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Theme-shift is a good problem to have, especially when writing an exciting continuation to a great series. I personally am very excited to see what Mars looks like in different dimensions! Thanks, Charlie......
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AndrĂ¡s Salamon commented on
Notes from the coal face
I'm not sure driving in realistic traffic and cutting out all margin for error are compatible. The first time I was in a car driven by a champion racing driver was also the time I realised I was leaving way too little margin for error in my own driving. This person drove like I thought grannies did, with a huge following distance, usually well below the speed limit, never getting upset when people cut into the gap but instead worked to regain it. It was a singularly relaxing drive through rush-hour traffic. By way of explanation, I was told that...
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Charlie Stross commented on
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"Battery parking"? Please explain. (Unfamiliar term.)...
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Charlie Stross commented on
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one of the car's blind spots I used to drive far more aggressively in my early 20s. Then, when I was 25, I sprang a detached retina. But it was a complicated one, held in place by an adhesion of scar tissue, so it was really hard to figure out what was going on. My first warning, in fact, was probably the increasing number of close calls and near misses during my workday commute -- I was doing locum work and driving up to 100 miles a day at the time. When I discovered the cause (it took ages) and...
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Bellinghman commented on
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Google Is Your Friend. In this case, it seems to indicate parking in the Battery neighbourhood of New York, which I'm going to guess is not the meaning Nestor meant. From context, I'd guess parking nose-in between other cars....
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gravelbelly22 commented on
Notes from the coal face
No, we only have trivial numbers of the mid-block lights for pedestrian crossing and the like out here (SF Bay Area, and other parts of the west I drive in regularly) Having just come back from a week's business in SF, I have to say that I found US roads rather badly designed. Those big, wide, four-way junctions would be so much safer as roundabouts... and remove the need for the rather commonplace "U-turn at the four-way junction", or the need to turn right through a red light. Non-reflective signs (mounted well above eye level) don't help. ...meanwhile, the driving...
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