Oh, it’s a great book. Or at least, I liked it a lot. The library mulching was opposed by most of the characters.

This reminds me of the book Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge. In it, a company uses a mulcher to grind down all the books and shelves in a library, then uses scans of the scraps to reassemble the books in digital form for an AR version of the library.

Current hourly forecast says we’re gonna get thunderstorms around 5 here, but the rain will start at 3.

I thought trains were the most efficient way to ship goods, though I’ll concede that trains are notoriously bad at crossing oceans.

I’m similar, but it’s internal drives are planets, while external drives are moons.

I don’t name my machines anything special, but I’ve started naming my internal hard drives/samba shares after planets, and external drives after moons.

When I helped my father run ethernet in my family’s home, we ran cables up to the attic, dropped them down to specific rooms between the walls, then drilled holes for panels as needed.

I’m a big fan of sorcerers; it gives me a nice balance of having fun spells to use while not having to manage which ones I’ve “prepared.” My first character was a half elf draconic bloodline sorcerer, and I had a ton of fun playing him.