Rendezvous with Rama by A. C. Clarke. Honestly, anything by Clarke fits your criteria very well. Very little world building or character development, just straight to the point hard (but still amazing!) sci-fi. His short stories are fun too.

P.S. You may stumble across legends that Rama has three sequels. Don’t believe them, there is only one book. And even if it were true, the sequels wouldn’t be written by Clarke despite him being listed as a co-author.

Bless the Maker and His water.

People that propose this kind of stuff always know exactly nothing about how the internet, or technology in general, works.

Oh I do for sure.

The AI is already turning against its creator, lol.

It only shows how ridiculous the copyright laws are. Songs recorded in the 1940s and 50s should’ve long been public domain by now.

The comment originally said “500W” instead of “500 mA”.

Those don’t look like AAA batteries. They look like 18650

Except on the battery you can clearly read “SUPPO HS-AAA0.75”, which is indeed a NiMH 1.2V AAA battery with 750 mAh capacity.

500W adapter for hair clippers? What would you be clipping, woolly mammoth?

Microsoft should name a version of their OS in her honor. It would be called Windows Nyder.

Scientists have demonstrated that human genes can be controlled with electricity, a breakthrough that could pave the way toward wearable devices that program genes to perform medical interventions, reports a new study.

That’s actually fucking scary.

These scientists definitely didn’t stop to think if they should.

Me right now:

My last comment on reddit is “Fuck /u/spez” too. I didn’t do anything as radical as deleting my comments/posts, nor made any definitive statements but while I lurked a few times there, I never made a new comment since June 30. And by now I’m becoming confident that it will stay that way.