| ▲ | varenc 7 days ago |
| > Rainbows End was prescient in many ways. Agreed. Great book for those looking for a read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End The author, Vernor Vinge, is also responsible for popularizing the term 'singularity'. |
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| ▲ | Taylor_OD 7 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| RIP to the legend. He has a lot of really fun ideas spread across his books. |
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| ▲ | beambot 7 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I didn't realize Vernor Vinge had passed away... Sad TIL | | |
| ▲ | dekhn 7 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I got to meet him and person and tell him that his books (along with The Coming Technological Singularity) had a huge influence on my decision to go into ML. He seemed pleased. I just wish he had wrapped up the Fire Upon the Deep series. | | |
| ▲ | varenc 6 days ago | parent [-] | | I got to meet him once too! Unexpectedly met him at a Media Lab demo day. I was trying to play it cool though and didn't gush to him around how he's one of my favorite authors. I regret not doing so now. |
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| ▲ | gnabgib 7 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | There was a nice discussion & nostalgia at the time (1151 points, 2024, 320 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39775304 | | |
| ▲ | swayvil 7 days ago | parent [-] | | Cookie monster is his strongest work. It has a VIBE. Reminds me of permutation city |
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| ▲ | aeon_ai 7 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | One of my favorites |
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| ▲ | travisgriggs 7 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Interesting. I love Vernon Vinge’s books. Except Rainbows End. It was such a dissapointment after many of the others. “Marooned in Real Time” remains my fav. |
