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Tech the tech with the tech-tech. I'm pretty sure this is one of the reasons ST is so popular with nerds. Star Trek is a nerd show that appeals to the nerdies

Tech the tech with the tech-tech. I'm pretty sure this is one of the reasons ST is so popular with nerds. Star Trek is a nerd show that appeals to the nerdiest of nerds; me included. I want them to tech the tech with the tech-tech, and to keep on doing so. The writer of that blog is just salty, and probably not a nerd but a creative type. He feels that the tech-tech-talk stifles his creativity. Good. This isn't a sculpture it's a techie nerd-gasm show; leave it alone. I'm gonna go tech my tech with the tech-tech now.

zxexz 5y ago
The writer of that blog is Charles Stross, a very well known sci-fi writer and former writer of a Linux column. I’d say not only is he a nerd, he’s truly a “nerd’s nerd”. I’d argue his writings have similar influence on people in this community to Neil Stephenson’s work.
ben_w 5y ago
He’s a rather famous big-name (literally) author who started doing novels to get out of a tech startup. IIRC his first book was called “Singularity Sky”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Sky https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Sky
paranoidrobot 5y ago
You may not be aware that the author, Charles Stross, is widely published. And has written a whole bunch of things that are definitely on the nerdy/geeky side of things. Also, posts as cstross[3] here on HN and a pretty active contributor. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laundry_Files https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laundry_Files [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cstross https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cstross
jl6 5y ago
I interpreted the article quite differently. The author is promoting the idea that tech is central to SF and shouldn’t be just an afterthought that the scriptwriters outsource to someone else who makes up gibberish.

zxexz 5y ago

The writer of that blog is Charles Stross, a very well known sci-fi writer and former writer of a Linux column. I’d say not only is he a nerd, he’s truly a “nerd’s nerd”. I’d argue his writings have similar influence on people in this community to Neil Stephenson’s work.

ben_w 5y ago

He’s a rather famous big-name (literally) author who started doing novels to get out of a tech startup. IIRC his first book was called “Singularity Sky”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Sky https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Sky

paranoidrobot 5y ago

You may not be aware that the author, Charles Stross, is widely published. And has written a whole bunch of things that are definitely on the nerdy/geeky side of things. Also, posts as cstross[3] here on HN and a pretty active contributor. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laundry_Files https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laundry_Files [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cstross https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cstross

jl6 5y ago

I interpreted the article quite differently. The author is promoting the idea that tech is central to SF and shouldn’t be just an afterthought that the scriptwriters outsource to someone else who makes up gibberish.