codinghorror,

Why did we print things on paper? I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time.

mooseblaster,

@codinghorror Because CRTs are notoriously difficult to ship.

jotkailay,

@codinghorror So we might actually find the information again, instead of lost in the infinite void of computers. We are, after all, physical beings living in physical space and not computers

chucker,
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@jotkailay @codinghorror

> We are, after all, physical beings living in physical space and not computers

Speak for yourself!

codinghorror,

@jotkailay are you sure?

jotkailay,

@codinghorror Yah for long time ago stuff. Like I have a billion digital photos I never see. But ones I’ve printed? I’ll stumble across them occasionally. Same with books.

There is the immediate, which digital surfaces, then a decades+ long gap of nothing, then old physical stuff I love that surrounds me

Old Nintendo games, D&D books etc. Do I feel for this stuff because of nostalgia, or because it’s actually in my physical space which I also happen to inhabit

codinghorror,

@jotkailay I meant are we in a simulation

jotkailay,

@codinghorror A simulation with some stimulation

JeffGrigg,
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@codinghorror

Because we did not have wide access to highly portable computers (including tablets) and wireless communication.

pacanukeha,

@codinghorror because printing on screens is expensive, silly, and wasteful, and because printing on cats is hard

ravigupta,

@codinghorror It all depends on context.

tomwinzig,
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@codinghorror how else can you sign in wet ink 😉

kevindente,

@codinghorror so we could rip things up in frustration

ckape,

@codinghorror because parchment kept jamming the mechanism

downey,
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@codinghorror cost of stone was too damn high

HitokiriEric,

@codinghorror it lasts longer that way.

adriano,
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@codinghorror it gave us printers to hate

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