| ▲ | rootbear 4 days ago |
| Larry Niven called them slidewalks and I've always been sorry this terminology never caught on. |
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| ▲ | Loughla 4 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| 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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| ▲ | eszed 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | 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. | | |
| ▲ | Loughla 3 days ago | parent [-] | | 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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| ▲ | bayindirh 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | If you want to see this idea taken to the next level, you should read Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos. ;) | | |
| ▲ | Loughla 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I have a tattoo of the tree ship yggdrasill. The consul's tale should be required reading for anyone working in the tech field. | | |
| ▲ | bayindirh 2 days ago | parent [-] | | 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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| ▲ | Al-Khwarizmi 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| In the UK, Singapore and maybe other countries with British influence, they use the word travelator, which I find quite cool as well. |
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