Zach Weinersmith

Part 1/3 of a 7-panel SMBC comic where a protagonist returns to his village after a hero's journey, now in possession of the wisdom and fortitude to "tell all of you how to live!" Villagers meet the protagonist's enthusiasm with dismissive anger. The protagonist ends up at the tavern speaking to a woman that seems related to him, and she asks how the job search is going after he tells her the tale of how he defeated a dragon that embodied pride.

Part 2/3 of a 7-panel SMBC comic where a protagonist returns to his village after a hero's journey, now in possession of the wisdom and fortitude to "tell all of you how to live!" Villagers meet the protagonist's enthusiasm with dismissive anger. The protagonist ends up at the tavern speaking to a woman that seems related to him, and she asks how the job search is going after he tells her the tale of how he defeated a dragon that embodied pride.

Part 3/3 of a 7-panel SMBC comic where a protagonist returns to his village after a hero's journey, now in possession of the wisdom and fortitude to "tell all of you how to live!" Villagers meet the protagonist's enthusiasm with dismissive anger. The protagonist ends up at the tavern speaking to a woman that seems related to him, and she asks how the job search is going after he tells her the tale of how he defeated a dragon that embodied pride.

I really regret all that stuff I did to the antagonist now.

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Right. And like, if this is somehow not a bubble, you'd expect... the exact same thing? Just doesn't seem to provide new information?

To prove it's not a bubble, would you want to see revenue zooming at the actual providers of services to end users? Or an increase in labor productivity attributable to AI?

What am I missing?

(hot takes allowed, thought takes preferred)

I kinda don't understand why nvidia earnings matter one way or the other for whether there's an AI bubble? Like, whether you have a tulip bubble or a sustainable uptick in tulip sales, people selling potting soil are doing well.

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Speaking of the very first comic strip, here is the original artwork. For the first few years the comic was draw in pencil, inked with Micron pens and then scanned and colored on the computer.

Lukewarm take:

I don't care for full-cast audiobooks. Ironically, it breaks the immersion, and sense of having your inner monologue occupied.

1-panel SMBC comic update - Two people are talking while seated at computers. One of them says : "Wait! Look, if we change our hypothesis a little, run this other model, and then make a few tweaks to the variables... BAM! No need to publish. The weekend if free." A caption below the panel reads as follows : "New scientific trend: reverse p-hacking. P-hacking is the practice of manipulating data until a statistically significant result is found, here they are doing the opposite to avoid work.

There's got to be SOME hypothesis that makes our experiment useless. THINK!

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Read an author who said the British vice is sadomasochism, and then in a book on British kid culture I find this

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3-panel SMBC comic update - in the first panel, a man screams "Everyone! Fire! Do panic! Make sure to panic! PANIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!" The second shows people panicking in response, leading to the character in the first panel to react with a slightly puzzled face saying "woops" as the fire spreads. A caption at the bottom of the comic reads : "Finding: you can't get people to calmly exit a building via reverse psychology."

Do what I want, not what I said.

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YUP

Thinking about this because I read a (funny) comic about how traveling with kids is not as fun as doing it without kids. And yeah, it's not as fun in a certain sense. But it's also often magical, or hilarious, or it gives you that feeling of hovering over huge sweeps of time. Hard to capture.

I think outside-looking-in media CAN capture family life in this way, but it's REALLY hard in media that are less intimate.

But the best moments of being a parent, e.g. having a banal chat while walking your kid from the bus, or watching a child chase falling leaves, or reading together, etc. are really only capturable in a book, because you're inherently on the inside, rather than looking from the outside.

Like, a lot of what's fun about being single (going out, dressing cool, neat living space) is easy to show visually, as is a lot of what's bad about being a parent (being up late, diapers, screaming).

Offhand thought: I wonder if the transition from books/letters/conversations to mass media/radio/screens/internet affected family life perceptions, because the latter is much better at conveying what's nice about family life, in a way that's hard to capture on screens?

Can we engineer the sun?

Daniel and Kelly exercise their optimism and explore engineering solutions to the Sun's projected overheating and demise.

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There's also a dash of Agatha Christie, but I will say no more, lest the secret ending be ruined.

I only talk about this sort of stuff deep in a thread, because I'm not sure it's good sales tactics, but let's keep it between you and I, OK?

The Wodehouseness is embodied in an intricate plot, Edwardian innocence, lots of wordplay, and use of extended and idiotic first-person musings by the main character.

The P&P aspect is in the presentation of adults as profoundly damaged, obsessed with status, ever fussing over minor matters.

Btw, now that we're earnestly promoting the new book, I can say the real truth, which is that it's trying to be a mashup/style homage, mostly to two sources: PG Wodehouse, greatest Anglophone comedy writer ever, and The Adventures of Pete and Pete, best kids TV show ever.

Hey geeks! If you don't want to buy my new book from one of the big corporations, it is available on Bookshop.org, currently at a slight discount: bookshop.org/p/books/sawy...

Fabrice, as soon as we restore the Facebook page, you will be the first invited.

I’ll check and see what’s up.

Sorry! I'm afraid I don't have a good solution for you other than looking on the used book market. We've got a ton of requests, but no UK publisher would pick up the book.

icymi, we have a new book on pre-order!

You and me both, but I believe in working with people I disagree with, when we share a cause. Also Bryan really gets comics which is non trivial!

comic from SMBC.com comparing fascism and patriotism

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/an-imp...

Addendum: I know about mobile games and stuff, but from what I've read slots and addiction to slots are still quite common! Though maybe it's generational?