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I think that guy was eating the glue(lemmy.ml)

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Vithar@lemmy.ml
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There is a fun fun sci-fi book called “Deepness in the Sky” by Vernor Vinge. The Humans use epoch time with si prefixed Seconds for time,

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quindraco@lemm.ee
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On the gripping hand, the Brownies could make way better clocks than we could.

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electrorocket@lemmy.ml
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That is a great book. Did you read the sequels?

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wtfeweguys@lemmy.whynotdrs.org
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Did you say sequels??? I’ve read A Fire Upon the Deep and a Deepness in the Sky. There are others???

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electrorocket@lemmy.ml
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Children of the Sky too.

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