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amaratvaṃ prāpnuhi, athavā yatamāno mṛtyum āpnuhi

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I'm a transhumanist doctor. In a better world, I wouldn't need to add that as a qualifier to plain old "doctor". It would be taken as granted for someone in the profession of saving lives.

At any rate, I intend to live forever or die trying. See you at Heat Death!

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I'm a transhumanist doctor. In a better world, I wouldn't need to add that as a qualifier to plain old "doctor". It would be taken as granted for someone in the profession of saving lives.


At any rate, I intend to live forever or die trying. See you at Heat Death!



				

				
					
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Most rocket launchers in military use are recoilless by virtue of having a big hole in the end of the tube which vents exhaust gas. You could fire an RPG-7 one-handed if you wanted to, though the ergonomics wouldn't be great. You could even do that with the much heavier Carl Gustav.


There are guided missile launchers like the Javelin which do have recoil, but only a minimal amount, mainly from the soft-launch system that gets the missile a few feet away from the user at low velocity before the main rocket motor kicks in.


For a combat vehicle the size of a Gundam, it's a non-issue.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Well, it doesn't really matter for our poor robo-janny, and I don't think a handful of negative votes really constitutes brigading. Someone's just being a bitch.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Oh dear, my bad, I had thought you had finished the novel entirely. I'm sorry about the spoilers, but they're not that big, and you raised a valid question about why we don't see more Venerables!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 22, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm reasonably convinced that this is nonsense, and even if it weren't, paracetamol is the safest analgesic in pregnancy.


For one, usage was widespread since the 50s/60s, and there was no massive spike in autism diagnoses till the diagnostic criteria was later updated/made laxxer.


You can look at this post from Cremieux, but the single most damming evidence against is the fact that sibling comparisons didn't find increased risk of autism.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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I remain convinced that it's Peak Fiction, and certainly in my Top 3 Novels. Go for it dude!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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I presume you overlooked the fact that not just anybody can even begin the tribulation to become a Venerable. Normally, it takes the support of Heaven's Will and Supreme Grandmaster status in a path. The latter is incredibly rare, remember there were only 3 SGs in Refinement path over 3 million years! The former is a deal-breaker for most, if Heaven/Fate doesn't want you to become a Venerable, you can cross as many Myriad Tribulations as you like without attaining it. If you do, then you keep becoming stronger due to Dao Marks, but even then it's not the same. I think it was some combination of the destruction of fate and the availability of Primordial Domain that let FY, who wasn't supposed to become a Venerable, still manage in the end. Also, the actual final tribulation involves battle against Chaos, which is so difficult that even actual Venerables struggle and survive by a thread each time. Even the normal Myriad Tribulation is shit hard even for the strongest Rank 8s!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for September 21, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Claps very hard, it took me 6 months to finish it the first go around, 4 on my second!


I will return to overdosing on copium, on the basis of author interviews from a few years back where Gu Zhen Ren said the story was far from over, he's got a lot more material, and there might be a road map to getting it unbanned and published one day.