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    what are you reading today?

    in superculture

    Posted · Edited by jayrock

    Read Into the Wild by Jack Krakauer over the weekend, only because it's a paper copy I borrowed from a friend so I wanted to hurry up and get it back to him. Entertaining enough, but the author seems obsessed with this idiot kid who ventured off into the wild and ended up dying, mostly out of sheer ignorance/arrogance. 

    Finished Technopoly and it was a fairly thought provoking read. Especially since it was written in 1992/93, and the growth of technology and the internet since then has been exponential. Raises many interesting points worth considering, although it may be lacking in viable solutions to combat the described issues. Either way, it invites the reader to take a second look at many otherwise everyday scenarios we take for granted.

    Have made little to no progress on Neuromancer. Reading it is like a chore and I just don't give a shit about any of the characters at all. Seems like the writing style, while done intentionally, takes away from what could otherwise be an interesting story. If this is supposed to be a hallmark of the cyberpunk genre, I think I've had enough already. 

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    what are you reading today?

    in superculture

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    Neuromancer is weird as shit and hard to follow, the writing bounces all over the place and leaves a lot to the imagination. Coffins and cobras like what the fuck is even going on. Barely even into it but we'll see how this goes

    besides that here's what I've finished lately:

    The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek

    On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

    The Rider of Lost Creek by Louis L'Amour

     

    Currently working on:

    Technopoly by Neil Postman (about half way through)

    Austerity by Mark Blyth (only about 1/4 way)

     

    gave up on:

    How To Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams - just a little too self-helpy and I keep trying to power through but I've lost interest

    Will probably try to incorporate some more fiction as I bounce back and forth between the non-fictional stuff. Gonna stick with Neuromancer for now, but it hasn't really grabbed my attention yet, too busy trying to wade through all the sci-fi mumbo jumbo

    have also come to the realization that paper books are superior to kindle. Personal preference obviously, but there's just something about leafing through actual pages that adds to the overall experience

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    video games ruined my life

    in superculture

    Posted · Edited by jayrock

    been playing a ton of GTA5 lately once again. That SecuroServ vehicle thieving is pretty lucrative when compared to other big money makers like heists. you can make like $100k a pop stealing and selling good cars, and not that shit that Simeon is constantly asking for. plus you don't have to do all this ridiculously tedious setup and missions like the heists. steal a car, sell a car -- quick and simple. not that it matters, since i'm sitting on $32 million, but if you need a bankroll stealing and selling high class vehicles is a pretty quick money maker

    that said, the cost to admission for SecuroServ is pretty steep. had to spend like $8 million just to get the office, garage, and all that shit

     

    also ending up getting the CoD at a discounted rate from holiday gift cards. still have only played the zombies, haven't even touched single player or multiplayer online. oh well, fun enough. hopefully they don't charge too much when/if new zombie levels are released

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    video games ruined my life

    in superculture

    Posted · Edited by jayrock

    Wish you could buy the CoD Zombies levels separately from the rest of the game. I don't care about the multiplayer or campaign modes at all, and I don't wanna shell out $60 for one stinking zombies level on the new Infinite Warfare

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    MacBook.

    in supertech

    Posted · Edited by jayrock

    shit battery, GPU fucks up on a bunch of them, D O N G L E S

     

    installing windows through bootcamp blew out the speakers on a bunch of people until an update was issued (great QA testing)

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    Miscellaneous Musings (Limited Edition)

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    are you even old enough to have been alive when america was great btw not a liberal pls no hate

     

    America was great when liberals actually gave a shit about free speech and individual liberties. now it's all groupthink and baseless insults, demonizing anyone with a differing viewpoint. 

     

     

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