I found the first season superb. The characters weren’t as well defined as later on, but some of the plots were amazing and brutal!
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gramie@lemmy.cato Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•The driver for my mouse occupies over 1 gbEnglish6·4 days agoYou skipped over the part where you attempt to plug it in, flip the USB connector attempt again, flip it again, and finally it goes in.
gramie@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Are you learning another language? How far along are you?2·5 days agoCoincidentally, I speak English, French and Japanese, and am learning Spanish (and I learned German and Sesotho in the distant past). I cheated, however all except Spanish were learned at least partially by immersion in places where they speak it.
gramie@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•$440 Charge For A Wheel Scuff Raises Questions About Hertz's AI Rental Car Damage ScannerEnglish5·9 days agoI have had nicks in my windshield due to gravel thrown up by vehicles traveling in the opposite direction.
Without the manufacturer’s drivers, I couldn’t even print a page of text.
It’s a Brother B&W laser with integrated scanner. About 6 years old, so it should be fully supported. We can’t view toner levels or scan from the printer (press a button on the printer to start a scan and have it automatically accepted by the computer. I have installed the separate driver for this functionality, but it isn’t working).
We haven’t yet tried some features like double-sided printing.
I installed Mint on my wife’s computer last week, and we have had problems getting the printer to print, and then to scan. I’ve installed the manufacturer’s driver a couple of times and it seems to do those functions okay, but some features still don’t work.
Following on what you said, it’s also true that for a long time it was difficult for women to get published in the science fiction genre. Many of them relied on male pseudonyms (i.e. Andre Norton, James Tiptree Jr.).
But OP was speaking specifically about fantasy books, and not specifying only bestsellers.
My guess, with no data to back it up, is that both men and women enjoy writing fantasy and science fiction, and many of them are good at it.
But writing science fiction often requires a science background, and historically there are many more men than women who have that. It is certainly becoming more balanced, but the difference is still there.
So women, who generally don’t have as scientific a background, turn to fantasy where they can create their own worlds.
gramie@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•When and why did the US switch to these voting machines that are the subject of ongoing lawsuits and reports of unlawful "updates"?7·24 days agoThere’s also a difference, because our elections typically have only a few races on them. In other words, at the federal level I only vote for the candidates in my writing. Typically four to six options.
In a us election, there can be a ballot containing choices for many different levels, including judges, district attorneys, and so on. Not to mention they might have several referenda on the same ballot too.
I could see that being much more complex on paper, making electronic voting attractive.
gramie@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are you using to play a guitar/instrument while listening to a song, looping, and slowing down the track to learn by ear?5·30 days agoI have started using Tux Guitar. It’s an open source version of Guitar Pro, and can read Guitar Pro files.
gramie@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the best way to learn a new language as an adult?2·30 days agoI second this. It also teaches without using rote memorization. Better than any other books or videos I have ever seen. I have been supporting LT with a monthly donation for several years now.
It’s even better than that. In WordPress, you can select a plug-in from within your WordPress administration, and install it directly. You receive update notifications by email, and can upgrade within the administration panel as well. You don’t have to download and then upload anything.
In both Drupal and WordPress, you can upgrade the site and plugins/modules from CPanel.
I find Drupal just as easy to set up as wordpress. Most shared web hosts have a script to do everything for you, including installing updates. In fact, I find Drupal’s administration more logical and easier to manage. (I may be biased, since I spent 10 years developing Drupal sites.)
The other advantage is that, unlike WordPress, Drupal themes and plugins (the Drupal term is “modules”) are almost all open source and free. I find that WordPress has lots of plugins that give you the basic version for free, but then want to upsell you to a paid version.
gramie@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Food service workers, what's the strangest kitchen request you ever saw someone order?4·1 month agoI know someone who is allergic to garlic. Sometimes I wonder how sad her life must be.
gramie@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internetEnglish11·1 month agoNot only that, but many of his books are freely available epubs with no DRM. You can read them and decide if you like his style before going on to buy the others.
gramie@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internetEnglish1·1 month agodeleted by creator
gramie@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Duolingo CEO tries to walk back AI-first comments, failsEnglish32·1 month agoMy recommendation is Language Transfer, a freely-available system for multiple languages that, in my opinion, helps you to think in another language better than any other system I have tried.
Which Google lens work? And take a picture of each page and feed it to the Google translate engine. It might be the easiest way.