAYS been an engineer from the start. She did not begin as someone obviously fascinated by science.
She realized later in life. And then she was able to SUCCESSFULLY pursue her career and become an expert. Just because she wasn’t a child prodigy didn’t mean she couldn’t learn and grow. There’s SO many stories focusing on people who have things 100% right immediately out of the gate. Top grades in school, top performance at work, accolades, reccomendations from the time they were teens.
But this story is of an ordinary eccentric retail worker…who goes back to hit the books and succeeds with her change.
This lesson will go over 75% people’s heads…but in true Star Trek fashion, even if it elludes many, it’ll hit home with the demographic it’s meant to talk to. Older women who feel like they’re too old to change. That they shouldn’t even try. It’s talking to THEM like so many other characters in Star Trek talk to other overlooked people.
And that makes this detail–one out of many in this excellent episode–top Star Trek.
Star Trek fandom is OLD. And a lot of the old fans go back to the BBS and email list days. They’ve/we’ve weathered plenty of technology changes.
This is in fact the one sub I am NOT surprised is so active. It’s one part Old Fandom, and one part the new shows coming out being pretty good, making the fandom alive and kicking instead of moribund and dead.
I ended up liking this a lot. For one, I’m glad Pelia really is a part of the cast now because I LOVED her introduction and was fearful she’d be a one-and-done character.
But secondly, in the past all I could see with La’an was (as someone else said) “a budget Camina Drummer”. And I love Drummer, but seeing almost!Drummer every time La’an was on screen was so fricking weird.
I think this episode gave La’an some of the development she needed so I wasn’t seeing almost!Drummer all the time.
(And for those who don’t know Drummer is…go watch The Expanse. It’s as if the new (is it still considered new?) Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek had a baby. One part grittier sci-fi universe, one part wonderful character/crew exploration.)
The Creator - Teaser Trailer (sci-fi movie) (www.youtube.com)
Archaeologists may have found Lyobaa, the Zapotec Land of the Dead (arkeonews.net)
An archaeological team from the Lyobaa project has confirmed the existence of a vast Zapotec underground complex in their study to explore the underground world of the Mitla archaeological site.
Question about fire restirctions and camp stoves
When fire restrictions are in place for an area, are you still able to use a camp stove? Like, say I whipped out a camp table and put my butane stove on it and wanted to cook. Would that be permissable even if fires or charcoal grills aren’t?...
What is one thing you learned about writing from one specific book in your genre? And what book did you learn it from?
As a writer, I’m very much a, “Always go to the source. No, not the how-to-write book. Actually go open up a novel you love/hate/whatever and LOOK in it” person....
General Tips and Tricks Post
Making a post to display general hints and tips, feel free to add...
Do any of you have book recs for mushroom foraging books?
A friend got me Frank Hyman’s How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying, which I like alot because it has some nice clear photos and it’s small enough to pack in my bag easily....
Any "everyday" youtube vandwellers you follow?
I follow a few non-glam “everyday” vandwellers, but I was wondering if you guys knew of any more....
What is your favorite SFF book published in the last 5 years?
This is open to indie too–there’s a lot more great indie work out there than people talk about....
[Meta] Where should we go from here? (lemmy.world)
Welp, this lemmy thing seems to be taking off a bit, so I wanted to open up a discussion on where you all think the community should go. I personally enjoy the freeform discussion / catch-all nature of the community for any and all car enthusiast-related things. Comms for specific models, subtypes of vehicle, etc can be their...
Valheim plans
It’s nice to see valheim on Lemmy but it’s kinda quiet here at the moment so I thought I’d ask what you’re next planning to do in valheim?...
Scifi Music Thread - Go!
Let's get a '/m/scifi' playlist going - what are your top five songs? Bonus points for deep cuts that slap.
Space Opera?
I love Neal Asher's books, found him a long time ago in one of those "year's best" collections of short stories from the library (though the ones with fantasy and horror were always the best, I think I read every single collection for every year and found so many good writers that way.)...
Comics
Since there's a Manga thread, what other comics do you like?...
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x03 "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
::: spoiler Logline La’An travels back in time to twenty-first-century Earth to prevent an attack which will alter humanity’s future history—and bring her face to face with her own contentious legacy. :::...
How do you report a procedurally named planet? (lemmy.world)