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Be kind to your elders (lemmy.world)
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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I like to re-read my favorite science fiction classics and giggle at the author's mistakes.

In "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" a self-aware computer struggles over creating a CGI face for him/herself. Also, iirc, the computer uses tape.

William Gibson has done essays about how much he got wrong in 'Neuromancer," but my personal favorite is the spaceship pilot who never heard of a computer virus.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My favorites are in Asimov. In the Foundation series, one product the traders sell is a nuclear powered ash tray. They employ advanced nuclear plasma manipulation to...quickly atomize cigarette butts.

    Or the time there's this couple. They are traveling to another planet, and they get aboard their personal interstellar spaceship. The society is advanced enough, that that is just something you can own.

    What happens as soon as they get onboard their personal FTL interstellar ship? The husband commands his wife to get dinner started.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    They employ advanced nuclear plasma manipulation to…quickly atomize cigarette butts.

    You have a powerful computer you use to look at cat memes.

    I hate to be brutal, but you forced me to take extreme measures

    jk

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