Soporific

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Definition: something that induces sleep

From the Latin “sopor” which means “deep sleep.”

Why I Looked It Up

From the novel Reamde:

The inherently soporific nature of software installation has its way with her, and she closed her eyes and then opened them to find it was daytime.

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In Information Hunters, the book refers to a group of people known as “The Office of Soporific Sinecures,” refering to their tendency to sleepwalk through their cushy jobs.

Links both to and from this – Sinecure December 25, 2021
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Links from this – Reamde September 6, 2022
An absolutely fantastic novel. Very, very long, but it never slows down. It’s more Tom Clancy than cyberpunk. A MMOPRG does play a part in the plot, but it’s more about globe-hopping and gunfights than computers. You know how when you read about ransomware attacks from Asia, you think, “Man, I wish...
Links from this – Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe October 25, 2023
This is a history book that answers the question: what did librarians do to help the war effort during World War II? Well, a lot it turns out. They amassed foreign periodicals and scoured them for intelligence information They captured and cataloged information left behind in German facilities...