It’s meaningless and unfunny.

Sysiphus is cursed to forever till a boulder uphill.

The Hilbert Hotel is a philosophical math idea. It has an infinite number of rooms, all full. If you another person wants a room, everyone with a room moves over one. Room 1 moves into room 2, etc. Room 1 is now empty for the new person, and the hotel again has an infinite number of rooms, all full. Just one larger infinite than before.

The Ship of Theseus is a Greek story from Plutarch’s Lives about a ship whose parts get replaced as they wear out. The question is - is it the same ship if it has none of the same parts?

Because the alternative is a brossiere.

These? https://altonbrown.com/recipes/cocoa-brownies-reloaded/

Maybe KJU sees this as a way not to have to use NK’s limited food on the soldiers? We know they get more/better food than the regular populace to help prevent coups.

Hey, we’ve all been there.

You sound like us. We have a few weeks blocked off but no plans yet.

No, No. You don’t understand. They are great drivers, an accident won’t happen to THEM!

That’s a good point, I choose to be flattered.

Iditarod sounds neat!

We usually know what city/countries we want to visit this year, but actually looking for hotels or airfare is like a month out. We’re pretty chill vacationers, and we have our style worked out so it’s not usually stressful for us. YMMV!

Dog sitting is challenging, that’s true. We’ve had trouble with that before.

My new bestie right here.

WHAT?

This is me as well.

You must camp nicer places than I do!

The dog is a problem for sure.

That sucks, but it’s an interesting way to plan!

Danke.

I liked it too, bought it at the used book store with no idea what it was, just because I love Discworld. It’s really interesting! I’ve got 1 and 3, waiting for the others to turn up at the store.

Lobsang is an interesting character.

Also, obligatory GNU Terry Pratchett.

I notice that my lemmy instance does not have “clacks-overhead” in the HTTP headers, so they’re not doing their part to keep his name alive in the Clacks. (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/clacks-overhead-gnu-terry/lnndfmobdoobjfcalkmfojmanbeoegab)

Those are all fantastic choices! Rama is one of my favorites, even with the co-authored sequels losing a lot of the majesty that makes the first book so engaging.

If you liked those books, I think you might like Hal Clement’s A mission of Gravity, about an expedition to a very high-gravity planet and the fascinating perspectives of the creatures that live there.