Note: This was created with Gemini. Prompt: Write an opening scene for a fantasy fiction novel set in a steampunk 18th century. Be descriptive and historically accurate. Avoid anachronism. The scene should involve Sebastian, a veryyoung tram driver in Zurich on a quest to understand the nature of knowledge and learning. Write in the style of Douglas Adams. Build mystery throughout the scene and end with an unexpected revelation. Write in Italian.

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Note: This was created with Gemini. Scena di apertura: Sebastian e il Tram Misterioso (Ispirazione Steampunk/Adams) Il tintinnio del campanello del tram squarciΓ² la bruma del mattino zurighese. Non era la solita nebbia, no. Era la nebbia dell’autunno del 1783, densa, quasi solida. Sebastian, il tranviere dall’irriverente ciuffo color carota, strizzΓ² gli occhi contro il grigiore, cercando di scorgere i binari. I suoi quattordici anni si sentivano tutti in quei momenti, un ammasso di sogni impossibili e la paura tremenda di deragliare per un sasso fuori posto.

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TODO embed local video: 2023-02-03 Capriola as a Service.mp4 Silly video with my kid (so silly, but they get lots of positive votes) Book I’ve also started writing a Book of maths a few years back, when in Calabria with no internet, and I just wanted to dump memoery and ideas in a LateX document, and here’s the output: My book on github: palladius/libromate Mathematical Analysis in LaTEX: Numbers, Derivation/Limits/Integrals, Taylor, the usual stuff, but in Italian, sorry)

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