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“She watched me search for seven minutes and forty seconds, then said, “Can I ask you a question?”
I never know how to answer this. Should I go with my first impulse, which is always “no” or just give in to the inevitable? I said, “Is it contract-relevant?”
Big, adolescent human sigh noise. “I just want to understand something.”
I gave in to the inevitable. “Yes.”
― Network Effect
I never know how to answer this. Should I go with my first impulse, which is always “no” or just give in to the inevitable? I said, “Is it contract-relevant?”
Big, adolescent human sigh noise. “I just want to understand something.”
I gave in to the inevitable. “Yes.”
― Network Effect
“I penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nanosyringe."
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”
― Project Hail Mary
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”
― Project Hail Mary
“Amena gave up on the mask and gave me her full attention. “You look angry.”
“That’s just something my face does sometimes.” This is why helmets with opaque face plates are a good idea.
Amena snorted in disbelief. “Yes, when you’re angry.”
― Network Effect
“That’s just something my face does sometimes.” This is why helmets with opaque face plates are a good idea.
Amena snorted in disbelief. “Yes, when you’re angry.”
― Network Effect
“If you suspect that you suck, you will probably suck. This is called the self-fulfilling prophecy. If you suspect you are great, you will probably suck. This is called the Dunning-Kruger effect. There’s an obvious deduction to be made here, but you probably missed it.”
― Science: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness
― Science: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness
“You expect heroes to survive terrible things. If you give them a medal, then you don't ever have to ask why the terrible thing happened in the first place. Or try to fix it.”
― A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
― A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
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