chrono

• chronoDec 30, 2024, 8:39 PM

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  in reply to: CstineSublime’s comment on: Learn to write well BEFORE you have some­thing worth saying

  Thousands of words every single day. But I’m a terrible writer. I’ve tried writing using all sorts of different stylistic devices, and even using Dionysian Imitatio, specifically metathesis exercises. Yet I find it virtually impossible when I have something I need to express, like a request, or an idea about aesthetic theory to convert that into something which is well written.

  Are you dedicating as much time to reading good writing as you are to practicing it?

• chronoJun 30, 2024, 6:27 PM

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  on: My 5-step pro­gram for los­ing weight

  Thanks for the post. I didn’t know about MacroFactor, and it seems like a great alternative to the all-too-popular MyFitnessPal. Do you (or anyone else) have a good recommendation for a food scale? Measuring individual ingredients, like those for a complex salad, for example, seems like a tedious task.

• chronoJun 25, 2024, 4:59 AM

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  in reply to: Stephen Fowler’s comment on: Sci-Fi books micro-reviews

  The two other books in the series (particularly The Dark Forest)

  I found the series to be a slog until about halfway through The Dark Forest, when jura Yhb Wv ragrerq pelbfgnfvf naq jbxr hc gjb uhaqerq lrnef yngre. After that, the series ramped up, and I couldn’t stop reading.

• chronoJun 25, 2024, 4:56 AM

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  in reply to: Richard Horvath’s comment on: Sci-Fi books micro-reviews

  You’re O.K. to read in publication order.

• chronoJun 25, 2024, 4:55 AM

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  on: Sci-Fi books micro-reviews

  This is really two books.

  I’m in the camp that Seveneves is three books: disaster thriller to start, space-based intrigue in the middle, and fantastical science fiction at the end.

• chronoJun 1, 2024, 10:33 PM

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  in reply to: Gordon Seidoh Worley’s comment on: Web-sur­fing tips for strange times

  For the people who live in the terminal, newsboat works well.

• chronoMay 15, 2024, 3:23 PM

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  in reply to: bhauth’s comment on: my note system

  I enjoy using Obsidian for its automatic syncing and intuitive mobile application. I’d happily use the git system outlined in your post if I didn’t jot down as many notes (or reference links saved in files) on my phone as I do now.