EffortlessOps to Ask [email protected]English • 1 year agoIf you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?message-square183fedilinkarrow-up1157file-text
arrow-up1157message-squareIf you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?EffortlessOps to Ask [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square183fedilinkfile-text
If you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoDamn, now I’m wondering if my decision to bring plans for a printing press is actually less useful than accurate timekeeping
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoAccurate timekeeping means you can navigate the deep ocean without hugging the coast.
minus-squareDdCno1linkfedilink4•1 year agoPeople were doing that long before there were clocks that worked on ships.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoThe idea of a printing press was revolutionary but it’s just an engraved plate, ink, later and a weight on a lever. I’m confident I could make a printing press without plans having seen one. I’m not confident I could design an accurate watch. I might manage a pendulum clock. Just. But that’s far less useful.
Damn, now I’m wondering if my decision to bring plans for a printing press is actually less useful than accurate timekeeping
Accurate timekeeping means you can navigate the deep ocean without hugging the coast.
People were doing that long before there were clocks that worked on ships.
The idea of a printing press was revolutionary but it’s just an engraved plate, ink, later and a weight on a lever.
I’m confident I could make a printing press without plans having seen one. I’m not confident I could design an accurate watch.
I might manage a pendulum clock. Just. But that’s far less useful.