This week's Odd Prompts writing challenge at More Odds than Ends was from nother Mike: The skeletons playing in the park were a surprise.My first thought was yet another segment of "NPC's" -- Toni's called in some markers and is getting some help from the hacker community to get Sierra free of the Harness, enable her to escape her overbearing
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JAFAX is a smaller convention, so we have to adjust our expectations accordingly. However, in previous years, it's been a cheerfully busy convention and we've always been able to make a profit, if only a small one
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That's how long the Starliner spacecraft is rated to remain at the ISS. This could pose a problem if the issues with its propulsion systems haven't been resolved by that point
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After several weeks at home, we're in Grand Rapids for JAFAX, an anime convention at DeVox Place. We had to miss last year as a result of a scheduling conflict.
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will be extending its stay at the ISS while the engineers figure out what exactly is going on with its technical problems and what risks they pose for re-entry
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Many of us are aware of the problems related to the use of enslaved labor (typically victims of human trafficking, although there is at least some traditional chattel slavery) in the production of such imported foods as coffee and chocolate. But did you know that a substantial portion of wigs and false eyelashes made with real human hair are
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This week's Odd Prompts writing challenge at More Odds than Ends was from Fiona Grey: The eventual consequences of an offloaded cognitive burden were so visible it was nearly impossible to believe no one had predicted the outcome.I looked up the concept of offloading cognitive burden (or load), and was surprised that the prompt made it sound like a
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The long-awaited game Space Citizen is still in development, and they've already had to kick 600 cheaters off its system. These players discovered a flaw in the programming that allowed them to sell cargo twice
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