I think the appealing thing about the universe of Dune is 10,000 years of no IT problems whatsoever.

[nanoraptor@bitbang.social]

I think the appealing thing about the universe of Dune is 10,000 years of no IT problems whatsoever.

[mike@social.chinwag.org]

@NanoRaptor you say that, but I'm sure there are people in the background constantly reaching around the back of a frozen Mentat to find the hole to stick a paperclip in.

[bernardsheppard@mastodon.au]

@mike @NanoRaptor and the fact that they're up front about the need for drugs for long distance transport

[blurrybitsphoto@pnw.zone]

@NanoRaptor Erasmus and Ominus may have some opinions about that.
But largely, yes.

[drwho@hackers.town]

@BlurryBitsPhoto @NanoRaptor Arguably, it would have sucked way more for them. How many times do you think Erasmus had upy power cycle an Omnius node while on a synchronization run?

[drwho@hackers.town]

@BernardSheppard @mike @NanoRaptor And underpin the whole economy.

[foone@digipres.club]

@NanoRaptor yeah I've said before: dune is a story about a bunch of people who have never had to deal with a printer

[mdhughes@appdot.net]

@NanoRaptor It does trade all the tech problems for much worse human resources problems, but it's probably worth it.

Except on Ix. Many machines on Ix. NEW machines.