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# ? Dec 15, 2020 18:00 |
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# ? Jun 9, 2024 04:59 |
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man even robots be clipping through the floor and t-posing in cyberpunk
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 18:48 |
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Casual Encountess posted:is there any cyberpunk that extensively takes place in non-traditional cyberpunk settings like, paris, the middle east, africa, or other points? ian mcdonald [one of my favorite authors] has a non-series series where he wrote semi-cyberpunk with an occasional weird dash of magical realism and a lot of cultural exploration in various locations, my favorite is the dervish house but river of gods/cyberadad days and brasyl are good too terminal cafe/necroville is a good old school cyber novel too
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 19:49 |
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mediaphage posted:the lights are probably already in reflectors. we see the same thing in ontario with legal cannabis grow operations (although its standard warm white light). it would likely cost more in materials and labour (because you'd want to completely remove obstructions between the plants and sunlight during the day) than you'd ever get back in savings on fewer lights / less power. You rotate strips of material reflective on both sides above the lights. Removal is unnecessary. You'd not get it back on power with the way power's subsidized but it would make them less lovely for the neighbors and wildlife.
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 19:56 |
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you could also argue that roadside picnic is a sort of cyberpunk since it's got the rich/poor dichotomy in a world changed by advanced technology, and it takes place in northern canada
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 19:57 |
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endlessmonotony posted:You rotate strips of material reflective on both sides above the lights. Removal is unnecessary. i understand how venetian blinds work, but there is a non-zero light blocking effect they have even when tilted fully open that these people are not going to want to undertake. instead, you would need to encase the entire structure in a covering of some kind (likely automated blankets or similar fabric) in order to prevent that kind of glow: most of these operations are in completely or mostly transparent buildings.
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 20:03 |
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mediaphage posted:i understand how venetian blinds work, but there is a non-zero light blocking effect they have even when tilted fully open that these people are not going to want to undertake. Why? If both sides are decently reflective and the strips are wide enough, the amount of light lost is minimal.
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 20:04 |
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Casual Encountess posted:is there any cyberpunk that extensively takes place in non-traditional cyberpunk settings like, paris, the middle east, africa, or other points? Most of Paolo Bacigalupi's works fall into my definition of cyberpunk.
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 20:05 |
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dragonshardz posted:Most of Paolo Bacigalupi's works fall into my definition of cyberpunk. i was gonna post his stuff but urban thailand and the deserts of america are pretty traditional cyberpunk settings.
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 20:07 |
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Otherland spends a lot of time in South Africa that’s cyberpunk right??
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 20:26 |
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Kenny Logins posted:smdh if u don’t t-pose when u bust a nut cool sagebrush video
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 20:41 |
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Sagebrush posted:i was gonna post his stuff but urban thailand and the deserts of america are pretty traditional cyberpunk settings. I thought for sure the Shipbreaker books were set in Africa, and remembered one specifically mentioning Nairobi, but they're all three set in the US and mention New Orleans. Oh well.
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:21 |
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lol I have posted 'fashion' tech stuff ITT before but I think this takes the cyber-biscuit https://mdnt45.com/collections/new-collection-aw-21/products/warm-vest-kupu I hate it, but at the same time I am intrigued.
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:31 |
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i mildly wish it was widespread acceptable to wear that because it looks like you could nap anywhere in comfort
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:32 |
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I guess converting a sleeping bag into a hobo vest counts as cyberpunk.
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:41 |
Cyber sleeping bag
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:42 |
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dragonshardz posted:I guess converting a sleeping bag into a hobo vest counts as cyberpunk. the street finds its own uses for things
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:47 |
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Fashion is cool. Why wouldn't you be able to wear that out in public?
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:48 |
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Jonny 290 posted:Fashion is cool. Why wouldn't you be able to wear that out in public? Some people have shame, because they haven't yet realized they've almost survived 2020.
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:50 |
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NoneMoreNegative posted:lol I have posted 'fashion' tech stuff ITT before but I think this takes the cyber-biscuit it's one of those bob vila vests with a popped collar keeps you warm on the jobsite and cool at the club
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:54 |
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big puffy jackets are quintessential cyberpunk
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:54 |
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a classic: https://www.somethingawful.com/comedy-goldmine/fyad-future-timeline/1/
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 21:59 |
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dragonshardz posted:I thought for sure the Shipbreaker books were set in Africa, and remembered one specifically mentioning Nairobi, but they're all three set in the US and mention New Orleans. i was going to say Autonomous was, though it's not strictly cyberpunk (bit of biopunk?), but i think it's just the ai is indentured to the African Federation, then they leave there for the later story. most of the book, I believe, takes place in canada as central North America is a ruined climate due to warming
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 22:07 |
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qirex posted:ian mcdonald [one of my favorite authors] has a non-series series where he wrote semi-cyberpunk with an occasional weird dash of magical realism and a lot of cultural exploration in various locations, my favorite is the dervish house but river of gods/cyberadad days and brasyl are good too I read river of gods years ago, iirc one character is literally trying to steal bill gates' head or something , I didn't know he wrote others and forgot about him as an author, I should look these up! also i think the Chung Kuo novels were cyberpunk in parts but its been maybe 20 years since I read two of them out of sequence, though I started reading them from scratch (though the author seems to have gone back and written like 5 more to pad them out so it's like 20 books now which is efffffooorrrrt) and so far it's some sort of pastoral post apocalypse
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 22:20 |
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Silver Alicorn posted:Otherland spends a lot of time in South Africa I cannot stress enough how disappointing the end of these books was
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 22:24 |
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it was so disappointing I forgot it entirely
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 22:28 |
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Sagebrush posted:i was gonna post his stuff but urban thailand and the deserts of america are pretty traditional cyberpunk settings. yeah like im specifically excluding asia and america in this. i wanna see some cyberfunk neonubian poo poo. see how africa looks in the cyberpunk age or something. edit: i don't know where i'd put cyberpunk india on this
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 22:37 |
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Casual Encountess posted:yeah like im specifically excluding asia and america in this. i wanna see some cyberfunk neonubian poo poo. see how africa looks in the cyberpunk age or something. deus ex 2 I guess, technically
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 22:38 |
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:also i think the Chung Kuo novels were cyberpunk in parts but its been maybe 20 years since I read two of them out of sequence, though I started reading them from scratch (though the author seems to have gone back and written like 5 more to pad them out so it's like 20 books now which is efffffooorrrrt) and so far it's some sort of pastoral post apocalypse
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 22:43 |
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:I cannot stress enough how disappointing the end of these books was I think everyone who read them read the fourth book just knowing it was going to be bad but never really imagining how bad it could be. I can't remember much of anything specific about the story or characters, just that it peaked in book 2, book 3 was bad and book 4 was just the worst. at the time I had a 90 minute each way commute so I was buying books for length mcdonald also wrote chaga/evolution's shore [stupid us-specific naming] which is literally the idea of the southern reach books written decades earlier and takes place in africa
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 22:53 |
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Carthag Tuek posted:When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger takes place in the Middle East. this book, specifically, is pretty good. the sequels are not so much. the second and third book are basically the main character becoming a cop and the quality of writing drops pretty dramatically imo
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 23:28 |
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NoneMoreNegative posted:lol I have posted 'fashion' tech stuff ITT before but I think this takes the cyber-biscuit i want you, NMN, to be the face, the image, nay, the spirit of derelicte
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 23:42 |
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infernal machines posted:this book, specifically, is pretty good. the sequels are not so much. i dont think i actually finished the second book haha
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 23:42 |
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also that vest looks like it would leave your tummy cold
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# ? Dec 15, 2020 23:43 |
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that’s why you put on a smaller vest to wear under the big one
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# ? Dec 16, 2020 00:17 |
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Hobopunk
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# ? Dec 16, 2020 00:38 |
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big square clothes are IN. it'll be all puffy padding and right angles in 2021
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# ? Dec 16, 2020 00:45 |
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# ? Dec 16, 2020 00:50 |
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# ? Dec 16, 2020 00:53 |
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# ? Jun 9, 2024 04:59 |
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NoneMoreNegative posted:lol I have posted 'fashion' tech stuff ITT before but I think this takes the cyber-biscuit finally, a horse blanket for people
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# ? Dec 16, 2020 00:57 |