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#21

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - Today at 05:16:44 AM

I read neuromancer not too long ago. Maybe a decade.
The most aged factor that stood out to me was the classic cyberpunk Japanese dominance thing.

A lot of cyberpunk stuff with their view of the net as this wild West land of chaos felt very outdated 10-20 years ago but it's swinging back to relevancy now.

One in the genre I really loved was the diamond age. Again a bit dated in views of China. If written today I would think they would have the US in china's role. But otherwise quite spot on.

I've had snow crash on my ereader ready to go for a whe now but just can't get in reading mode.

#22

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Tamas - Today at 05:15:29 AM

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/05/police-to-get-new-powers-to-crack-down-on-repeated-protests-says-home-office

This is going to be very useful for the Farage and then the Tommy Robinson governmens.

#23

Off the Record / Re: Acts of Terrorism megathre...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 04:48:22 AM

Seems the inevitable backlash is kicking off. Sigh.
Amazing how some people let terrorists win.

BBC News - Mosque fire being treated as arson and hate crime
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2dglp43xmo

#24

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Tamas - Today at 04:42:38 AM

Will it feel too aged if I read it for the first time now?

Feels like the world is going toward mega corps buying and selling heads of state and governments, might as well study up for it.

#25

Gaming HQ / Re: PSA: Game Discounts

Last post by Syt - Today at 04:07:59 AM

I picked up the Warhammer Fantasy bundle.

#26

Off the Record / Re: The Non-P** and I** Thread...

Last post by celedhring - Today at 03:22:48 AM

I'll guiltily admit I don't consume any kind of offline media nowadays - besides books.

I used to get the local sports newspaper on mondays and the day after a CL game - unless Barça lost    But not even that nowadays - part of it it's that local sports media has been thoroughly enshittified. I get better coverage from somebody like Sid Lowe

I have a couple of subscriptions to online "traditional" newspapers (WaPo, a local Catalan newspaper) and that's about it.

#27

Off the Record / Re: The Non-P** and I** Thread...

Last post by Sophie Scholl - Today at 03:18:42 AM

I currently only have a single magazine subscription: Archaeology. I also had National Geographic: History for a while, but it felt like the two overlapped a lot within a few months. I've considered getting a sub subscription to White Dwarf to feed my Warhammer fix, but haven't yet.

I don't really watch any tv, movies, or shows anymore. I hope to turn that around soon as regards movies and shows at least, as I have a massive backlog to work through. The one thing I regularly watch is Cleveland Guardians games for MLB and Ottawa Charge for PWHL.

I don't subscribe to a newspaper, but I'll check in on the local, back home, and Buffalo and ROchester papers/news channels on their Facebook and Insta pages to keep a vague feel for what is going on. I dig through a fair amount of news and what not on Bluesky and the like along with viewing the AP News site almost daily.

#28

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by celedhring - Today at 03:01:33 AM

I love Neuromancer, I think Gibson is both a visionary futurist and actually writes good literary prose, a somehow rare gift among sci-fi authors 

#29

Off the Record / Re: The Non-P** and I** Thread...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 02:14:47 AM

Not had any since the 2000s. Even then paid for by my mam. And I don't think they were often proper subscriptions. More ask the local newsagent to keep one for me or even buy it every so often.
At various times I recieved

-a multi format games magazine with a clearly young target audience
-white dwarf. Games workshops mag.
-a guitar magazine
-NME. This one I think was my own money.

My parents also got the Daily Mirror for many many years, until after I'd left home for the first time I think. So I grew up with working class news sans boobs.

I do occasionally see stuff on substack I'd like to read but can't.... Haven't pulled the trigger yet though.

#30

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - Today at 02:05:23 AM

I've gotten stuck in a kick of reading scp foundation entries.
It's like tv tropes. Keeps leading to a rabbit hole of new tabs.