YASID "Sci-fi Books, Humans with Animal genes/modifications?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/1bcw0l7/scifi_books_humans_with_animal_genesmodifications/
"I read a book maybe 10 years or more ago, set in a future where
humanity had played with gene splicing/gene therapy to the point where
it was entirely common to see people with animal attributes. There was a whole community of peoples who had Cat/Lion genes who had some feline features and some of their agility, people with snake genes that had
some scaled patterns on their skin and had sensuous, smooth movements,
and so on. I’ve been trying to find this book for YEARS, but I have no
idea what it was called and can’t really remember the plot except that there was a conflict between “normal” humans and those who had their genes modified. Any help, suggestions, or even recommendations about
similar books?"
On 3/14/2024 2:14 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 3/14/2024 11:52 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
YASID "Sci-fi Books, Humans with Animal genes/modifications?"Is this to specifically exclude uplifted animals to human level
https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/1bcw0l7/scifi_books_humans_with_animal_genesmodifications/
"I read a book maybe 10 years or more ago, set in a future where
humanity had played with gene splicing/gene therapy to the point
where it was entirely common to see people with animal attributes.
There was a whole community of peoples who had Cat/Lion genes who had
some feline features and some of their agility, people with snake
genes that had some scaled patterns on their skin and had sensuous,
smooth movements, and so on. I’ve been trying to find this book for
YEARS, but I have no idea what it was called and can’t really
remember the plot except that there was a conflict between “normal”
humans and those who had their genes modified. Any help, suggestions,
or even recommendations about similar books?"
sentience?
The reddit thread covers this.
On 3/15/2024 12:38 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
On 14/03/2024 18:52, Lynn McGuire wrote:
YASID "Sci-fi Books, Humans with Animal genes/modifications?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/1bcw0l7/scifi_books_humans_with_animal_genesmodifications/
"I read a book maybe 10 years or more ago, set in a future where
humanity had played with gene splicing/gene therapy to the point where
it was entirely common to see people with animal attributes. There was
a whole community of peoples who had Cat/Lion genes who had some
feline features and some of their agility, people with snake genes
that had some scaled patterns on their skin and had sensuous, smooth
movements, and so on. I’ve been trying to find this book for YEARS,
but I have no idea what it was called and can’t really remember the
plot except that there was a conflict between “normal” humans and
those who had their genes modified. Any help, suggestions, or even
recommendations about similar books?"
I don't have an answer and I'm hesitating
to create a reddit account, I see it as
something that happens to other people.
But I'd ask whether this is a "young adult"
reader book (and we could debate which
stories since Dr. Moreau quality), and
also whether this is about being born
with animal traits, or about getting a
treatment as a teenager or an adult.
It's extremely unlikely to be
Ben Aaronovitch's _Moon Over Soho_ (2011),
in which, happily as a minor theme,
animal-hybrid people have been devised
by an evil sex magician. One appears
as the magician's henchman.
Can you not see Reddit posts without creating an account ?
On 3/15/2024 5:38 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:[snip-snip]
Personally, I have no interest in reddit, with or without an account.
I honestly find the reddit-hate on usenet a bit dissapointing. Perhaps because its the closest thing to usenet, but is not usenet. [snip]
But its still not bad. You don't need an account to read [reddit].
On 3/15/2024 7:49 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 3/15/2024 5:38 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:[snip-snip]
Personally, I have no interest in reddit, with or without an account.
I honestly find the reddit-hate on usenet a bit dissapointing. Perhaps
because its the closest thing to usenet, but is not usenet. [snip]
It's true that Reddit is a collection of "subreddits" the way Usenet is
a collection of "newsgroups". However, there are certain differences:
1. All subreddits are moderated, which, as anyone who has had to deal
with moderated newsgroups knows, is a double-edged sword. Reddit admins
also function as site-wide super-moderators and can ban Reddit account.
2. Subreddit moderators have to follow site-wide Reddit content
policies, which have been known to change. To quote https://www.redditinc.com/policies/moderator-code-of-conduct , "your subreddit and moderator team can be held accountable for individual
moderator actions".
3. Reddit has a "karma" system, which is based on other users upvoting
or downvoting your posts and comments. Some subreddits require a certain amount of positive Reddit-wide karma to post and/or to comment. Reddit
also requires a certain amount of karma to create new subreddits.
4. Usenet clients are generally more robust than the default Reddit user interface. However, certain add-ons like "Reddit Enhancement Suite"
(RES) provide additional functionality which is comparable to and
sometimes even superior to what you will find in a typical Usenet
client. I find the Reddit Enhancement Suite indispensable -- reading
Reddit without it is painful.
5. Usenet newsgroups are hierarchical -- "rec.arts.sf.written" -- which facilitates discovery. Subreddits are less structured.
6. Curiously, Reddit spam is becoming more of an issue now that Large Language Models are better at impersonating humans.
On 3/15/2024 6:57 PM, Ahasuerus wrote:
On 3/15/2024 7:49 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:Sounds like "someone" tried to copy or update Usenet to the web. And
On 3/15/2024 5:38 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:[snip-snip]
Personally, I have no interest in reddit, with or without an account.
I honestly find the reddit-hate on usenet a bit dissapointing. Perhaps
because its the closest thing to usenet, but is not usenet. [snip]
It's true that Reddit is a collection of "subreddits" the way Usenet is
a collection of "newsgroups". However, there are certain differences:
1. All subreddits are moderated, which, as anyone who has had to deal
with moderated newsgroups knows, is a double-edged sword. Reddit admins
also function as site-wide super-moderators and can ban Reddit account.
2. Subreddit moderators have to follow site-wide Reddit content
policies, which have been known to change. To quote
https://www.redditinc.com/policies/moderator-code-of-conduct , "your
subreddit and moderator team can be held accountable for individual
moderator actions".
3. Reddit has a "karma" system, which is based on other users upvoting
or downvoting your posts and comments. Some subreddits require a certain
amount of positive Reddit-wide karma to post and/or to comment. Reddit
also requires a certain amount of karma to create new subreddits.
4. Usenet clients are generally more robust than the default Reddit user
interface. However, certain add-ons like "Reddit Enhancement Suite"
(RES) provide additional functionality which is comparable to and
sometimes even superior to what you will find in a typical Usenet
client. I find the Reddit Enhancement Suite indispensable -- reading
Reddit without it is painful.
5. Usenet newsgroups are hierarchical -- "rec.arts.sf.written" -- which
facilitates discovery. Subreddits are less structured.
6. Curiously, Reddit spam is becoming more of an issue now that Large
Language Models are better at impersonating humans.
failed badly.
On 3/15/2024 9:57 PM, Ahasuerus wrote:
On 3/15/2024 7:49 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 3/15/2024 5:38 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:[snip-snip]
Personally, I have no interest in reddit, with or without an account.
I honestly find the reddit-hate on usenet a bit dissapointing. Perhaps
because its the closest thing to usenet, but is not usenet. [snip]
It's true that Reddit is a collection of "subreddits" the way Usenet
is a collection of "newsgroups". However, there are certain differences:
1. All subreddits are moderated, which, as anyone who has had to deal
with moderated newsgroups knows, is a double-edged sword. Reddit
admins also function as site-wide super-moderators and can ban Reddit
account.
2. Subreddit moderators have to follow site-wide Reddit content
policies, which have been known to change. To quote
https://www.redditinc.com/policies/moderator-code-of-conduct , "your
subreddit and moderator team can be held accountable for individual
moderator actions".
3. Reddit has a "karma" system, which is based on other users upvoting
or downvoting your posts and comments. Some subreddits require a
certain amount of positive Reddit-wide karma to post and/or to
comment. Reddit also requires a certain amount of karma to create new
subreddits.
4. Usenet clients are generally more robust than the default Reddit
user interface. However, certain add-ons like "Reddit Enhancement
Suite" (RES) provide additional functionality which is comparable to
and sometimes even superior to what you will find in a typical Usenet
client. I find the Reddit Enhancement Suite indispensable -- reading
Reddit without it is painful.
5. Usenet newsgroups are hierarchical -- "rec.arts.sf.written" --
which facilitates discovery. Subreddits are less structured.
6. Curiously, Reddit spam is becoming more of an issue now that Large
Language Models are better at impersonating humans.
Need I point out that you are posting from eternal-september.org,
which exercises moderation of this newsgroup.
In fact, most of us use ES specifically *because* rasfw here is
moderated, to filter out spam posts.
Not all moderation is bad.
YASID "Sci-fi Books, Humans with Animal genes/modifications?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/1bcw0l7/scifi_books_humans_with_animal_genesmodifications/
"I read a book maybe 10 years or more ago, set in a future where
humanity had played with gene splicing/gene therapy to the point where
it was entirely common to see people with animal attributes. There was a whole community of peoples who had Cat/Lion genes who had some feline features and some of their agility, people with snake genes that had
some scaled patterns on their skin and had sensuous, smooth movements,
and so on. I?ve been trying to find this book for YEARS, but I have no
idea what it was called and can?t really remember the plot except that
there was a conflict between ?normal? humans and those who had their
genes modified. Any help, suggestions, or even recommendations about
similar books?"
On 3/15/2024 9:57 PM, Ahasuerus wrote:
5. Usenet newsgroups are hierarchical -- "rec.arts.sf.written" -- which
facilitates discovery. Subreddits are less structured.
6. Curiously, Reddit spam is becoming more of an issue now that Large
Language Models are better at impersonating humans.
Need I point out that you are posting from eternal-september.org,
which exercises moderation of this newsgroup.
In fact, most of us use ES specifically *because* rasfw here is
moderated, to filter out spam posts.
Cryptoengineer <[email protected]> writes:
On 3/15/2024 9:57 PM, Ahasuerus wrote:
5. Usenet newsgroups are hierarchical -- "rec.arts.sf.written" -- which
facilitates discovery. Subreddits are less structured.
6. Curiously, Reddit spam is becoming more of an issue now that Large
Language Models are better at impersonating humans.
Need I point out that you are posting from eternal-september.org,
which exercises moderation of this newsgroup.
In fact, most of us use ES specifically *because* rasfw here is
moderated, to filter out spam posts.
I would point out that since google shut down, there hasn't been
any spam to filter. Nor was there any before the recent
google thai spam storm.
My usenet provider refused to filter that Thai spam because
they don't filter or moderate at all.
I would point out that since google shut down, there hasn't been
any spam to filter. Nor was there any before the recent
google thai spam storm.
My usenet provider refused to filter that Thai spam because
they don't filter or moderate at all.
I've seen a few bits of spam since The Great Google Shutdown ( :P ) but
very little. I also have my own reader's filters still in place so it
is possible that there is some more that I don't see but I agree it is
better now.
I'm still getting LOTS of spam in the movie + TV binary groups. IPossibly because Easynews don't do any filtering...
usually go through them manually to delete the sporger's crap before I
look at the headers. I use Agent which has the feature of downloading
headers and by default ONLY downloads bodies for messages you ask it
to.
On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:27:43 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:
I've seen a few bits of spam since The Great Google Shutdown ( :P ) but >>very little. I also have my own reader's filters still in place so it
is possible that there is some more that I don't see but I agree it is >>better now.
I'm still getting LOTS of spam in the movie + TV binary groups.
On 3/19/2024 8:36 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
The Horny Goat <[email protected]> writes:Filtering the binaries would be contrary to their grey internet aspect.
On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:27:43 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:
I've seen a few bits of spam since The Great Google Shutdown ( :P ) but >>>> very little. I also have my own reader's filters still in place so it >>>> is possible that there is some more that I don't see but I agree it is >>>> better now.
I'm still getting LOTS of spam in the movie + TV binary groups.
Most of the free providers (e-s, etc.) don't support the binary
groups at all.
The rest don't bother filtering them.
The Horny Goat <[email protected]> writes:
On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:27:43 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:
I've seen a few bits of spam since The Great Google Shutdown ( :P ) but
very little. I also have my own reader's filters still in place so it
is possible that there is some more that I don't see but I agree it is
better now.
I'm still getting LOTS of spam in the movie + TV binary groups.
Most of the free providers (e-s, etc.) don't support the binary
groups at all.
The rest don't bother filtering them.
I've been banned on other forums without
being told that no one was seeing my
contributions. That's unjustified.
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