EffortlessOps@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoIf you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?message-squaremessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1150arrow-down1message-squareIf you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?EffortlessOps@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square167fedilinkfile-text
If you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoDamn, now I’m wondering if my decision to bring plans for a printing press is actually less useful than accurate timekeeping
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoAccurate timekeeping means you can navigate the deep ocean without hugging the coast.
minus-squareRoss_audio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months 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.
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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.