Design Patterns is good, another one is The New Turing Omnibus.

The world being quiet.

Whilst I appreciate the source material, in this case it’s not even danger he’s running away from, it’s being rubbish at a game he claimed to be good at.

The rules also ban the use of facial recognition equipment in public places such as hotel rooms, public bathrooms, public dressing rooms, and public toilets.

Why was there facial recognition, or any other sort of camera, in those places in the first place? Has something been mangled in the translation, is it a fuss about nothing, or were organisations genuinely going “hmm, we need to check your face before you can use the restrooms”?