Paris Had a Moving Sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison Film Captured It

Re:Paris Had a Moving Sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison ... by Loughla on Sunday November 02, 2025 @09:08PM (#45795233)

The things I took away from reading Niven was transfer booths. The world has homogenized because information and people were transmitted instantly one from corner of the globe to another.

Ooohhh boy.

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Re:Paris Had a Moving Sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison ... by eszed on Sunday November 02, 2025 @11:32PM (#45795908)

I loved the conservation of momentum "hack" for those teleportation booths. Go on, everyone who hasn't read it, see if you can guess how he dealt with that.

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Re:Paris Had a Moving Sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison ... by Loughla on Monday November 03, 2025 @05:13PM (#45805065)

I love the ring world series until all the furry porn. He really should've stopped before coming up with rishing.

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Re:Paris Had a Moving Sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison ... by bayindirh on Monday November 03, 2025 @03:31AM (#45797009)

If you want to see this idea taken to the next level, you should read Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos. ;)

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Re:Paris Had a Moving Sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison ... by Loughla on Monday November 03, 2025 @05:11PM (#45805050)

I have a tattoo of the tree ship yggdrasill.

The consul's tale should be required reading for anyone working in the tech field.

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Re:Paris Had a Moving Sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison ... by bayindirh on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @04:06AM (#45808889)

I consider the whole Cantos as a great book on ethics and empathy.

Funnily, every syncthing node on my network has a Farcaster folder.

Maybe I should read it again sometime.

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