u/blackbriar98

I’m currently in the planning stage of a 5-day trip to NYC from London in March. It will be my fourth time in the states, and I always fly from London as the train there and the flight tends to overall be cheaper than a flight from my nearest airport in Manchester.

Due to my relatively low budget and monthly wage, I often book these trips in chunks. Rather than paying for both outbound and return flights at once, I’ll book the outbound one month and the return flight the next.

As I browse Skyscanner and Google Flights, I’m noticing just how much cheaper flights from the US are to here. My outbound to NYC will cost around £300 at best, whereas the return will be often below £200. Not just for New York too. It would cheaper for me to fly back to London from Oregon, than to fly from London just to NYC

Is there a specific reason for this price difference that I’m not aware of?

I recently finished Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds. While I did enjoy the series, I felt like the way he wrapped up the Inhibitor storyline (ancient machines predating humanity that hunt and destroy intelligent life) left a lot to be desired, like he got bored of the idea and just cobbled together a conclusion. Yet the narrative itself was really compelling, I loved how hopeless it seemed. Humans can’t break the light barrier so information takes years to cross the stars, people would only hear whispers of an apocalyptic genocide taking place a mere 8 light years away.

Does anyone have anything else like this? I also loved the dread Liu Cixin’s ‘The Dark Forest’ instilled, and I want more of that in space. Ideally from a hard sci-fi perspective.

I recently finished Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds. While I did enjoy the series, I felt like the way he wrapped up the Inhibitor storyline (ancient machines predating humanity that hunt and destroy intelligent life) left a lot to be desired. The narrative itself was really compelling. Humans can’t break the light barrier so information takes years to cross the stars, people would only hear whispers of an apocalyptic genocide taking place a mere 8 light years away.

Does anyone have anything else like this? I loved the dread Liu Cixin’s ‘The Dark Forest’ instilled, and I want more of that in space. Ideally from a hard sci-fi perspective.

I recently finished Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds. While I did enjoy the series, I felt like the way he wrapped up the Inhibitor storyline (ancient machines predating humanity that hunt and destroy intelligent life) left a lot to be desired. The narrative itself was really compelling. Humans can’t break the light barrier so information takes years to cross the stars, people would only hear whispers of an apocalyptic genocide taking place a mere 8 light years away.

Does anyone have anything else like this? I loved the dread Liu Cixin’s ‘The Dark Forest’ instilled, and I want more of that in space. Ideally from a hard sci-fi perspective.

I'm fairly late in my first playthrough (Deek and >!Sarah just returned to the Cloverdale facility!<) and it finally annoyed me enough to post when he radioed >!Lost Lake Camp and Boozer!<. Every time Deacon talks in to the radio he holds the button down to talk, and yet he's still being constantly interrupted as he talks. Radios don't work like that. When you hold the button, the person on the other end is silenced until your transmission is complete, it's not like a phone where everyone has an open mic to talk over each other. I know it's petty but I'm a security guard, I work with radios all day, and it would be annoying as hell if my colleagues could cut me off when I'm sending information.

Hello. I've been planning to visit Norway for a while now. Specifically, the plan has been to land at Bergen airport and drive out to Odda and that sort of area for a few days. However I recently discovered that a credit card is generally required to rent a car in Norway. Due to poor financial decisions in my younger years I can not get a credit card at this time. Is there any other option for renting a car in Norway, like a particular company or something? If it makes a difference, I drive on a British drivers license and have done for seven years.