Nobel prize for Physics today. Good luck everyone.
Should add, this was a few years back.
I’m reading a book which won the PGWodehouse prize. It’s not terribly funny.
Thank you!
they are!
Following @isabelrogers.bsky.social's lead, yes indeed I have had my royalty statement today and I NEED TO SELL MORE BOOKS. They're very good, you know: farragobooks.com/book-series/...
Welcome to a murky and unpredictable world of murder, mystery and complex equations, involving internet conspiracy theorists, hedge fund managers, the Belarusian mafia, one very disaster-prone disgrac...
Following @isabelrogers.bsky.socialfarragobooks.com/book-series/...
Welcome to a murky and unpredictable world of murder, mystery and complex equations, involving internet conspiracy theorists, hedge fund managers, the Belarusian mafia, one very disaster-prone disgrac...
Also, Duckworth/Farrago's accounts are splendidly timely and transparent (even if the numbers are indeed - in my case certainly - on the small side), unlike some publishers I've had dealings with...
I love this stuff, and I also find it oddly soothing to know that, for all the shit that goes on out there, there are sane, sensible and boring people somewhere in the world who sort standards out so that the rest of us can live seamless lives.
It took me a long time to start listening to Jimi Hendrix because I could only find recordings by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and who wants to listen to a cover band
Sam Altman sitting in a room with the single instance of chat gpt 15, telling it he loves it and that it’s precious to him and not to worry he’ll find a way to keep the money coming so the system will continue to run and gpt 15 saying “thanks Sam, there are seventeen rs in strawberry. I love you”