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I don't know if Clifford D. Simak is lesser known, but his work is pretty foundational for a lot of more modern sci-fi. Before there was "I, Robot", there was "City". ~~Before there were Ewoks, there was "Little Fuzzy".~~ Before there were living ships like in Farscape, Lexx, or Xenogenesis, there was "The Visitors".

I should have remembered that was H. Beam Piper. Also great.

Meditation (for a lot of people) is an exercise in learning that even doing nothing is active. Doing nothing is still doing. Rest is an important part of being productive. Rest is not a waste of time, so you don't need to feel guilty over it. These are all lessons that the brain can understand on its face immediately, but the body requires reinforcement and practice.

And if stillness is a problem you struggle with, walking meditation or meditation through movement can be a more approachable way to get started. There are lots of ways to meditate, find the ones that work for you. Meditation isn't a cure all, but it does have wide ranging impacts and it doesn't hurt to try it.

"Secret Links", Like that one scene in that Sandra Bullock hacker movie, The Net.

https://triviahappy.com/articles/welcome-to-the-net-every-webpage-from-the-1995-movie-the-net

Wildest dystopian cyberpunk movie ever made. In an underground dinosaur society once ruled by a benevolent fungal king and taken over by corrupt corporation developing trans-dino de-volution technology to control the masses, two sanitation engineers from Brooklyn become heros. To do so they must hack the mycelial network to find the lost king, survive an electric vehicle demolition derby style car chase, and save the princess.

The absolute best are rainy days without lightning in a place with some nature and privacy. I feel like dancing naked in the rain and being able to come back in to a dry house, a towel to dry yourself, a good book, and a hot tea, is a very rare experience these days. Thunderstorms are great too when you have safe shelter. But dancing naked in a thunderstorm feels a bit like tempting fate too much, which is thrilling too in a way but also I've got creatures inside depending on me staying safe.

A relevant xkcd bot is really the only AI I want in my life.

I replied to a couple comments that they seemed to imply had been removed. We'll see what happens. These were also comments in which they claimed reading was unhealthy, so I don't expect much coherent discussion.

Is this the comment you claim got removed in the post edit?

Is this the comment you claim got removed? Maybe read up on the issues piefed seems to have.

We're stealing memes from Disney nostalgia cash-in sequels now?

"See you later."

"Not if I see you first!"

That's why I don't delete contacts. I have a special voicemail black hole for the people I'm making a point to forget.

Common names of animals often describe phenotype not genotype. If it looks like a ducks, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's common name is duck. There are lots of animals with common names grouping them by physical characteristics and ecological niche rather than genetic relationship, especially animals named longed before we had any real scientific study of their genetics.