Linus Smallprint

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By the way, (theducktator, and thearcaneaxiom as well), what books would you recommend to a fan of Tress and Alcatraz?

Hmm, we’ll I’m biased for Sanderson in general, so I’d point to anything from him. Frugal is up the same ally of humor and flair, but you’re already reading that. Have you started Skyward? I think you’d like that…[Read more]

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(Also, as you and Whaley have suggested, perhaps we should take this over to the Apologetics chat and leave this to people who want to discuss Tress of the Emerald Sea)

I agree, so I’m just going to make the switch right now.

A couple of things. Firstly, I did not realize the term ‘Mormon’, is offensive, I am sorry for…

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@thearcaneaxiom @linus-smallprint (if you have thoughts)

Shifting this discussion is best, so we don’t flood the book review XD

Indeed we do have very different theological and cosmological prospectives. It just bugs me that that needs to be where the identity of us as Christians must be. Yes, theology is important, but what did Christ constantly…

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Please, share an example of one of your sheets!

I’ll pull up one of my sheets and see if I can find how I condense it. Brb.

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Hi Linus, I’m theloonyone, or just loony! Welcome to Kingdom Pen! (I actually haven’t been here in a while, just now trying to get back into writing…) Do you have a favorite lego set that you own? Or one that you really want? Your WIP sounds really cool and it’s so awesome that you’re already working on your second draft!

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I have not read the book, but my mum listened to it on audio and enjoyed it 😆 She said it was cozy and a whole lot less complicated than Sanderson’s other works. She also tends to doze off while listening (she’s sick and has a terrible sleep schedule) but understood enough to give it a positive review, lol.

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Sorry, right now I have no plans to read Yumi and the Nightmare Painter. After seeing some of the artwork in the book, it seems there may be some scenes I would not be comfortable reading. I also found out that the plot involves Yumi and Panter switching bodies, which is not something I am interested in reading about. I know…

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Hoid did sound similar to Alcatraz. I’m not sure who I prefer. I don’t know a lot about Hoid either. I’ve read The Stormlight Archive, which was amazing, but not Mistborn. The friends who recommended Stormlight said I’m too young for it. I do plan to read it eventually.

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Oh, that’s a good quote. My favorite is, (and I might be paraphrasing here, I don’t remember the exact words), “Her name was Glorf. Don’t judge, it was a family name.”

I haven’t read Yumi yet, but I have read Frugal Wizard, and it was amazing. I highly recommend it.

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Thank you for your suggestions! Her name is Ayla. Loopylin, is Lindy your name? TheShadow, I actually have an Estelle. XD

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Tress is a wonderful book. It was the first of Sanderson’s more whimsical writings I’ve read (then I found Alcatraz…). It’s fun, light hearted, and very unique. Please let me know when you read Yumi and the Nightmare Painter!

Of course, Brandon Sanderson is not a Christian, but a Mormon

Why deny our relationship with Christ😥

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Not a fan of AI personally, and it doesn’t help that scientists are trying to make AI more and more like humans (guess they didn’t learn the lesson about playing God in Frankenstein or Jurassic Park). AI feels fake to me, especially the pictures, they just look so uncanny and off. Maybe it’s the lack of creativity or effort…[Read more]

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I loved Tress of the Emerald Sea! It’s one of my favorite books. I loved the plot twist at the end, with the rat. I won’t say much because spoilers. I don’t remember my favorite quote right now. I know I had one, but now I’m forgetting it. 🙁  Oh well.

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When I know something is in the Bible, but I can’t remember where it is, I will ask the bot for Bible verses on the subject. Then I will double-check the context to make sure that the bot is not making it look like the verse means something other than what it does. What do you think of this? What would a better way for me to f…

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Oh my goodness I use AI lots, but only to generate text in the style of Shakespeare on the subject on “how to make a peanut butter sandwich”

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Even if we know beforehand a truth we want to teach and ask AI to write that story for us, we end up not thinking that truth through and don’t end up fully understanding it ourselves.

I like how you said that! Sometimes I think the more technology advances, the less creative we become, because the technology starts to do all t…[Read more]

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Glad I could help!! (:

Yeah, sometimes the format can get a bit boring, but it doesn’t bother me XD

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I could talk about this topic for a long time, but I’ll try to keep it short because as somebody entering the art industry, it’s a real hot topic and there is a lot of division over it.

Nearly all ai images are stolen artwork. The artists don’t give their consent, and from what I’ve heard as soon as they get one of their images…[Read more]

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I will start by saying I am kind of a techhie.

I also ❤️ Open AI (ChatGPT)

But I would also say using AI to write things or do non-prototyping imaging is extremly unethical. Mostly just because of the way the AI works (a quick google search (or honestly asking chaGPT) can probably explain this better than me).

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I have not used AI, and honestly, while I’m sure it can be used for good, I feel like it just steals from the creative nature God gave us as humans. I want to allow God to use my imagination and my creativity to create something that brings glory to Him, and for me, using AI would probably cause me to use my imagination less and…[Read more]