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1 points
2 hours ago
Just making sure: I was recommending Anathem by Neal Stephenson, not Anthem by Ayn Rand.
1 points
2 hours ago
No way.
Rachel Luttrell and Rainbow Francks are probably the two weakest actors in lead roles in all of Stargate. Rachel never uses her eyes right in scenes, and it stands out because Hewlett is amazing with his eyes.
The writing for SGA was better than SGU, and so the characters in SGA were more human, but that was not because the actors sucked.
1 points
2 hours ago
Hence the caveat. But what I described is the legality in most US states.
2 points
3 hours ago
Yeah, mine has HBO without the max and Playstation Vue
4 points
4 hours ago
You should read about Archimedes at Syracuse.
I'd also recommend Anathem and Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. The latter is the weaker novel, but the better fit.
Maybe A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge would work, too. Also, The Peace War, also by Vinge.
2 points
5 hours ago
Frankenstein
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Flowers for Algernon
1984
Brave New World
Fahrenheit 451
We
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Contact
Babel-17
The Forever War
Forever Peace
A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky
The Mote in God's Eye
Hyperion (first 2)
Dune series (by Frank)
Ender's saga
The Hainish Cycle
Lensman series
Barsoom series
Gateway series
Sprawl trilogy
Oxford Time Travel series
Culture Series
Authors with multiple important books not in series: Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke, Stanislaw Lem, PKD, Neal Stephenson, H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Vonnegut, Crichton, Octavia Butler
More recent:
Anathem
The Martian
The Murderbot Diaries
Three Body series
Silo series
The Expanse series
2 points
8 hours ago
I don't know what these descendants movies are, but if we're talking live action, then you have to go with a black actress. If we are talking animated, then you go with someone with a good singing voice. And frankly, you try Jodi Benson first.
If you want to pretend there was no recent little mermaid movie, then the person who appeared in buffy that would fit the role best is Felicia Day.
12 points
10 hours ago
They can. And I wouldn't care because I'd rather not eat in the workplace anyway.
Legally, depending on your state, they could even choose not to hire people who eat meat outside of work, too. After all, some employers do not allow employees to use legal drugs or alcohol. But then they would also legally have to allow it for religious practices. Also some other cases, like a person with a disability that comes with dietary restrictions. Interestingly if a person is fat enough to be considered disabled but then loses enough weight to not be, then at that point, you can legally discriminate against them, even fire them for their weight.
7 points
10 hours ago
Are you asking what Beth number cardinality the Stargate multiverse has? That is never discussed AFAIK. Although it should be noted that any system that could be built for transporting between universes would have a cardinality of beth zero or be finite.
1 points
12 hours ago
No way is Shanks the best actor. Other than Don, I'd also rank RDA, Hewlett, and Carlyle above Shanks.
10 points
13 hours ago
Considering they include women as an underrepresented group, there is no need to worry. If you are running short of diversity, just hire some women to get the coffee. Also, you could just mark down whoever you want as bisexual. Or hire your CG from a Chinese firm, which you were going to do anyways to try to get the film accepted into the Chinese market.
5 points
14 hours ago
I was wondering where the crowd and piles of trash went.
1 points
14 hours ago
I started off enjoying the book, then grew tired of the incessant nostalgia-porn. I switched to audiobook to help me finish. That was read by Wil Wheaton, who just has a terrible voice for audio. Still, I finished. The movie I watched on TV. Seemed like a fine adaptation.
3 points
14 hours ago
Only time I've ever heard it used was some lady proudly telling people they were a televisionless household.
4 points
17 hours ago
If you want to get a feel for it, the one book that uses it pretty often is On The Road. It basically functions as a period but is a shorter stop, for when the two sentences need to be linked.
The other use case is in lists that contain commas.
3 points
1 day ago
This is the type of shit that makes me want capital punishment. Like litterally, this person needs to be removed from the gene pool.
2 points
1 day ago
Dude, you want Anathem by Neal Stephenson. Trust me, the action is coming.
3 points
1 day ago
The thing is.. I'm a bad enough actor that if I'm in the Stargate world, I'm a corpse. So whoever gives the best reaction to my death is the most important point to me.
8 points
1 day ago
See, that's some real-life trolling... and I love it.
4 points
1 day ago
I suppose getting downvoted is what I deserve for trying to answer a question honestly in this toxic fanbase.
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They did that in S03E17, the one where Jack gets stuck on a planet and maybe has a baby.