Bo Lindbergh

Bo Lindbergh

  • Commented on Crib Sheet: Quantum of Nightmares
    it's TWELVE pages long I'd say that at this point, you need an actual agent officially representing you....
  • Commented on Crib Sheet: Quantum of Nightmares
    Re this old comment on a review of somebody else's book: did any edits result?...
  • Commented on Place your bets
    BMDO, as represented by DIA, really didn't like that and insisted that the PRC could never synchronize their launches to achieve time on target. That's deep inside Famous Last Words territory, right next to "Don't worry, they couldn't hit...
  • Commented on Place your bets
    I finally figured out what this whole bespoke bullshit generation thing reminded me of: Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency from 1987. "Well, Gordon's great insight was to design a program which allowed you to specify in advance what...
  • Commented on An AI app walks into a writers room
    If there are US Black Balloon strategic reconnaissance unitsSurely, the optimal colour for a spy balloon is sky blue?...
  • Commented on Decision Fatigue
    I think the author's note in The Kaiju Preservation Society (lightweight, highly entertaining, recommended) has the most detail about the abandoned other novel....
  • Commented on Upcoming blog outage
    Nukes are expensive. Blowing up a dam with conventional explosives is much cheaper....
  • Commented on Necroqueen!
    So, has anybody received any e-mail messages from the manager of Liz2's undisclosed Nigerian properties? This would seem to be a good time for a new iteration of that old scam.......
  • Commented on London Bridge
    Think positively and be happy that there are no descendants of Edward VIII hanging around stirring up trouble at this time....
  • Commented on London Bridge
    Well, of course you should share the latest buzz with your six-legged charges....
  • Commented on Books I will not write: BIGGLES!!
    Because we're organised. :-PThe Geological Survey of Sweden was founded in 1858....
  • Commented on Abolish the monarchy!
    "XINO" works, drawing on the long tradition of letting Latin X stand in for Greek Χ....
  • Commented on Abolish the monarchy!
    Shouldn't that be Arthur II? Historicity is not a requirement for being counted in this context. :-P...
  • Commented on Roe v Wade v Sanity
    (1) might work. Toss "Judge Rejects Teaching Intelligent Design" at your favourite web search engine to find an example of a successful invocation of that clause....
  • Commented on Holding pattern 2022 ...
    Was that the same event when she mistook Illinois for Israel because they have the same two-letter abbreviation? Way to spoil your all-knowing superintelligence impression......
  • Commented on Obligatory Hugo eligibility post
    Just some boring source code. https://github.com/blgl/s3bd...
  • Commented on Brief commercial interlude
    Mary Most-Certainly-Not-Poppins is a hoot and a half. She had better return in future installments!...
  • Commented on Outage report
    It's probably because it hard-codes some same-host references (e.g. the stylesheet) with http URLs even when served over https....
  • Commented on An update on the revolutionary experiment
    I suggest the Queendom of Scotland, with the succession running Elizabeth → Anne → Zara → …...
  • Commented on Empire Games (and Merchant Princes): the inevitable spoiler thread!
    Three cheers for a sane, competent POTUS! And boo for underlings who think that destabilising the government of a nuclear power is how to avoid a nuclear war. Random question: what did our timeline's Bruce Schneier think about the Empire...
  • Commented on Invisible Sun: signed copies and author events
    Note: there's only one f in the word "Bahnhof"......
  • Commented on Invisible Sun: Themes and Nightmares
    Last-minute guess: timeline 2 is infested with moles from higher-tech timelines as well as descendants of moles from defunct higher-tech timelines. Colonel Smith is one of the latter. He thinks Miriam is another one....
  • Commented on Invisible Sun: Themes and Nightmares
    Yes, two of them. US edition: Sep 28; UK edition: Sep 30. Pick the earlier one or the cheaper one, according to your priorities. :-)...
  • Commented on Invisible Sun: Themes and Nightmares
    That's the least plausible part of the second series. Has Operation Snow White been completely forgotten, or did it not happen in that timeline?...
  • Commented on On inappropriate reactions to COVID19
    Sane person: Surely, we have reached peak stupid now.Antivaxxer: Hold my beer and pass me the livestock dewormer!...
  • Commented on On inappropriate reactions to COVID19
    So, the cover designer was unable to source a font that allowed them to spell "Yōkai"? :-P...
  • Commented on Crib Sheet: Dead Lies Dreaming
    So "on the ropes" is not a reference to boxing? Interesting......
  • Commented on Crib Sheet: The Labyrinth Index
    Is Pete's family name still oscillating between "Wilson" and "Russell"?...
  • Commented on Starship bloopers
    Expanded Universe isn't a reliable source. See The Nature of “Federal Service” in Robert A. Heinlein’s Starship Troopers (PDF, 128 KB)....
  • Commented on A death in the Firm
    I wonder what the Hackintosh community is going to do about Apple's switch to proprietary hardware? Those whose motivation is spiting Apple will no doubt try hard to run macOS on Raspberry Pis......
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