That matches the last time I checked as well. A cross country basic ticket was the same cost as a plane ticket, but if I wanted anything more than a basic chair then the price quickly skyrocketed.

Oh, it’s a great book. Or at least, I liked it a lot. The library mulching was opposed by most of the characters.

This reminds me of the book Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge. In it, a company uses a mulcher to grind down all the books and shelves in a library, then uses scans of the scraps to reassemble the books in digital form for an AR version of the library.

Current hourly forecast says we’re gonna get thunderstorms around 5 here, but the rain will start at 3.

I thought trains were the most efficient way to ship goods, though I’ll concede that trains are notoriously bad at crossing oceans.