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572 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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TZubiri ◴[17 Oct 24 00:21 UTC] No.41865229[source]▶
We had books, but then we thought, what about screens. Then we had screens but we thought, what if screens were more like books. Then we had book screens and we thought, what if the screens we made to look like books were more like screens.
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Funes- ◴[17 Oct 24 01:02 UTC] No.41865436[source]▶
I get the joke, but color has been present in books (manuscripts, before the invention of the printing press, even) basically since their inception, many centuries ago, so just adding color wouldn't make these devices more similar to screens as much as it would make them more akin to... well, books. Just look at these marvels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript.
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mirekrusin ◴[17 Oct 24 01:21 UTC] No.41865545[source]▶
Color was present in cave paintings.
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1. Funes- ◴[17 Oct 24 13:51 UTC] No.41869670[source]▶
Where exactly in parent's post are cave paintings mentioned, instead of explicitly just books and screens, whose specific relationship is what the tongue-in-cheek comment is about? Your post makes no sense, other than trying to be a "gotcha!" one and failing at it.