Wondering about shared interests

My knowledge of unix is old and rusty. I used to use Sun workstations (thin clients) to connect to a Cray supercomputer to help with software optimisation, before I got into telecoms.

I keep an eye on physics developments, but they seem to be spending too much on colliders. There are other interesting problems.

Stuart333 said:

they seem to be spending too much on colliders

Have you watched the 3 Body Problem TV series?

I watched the original chinese version which is a bit long winded at 30 episodes but covers the whole book.

Some very interesting physics is covered and some, err, stretched ideas as to why physics is unreliable at present.

I think the Americans are remaking it.

I don't watch any tv.

I have the 3 Body Problem book sitting by my bed, it is on the list. I thought about reading it a few years ago but put it off.

I don't watch any tv.

I have the 3 Body Problem book sitting by my bed, it is on the list. I thought about reading it a few years ago but put it off.

The fact the author is from a different culture does create a different "feel" to the storytelling but I saw that as part of its charm.

The TV show used lots of 3D computer graphics (since a lot of the show takes place in a Virtual Reality game) which I guess saved them a lot for special effects. Unfortunately the reveal towards the end used the same graphics which stole some of the visual impact.

I've got the Wandering Earth by the same author on my list to read but will save that for a long haul flight I think.