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#2One of my three favorite books growing up is relevant to this article. It’s also a great allegory about the passage of time and technology. Maybe worth picking up a copy…I still own mine:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mulligan_and_His_Steam_...
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#3Saas - Steam as a service
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#4Saas - Steam as a service
Pocket steam
(carries a nuclear pellet around) just add water
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#5Even Seattle has one of these! And the University of Washington as well. It’s amazing that the economics holds up even today.
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#6TIL that steam distribution was invented in the USA around 1880, and is still used in NYC. Never occurred to me that “Steam Plants” literally produce steam for distribution. I thought that was a glib reference to the white smoke they produce!
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#7One of my three favorite books growing up is relevant to this article. It’s also a great allegory about the passage of time and technology. Maybe worth picking up a copy…I still own mine: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mulligan_and_His_Steam_...
Fantastic book, great recommendation.
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#8I always thought watching films that steam in the dark streets was some cool 80s aesthetics. As in 'You are in this dark corner of the city where nobody can hear you' scary or edgy.
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#9Even Seattle has one of these! And the University of Washington as well. It’s amazing that the economics holds up even today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Steam_Company
Vancouver as well:
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#10One of my three favorite books growing up is relevant to this article. It’s also a great allegory about the passage of time and technology. Maybe worth picking up a copy…I still own mine: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mulligan_and_His_Steam_...
It was read to me as a child, and I read it to both of my sons. It's one of the few things I have from my childhood.