Porksnort enjoys laying in the sunshine. Porksnort will not refuse any offer of a snack. Porksnort thinks ‘Christian’ means you have thought a lot about how to live according to the words Jesus apparently actually said.

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  • porksnort@slrpnk.nettome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    2 days ago

    The only achievement me or my extended family feel any pride in bragging about is an uncle who got a picture of a severe psoriasis outbreak on his ass in a medical textbook. Several members of the family have a copy of that textbook on their bookshelves and these people can barely read.




  • That was a complete rabbit hole. Thanks.

    The only thing possibly more epic would be converting a Linotype to a Linux terminal. It uses hot lead to create type for newspapers, etc.

    I was trained to use one as there were so many in use they still have some niche applications for specialty printing.

    Anyhow, I call them Satan’s Typewriters and still have small scars from hot lead all over my forearms. And I love technology.

    A good film:

    Linotype: The Film



  • You are absolutely correct that is a major theme, especially in the Foundation books. To be fair, Asimov also buried that point in ponderous prose and scattered it across centuries of book-time.

    I think Goyer did the best one could do in adapting Foundation to visual media. He had to invent and re-imagine a lot in order to give continuity and cohesion to a sprawling story. If he had stayed more true to the books, it would have flopped instantly.