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Stephen Illingworth
@jetsetilly.bsky.social
lapsed software engineer. living 10 minutes into the future. now creating emulators and tools for the modern Atari2600 developer https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600
Will this be an audio series or a TV series?
January 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I use an alarm clock.
January 2, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Who is this?
December 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In TV soap operas I've always wanted there to be multiple characters with the same first name. That seems realistic to me but it's probably awful for story telling purposes.
December 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Crikey. If Luke Littler played to the age of 71, he'd be 54 times World Champion
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Is it good?
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Fair. It depends on the nature of the collapse I suppose. But I do know if we were to be using ebooks in those scenarios then the tech we use to access them has to be less complex and more maintainable. I would do business today with a company that specialised in future post-apocalyptic computing.
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Correct. The biggest problem in that scenario, is survival and rebuilding a society as best we can. Books convey ideas and information about how to do that.
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I meant "useless" in the context of a world without energy generation to power computers or other electronic devices.
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Okay. I've not come across anybody who thinks that. But now that I know such people exist then I agree, it is very silly distinction. Of course ebooks and audiobooks are as valuable as physical books.
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
That would be a concern if that was the only copy of the book.

I'm imagining a scenario where civilisation has collapsed and all technology has ceased to function. If the purpose of a book is to convey ideas (as the OP correctly states) then ebooks and audiobooks are then useless for that purpose.
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
But e-books and audiobooks require technology to access. A physical book only requires technology during its creation. Once it exists it continues to exist until destroyed. There's no guarantee I can access an e-book or an audiobook in years to come no matter how careful I am.
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
What is it about?
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
From condemned to commended. What a transformation!
October 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Jar Jar Hijinks
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In the UK, coriander usually refers to the leaves of the plant, not the seeds. If a recipe asked for "coriander" I would never think about using coriander seeds. But maybe I'm wrong in that assumption and I should be using the seeds.
October 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM