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Charlie Stross
@Charlie Stross

Scottish resident SF/F author (he/him/they/them). Three times Hugo Award winner, 30+ novels in print. Does not play well with Nazis. Abolish the monarchy!

Born in a world with 320ppm atmospheric CO2, 3.3 billion people.

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blog at: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/

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So, I have a lovely new iPad mini. Not so lovely: migrating my account has been really slow, everything's sluggish, apps not loading … after hours of this I *FINALLY* noticed that iOS has prioritised downloading my ENTIRE photo library—all 19 years of it—rather than, say, my VPN, adblockers, password manager, or LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE I ACTUALLY USE ALL THE TIME.

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Why you can’t trust any AI that hoovers up text from Reddit for training! Here’s a thread on /r/aviation asking why 1950s airliners had so many bodies on the flight deck: it goes sideways fast …

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#WordWeavers Nov 4: If your antagonist hosted a dinner party, who would be invited, and what would be on the menu?

(Starter Pack): Empress Agrippina is famous for hosting dinner parties for her enemies. The main course consists of their heirs, lovers pets, and anyone else they value. For dessert … trust me, you don't want to make it to the dessert. (Just remember Grippie fervently believes that revenge is a dish best served cold.) ☠️
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#WritersCoffeeClub Nov 4: Do you include a cast of characters at the beginning of a work?

Only if an editor twists my arm REALLY hard!

There's one in the "Empire Games" trilogy because it's a follow-on from an earlier series with a cast of thousands, and even then I fought back.