It has been several years since I have read these, but if I recall correctly, he clarfies the reasons why later in the book.

Some of it may be an age thing, in my own case, i dislike emojis because i have no idea what most of them are supposed to mean., including the one at the end of your post. So for older folks like me, they make the post look weird, and can make it more difficult for me to understand what it is that you are trying to communicate.

But i wouldn't actually downvote you for it, im just more likely to ignore your post if it is overflowing with emojis.

The Pit and the Pendulum. I had nightmares about it for decades.

One of my favorite short stories, from an excellent collection of shorts by Asimov called "Nine Tomorrows". I feel it is worth mentioning that "The Last Question" is the sequel to another short story called "All the Troubles of the World", which is in the same book.

I think kbin users should be called Oscars, after Oscar the grouch, (lived in a bin for 50 years).

Looks like Stockton made the list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_invention#Maritime

So... would putting a warm towel on your neck have the opposite effect?

Same here, I will never give any website my phone number, not even for 2fa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Paravia_en_Fiumaccio Played on a TRS-80 Model 2 back around 1983 or so. I enjoyed the game immensely, and started looking for other games to try out. The main result being that this is what got me interested in programming.

I have found that if you just bookmark/favorite the link https://kbin.social/sub, it will always go to your subscribed subs.