With a tip of the hat to classical rock artists Talking Heads… Worldbuilding is an interesting and fun plaything for authors. We get to craft places and universes that don’t really exist. For the most part, most new authors focus on what can be seen. We’re used to relying on our optical systems, whether they’re…
It’s fascinating to me that so many stories set in our current time (2073AD, for those who are not connected to a certified time source or are Luddites who have no augmentation) take place in only a few large North American cities. Ever since the collapse of the United States and…
Network communications are meant to be reliable at the expense of efficiency, with the exception of streaming data. When one has the need to transfer large volumes of data, they should make sure they set up the network connection to be as efficient as possible. For older legacy systems that are based on Ethernet standards,…