“She's scrolling fast through my code, which is a little embarrassing, because my code is full of comments like 'Hell, yeah!' and… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“Immortality in a book-lined catacomb down beneath the surface of the earth, or death up here, with all this? I'll take death… — Robin Sloan Beneath the surface Copy Share Image
Without science fiction, without the influence these books have had on me over the years, I'm not sure I would care much… — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
“His inventory is eclectic; there's no evidence of pattern or purpose other than, I suppose, his own personal taste. So, no teenage… — Robin Sloan Personal taste Copy Share Image
“My limbic system has grown accustomed to a certain (very low) level of human (female) contact. With her standing right next to… — Robin Sloan Drunk Copy Share Image
Everyone's lives are sort of a succession, almost like handing the baton of your life off from one person to the next… — Robin Sloan Darkness Copy Share Image
There's certainly satire written about techies, but it's so snarky and snide and doesn't treat him as a whole person. The people… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Why does the typical adventuring group consist of a wizard, a warrior, and a rogue, anyway? It should really be a wizard,… — Robin Sloan Adventuring Copy Share Image
“Maybe I'll just go ahead and buy her the Tufte book. I'll bring it wrapped in brown paper. Wait- is that weird?… — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
'Parable of the Sower' is capital-I Important. Put it on the literary fiction shelf. Put it on the Holy Crap fiction shelf.… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
A lot of folks focus on using Twitter as a marketing tool. They'll have a bump that says something like 'Tweet about… — Robin Sloan Focus Copy Share Image
“But when people are past a certain age, you sort if stop asking them why they do things. It feels dangerous. What… — Robin Sloan Ageing Copy Share Image
Then: I google "time-series visualization" and start work on a new version of my model, thinking that maybe I can impress her… — Robin Sloan Art work Copy Share Image
“So I guess you could say Neel owes me a few favors, except that so many favors have passed between us now… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“[...] We keep a record for every member, and for every customer who might yet become a member, in order to track… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
“To be honest, my life has exhibited many strange and sometimes troubling characteristics, but shortness is not one of them. It feels… — Robin Sloan Humour Copy Share Image
So I switch to my MacBook and make my rounds: news sites, blogs, tweets. I scroll back to find the conversations that… — Robin Sloan Conversation Copy Share Image
It turns out you can train a neural network on a big body of text. It can be Wikipedia; it can be… — Robin Sloan Beautiful Copy Share Image
I think I'm one of those people that kind of thinks everybody's got an identity, and maybe that's the core of their… — Robin Sloan Change Copy Share Image
For me, writing in public is actually super energizing and so much fun. Especially when writing can typically be really painful and… — Robin Sloan Fun Copy Share Image
“The space is appropriately shoe-boxy and all the shelves are there. I've set them up with a coordinate system, so my program… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“You know, old books are a big problem for us. Old knowledge in general. We call it OK. Old knowledge, OK. Did… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
When you close a tab or when you finish an article on the web, it's gone unless you go back into your… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
People tend to think of the quest as a sort of fanciful or fantastical form, but actually, I think it's pretty realistic.… — Robin Sloan Adventure Copy Share Image
But I kept at it with the help-wanted ads. My standards were sliding swiftly. At first I had insisted I would only… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
The stimulation I get from my phone does not feel like the opposite of boredom to me. It actually feels like a… — Robin Sloan Boredom Copy Share Image
“The shelves were packed close together, and it felt like I was standing at the border of a forest--not a friendly Californian… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
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