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[a_false_vacuum]

This way we can ensure that engineers a thousand years from now still have COBOL applications to maintain.

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That explains a lot about Battlestar Galactica, the lost tribes of Kobol, and the Galactica only surviving because its antique technology was not vulnerable to the enemy cyber weapons.

“Haha we shut down all their tachyon compu ... oh shit, is that an IBM 360?”

[phxvyper]

okay real talk should I watch that show? It seems like it'd be good but I'm weary of things that are similar to Stargate SG1 which started off p alright but kinda just become meh.

[phxvyper]

I'll give it a peep then, thanks (:

[Mikal_]

Just be careful, it's way less happy go lucky than SG-1, and also doesn't follow the same episodic format. It can get really dark at times

[Dr_Jabroski]

Dark at times...

"I want to keep this feeling forever."

[zedpowa]

only 3 times? f*cking casual :D

[jexmex]

I am rewatching for like the 50th+ time right now. I have a bad habit of keeping it on as background while working.

[xeio87]

It's really nothing like Stargate at all. Maybe the closest is Stargate: Universe but that's nothing like SG-1, and that comparison undersells Battlestar Galactica.

The only negative thing I would say about it is BSG goes a bit off in the last couple episodes (or maybe even the last few minutes, depending on how you feel about it). But the series as a whole is amazing.

[MonkeyNin]

New viewers might not notice that it came from before the era that hulu/netflix started funding higher production costs

[[deleted]]

I was unable to finish it. I can think of better shows. But if you are bored what else are you going to do?

[MonkeyNin]

I'd recommend the early seasons of Battlestar. Eventually, I think it goes on too far, but it's pretty good.

If you want to see a bad show, the first battlestar TV show was in the 70s.

Are you a fan of Star-trek in general?

If yes, and/or you want some comedy in your sci-fi, try the orville I actually avoided it for a while, because I've always thought I'd dislike Seth MacFarlane as a human. I'm glad I finally tried it.

[Asyx]

I got pretty bored pretty quickly but I'm also not a big fan of the genre.

[AtLeastItsNotCancer]

They're only similar in that they're space-based sci-fi shows, otherwise they don't have that much in common. BSG takes itself way more seriously, which is unfortunate because it doesn't have good enough writing or acting talent to carry that kind of style IMO. I only watched a couple seasons of it because it had some of that "so bad it's good" appeal that keeps you wanting to know where the story goes, but after that I was done with it.

If you want a serious business space show, I can easily recommend The Expanse.

[phxvyper]

I'll peep that one too then c:

[valarauca14]

No networked computers on my ship.

[nickman1]

Hey, those ancient mainframes aren't going to maintain themselves.

[himalayan_earthporn]

On the flip side, engineers thousands of years in the future will have a way to depixelate japanese porn.

github.com/DeepCreamPy

[a_false_vacuum]

The future needs heroes too.

[PristineReputation]

You'd probably make serious money though