Another cross-poast from my substack: if you enjoy, please consider checking out my other blathering and subscribe at https://danlewis8.substack.com A tale of four economies In 1945, Japan was a na...

**I am NOT the Original Poster. That is** [vbloke](https://www.reddit.com/user/vbloke/)**.** They posted in r/CasualUK Thanks to u/themadwhodatter for the rec! # Do NOT comment on Original Posts. La...

Once upon a time there was a kingdom ruled over by a wise man, whom must owe some lineage to the great oak trees, with thin and narly branches adorned with golden rings and silver braclets, connectlin...

**Warning: Wall of Text Below** ​ **TL:DR** From 8PM on Saturday the 21st of September until 10AM Saturday the 6th of October I flew 46.2 hours on my journey from Helena, Montana to my si...

This one's pretty long. If it starts to feel like a bit of a shaggy dog story, I apologize... but it felt that way to me, too. And it starts the way many stories in here do: **I acquired a new clie...

March 2, 1978. An old woman lay in bed, but she couldn't sleep. Something in her chest felt off. A dull ache. Shallow little breaths made her worn-out heart feel like it was dancing wildly inside her ...

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 ONE   MIAMI-the vampires' city. This is South Beach at sunset, in the luxurious warmth of the winterless winter, clean and thriving and drenched in electric light, the gentle breeze moving in ...

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EDIT: Wow! I am extremely humbled and gracious of all your enthusiasm in this topic. Thanks for everyone who stopped by and read the post and joined the conversation. Again, the idea for this post was...

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I've had prior exposures to this author, even before reading this dreadful book. The prior exposures have not gone well, either. One was a book while the other was her involvement in a television show...

Poland. Year 1990. After the fall of communism in 1989, Poland transitions to democracy and a free market economy.  The economic state of the country is still in shambles, but there is a lot of hope...

(This post was made using a throwaway account, since I have to go to class with these people. Names have been changed to comply with rule 1). This story is a wild fucking ride, and it deserves to be ...

This is the second part of my World of Warcraft Hobbydrama series. I recommend reading the first part, which covers Beta and Vanilla, before moving onto this post. But if you don’t want to do that, ...

asks her to act as a godparent, telling her, "I want my baby to know kindness. I need her to have someone kind in her life." Rita says she will do what she

The playoffs continue to rage on, but there are 26 teams sitting at home with nothing to do but twiddle their thumbs, watch the Conference Finals, and wait for next season to start. For their sake, w...

What does it take for a system, biological or not, to have goals? Here, this question is approached in the context of in silico artificial evolution. By examining the informational and causal properti...