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Bob Jonkman bobjonkman windows Thursday, 29-Nov-0001 18:42:28 LMT
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  1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Dec-2021 22:29:40 EST Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    Happily, it's been about 50 years since I read the first three novels, and about 20 years since I started on the sequels (which never did finish, got about halfway through the third sequel book). So my foggy memories of the storyline in the original trilogy shouldn't detract from the TV series.

    I recall there was a BBC radio play or a BBC TV series in the 1980s, I heard at least one episode on the radio but never caught it again....
    In conversation Tuesday, 07-Dec-2021 22:29:40 EST from web permalink
  2. clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’› (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Dec-2021 05:43:16 EST clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
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    @Bob Jonkman It is highly character-driven.

    It uses key characters, the Empire, the exile, Terminus, Psychohistory, two kingdoms instead of the Four Kingdoms and some echoes of half of the first book and fainter echoes from other parts of the series, while the main story maps roughly to half the first book.

    It shifts characters around, fleshes them out, gives them more connections between each other, adds its own world concepts and turns key characters into women. There is no Scientism, only straightforward diplomacy, and there are fewer Seldon Crises (only one).

    Apart from the pacing I think it's a far better TV series than a faithful adaptation would be. The concepts it adds are interesting and fit with the world and give it depth, they're not just random stuff.
    In conversation Tuesday, 07-Dec-2021 05:43:16 EST from libranet.de permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  3. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Dec-2021 01:53:22 EST Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    Don't get me wrong, I think Foundation is one of the greatest SF stories ever written. And I hadn't heard there was a series, must find out when and where it airs... !SciFi @clacke
    In conversation Tuesday, 07-Dec-2021 01:53:22 EST from web permalink
  4. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Dec-2021 01:49:57 EST Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    So you're telling me the series closely follows the 9? 12? books of the Foundation Trilogy...
    In conversation Tuesday, 07-Dec-2021 01:49:57 EST from web permalink
  5. clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’› (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 05-Dec-2021 07:46:46 EST clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
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    • clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    A few more episodes in the pacing is a real problem. Now I'm just watching because I'm invested in the characters, but the main epic story is really moving at snail's pace.
    In conversation Sunday, 05-Dec-2021 07:46:46 EST from libranet.de permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  6. clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’› (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 10-Oct-2021 20:32:09 EDT clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    #Foundation is a very good series, judging from the first episode. It takes Asimov's grand galactic imperial scope and vision add three-dimensional people with motivations and purpose. Beautifully shot, acted and rendered, of course.

    People are making so much cool stuff now that has finally become technologically possible.
    In conversation Sunday, 10-Oct-2021 20:32:09 EDT from libranet.de permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  7. ar.al🌻 (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 06-Dec-2021 05:33:38 EST ar.al🌻 ar.al🌻

    Folks making alternatives: don’t recreate the systems of closed, centralised silos. They’re designed with the needs and success criteria of closed, centralised organisations. You cannot compete with them on their own terms. They have the resources to create centralised workflows, you do not. And your success criteria are the opposite of theirs. You do not want to centralise information, power, and wealth. Think about where your strengths lie and design from first principles according to those.

    In conversation Monday, 06-Dec-2021 05:33:38 EST from mastodon.ar.al permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  8. clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’› (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 12-Nov-2021 04:52:11 EST clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    I think everyone should learn at least a little bit of computer programming, so they can learn to hate computers at deeper level.
    "Give a man a program, frustrate him for a day.
    Teach a man to program, frustrate him for a lifetime."
    twitit.gq/ddzwiedziu/status/14…
    In conversation Friday, 12-Nov-2021 04:52:11 EST from libranet.de permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  9. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 08-Nov-2021 16:18:11 EST Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
    Some of us still do that - make the content the most important thing on the page, rather than the chrome and the flash and the bling...
    In conversation Monday, 08-Nov-2021 16:18:11 EST from web permalink
  10. Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 08-Nov-2021 15:35:27 EST Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
    remember when web site designers worked really hard to cut down the amount of nonsense on the web page so it would spend fewer server, network and client resources, and would load faster? those were the days. that was before surveillance capitalism took hold, I suppose.
    In conversation Monday, 08-Nov-2021 15:35:27 EST from gnusocial.net permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  11. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Nov-2021 11:35:54 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
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    • lnxw48a1
    "htyps" is the secure typos protocol. This should have been "https" instead.
    In conversation Monday, 01-Nov-2021 11:35:54 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  12. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Oct-2021 21:43:11 EDT Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
    Me too! I've been reading things for radio broadcast, but I have no idea what I'm saying... Concentrating too hard on reading ahead of what I'm speaking so I can do the intonation right...
    In conversation Wednesday, 27-Oct-2021 21:43:11 EDT from web permalink
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