2834: Book Podcasts - Revision history

82.132.238.63: /* Explanation */ Minor amendments.

2025-09-08T11:42:13Z

‎Explanation: Minor amendments.

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2025-09-08T11:34:03Z

‎Explanation

2A00:8A60:C000:1:159B:BF20:B30D:3062 at 07:26, 8 September 2025

2025-09-08T07:26:38Z

Tromag at 20:46, 19 October 2023

2023-10-19T20:46:19Z

172.70.243.107: Expanded explanation. Marked as complete

2023-10-15T15:20:46Z

Expanded explanation. Marked as complete

Tromag at 15:24, 3 October 2023

2023-10-03T15:24:23Z

172.71.158.245: /* Explanation */

2023-09-29T19:05:26Z

‎Explanation

172.71.242.64: /* Transcript / Added necessary comma. Revised the rest of the sentence for flow and broad interpretation. (Considering "... wireless* headphones...", or indeed better latter word for full-on 'cans' rather than towards lightweight earphones.)

2023-09-29T05:39:55Z

‎Transcript: Added necessary comma. Revised the rest of the sentence for flow and broad interpretation. (Considering "... *wireless* headphones...", or indeed better latter word for full-on 'cans' rather than towards lightweight earphones.)

AgentMuffin at 23:30, 28 September 2023

2023-09-28T23:30:02Z

172.70.90.109: /* Transcript */ is=>his (typo/thinko?)

2023-09-28T17:03:07Z

‎Transcript: is=>his (typo/thinko?)

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 [[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of {{w|audiobook}}s, a product which has existed since well before the concept of podcasts. It's also worth noting that although podcasts usually involve talking and discussions, podcasts that are essentially chapter-by-chapter audiobooks already exist, as do podcasts that are effectively anthologies of shorter stories, meaning that there's nothing remotely original about his idea.
-He confesses this has happened more than once, which as can also be seen in [[1367: Installing]] and [[2724: Washing Machine Settings]], is not the first time Randall has accidentally reinvented the proverbial wheel for an idea. Though this comic seems to suggest that he specifically has reinvented the ''audiobook'' 'wheel' on prior occasions, perhaps approaching the combination of audio medium and the written words from another direction.
+He confesses this has happened more than once, which (as can also be seen in [[1367: Installing]] and [[2724: Washing Machine Settings]]) is not the first time Randall has accidentally reinvented the proverbial wheel for an idea. Though this comic specifically indicates that he has reinvented the ''audiobook'' 'wheel' on prior occasions, perhaps approaching the combination of an audio medium and the written word from another direction.
 "{{w|First principles}}" are the set of propositions that a method or theory is founded on, and which can not be derived from other theories that exist in the field. Therefore, first principles can't be derived from other propositions. In this case, Randall is describing the first principles of audiobooks by working backwards from a medium that was invented later, and that borrowed elements from the existence of audiobooks. The humor is in this circular reasoning and {{w|anachronistic}} thought process, as true first principles would probably have involved a real life read-aloud session, and as such is an example of reverse-engineering and not first principle deduction.
-The title text is an inverse of the joke, with Randall seemingly having been listening to the ''{{w|Lord of the Rings}}'' audiobook without realizing that this "podcast", which somehow seems to have predated widespread audio devices by being released in 1952, was actually originally a book written by {{w|J. R. R. Tolkien}}. This would {{w|The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)#Reception|likely irritate}} longtime fans of the book (which humorously, would also include Randall).
+The title text is an inverse of the joke, with Cueball/Randall seemingly having been listening to the ''{{w|Lord of the Rings}}'' audiobook without realizing that this "podcast", which somehow seems to have predated widespread audio devices by being released in 1952, was actually originally a book written by {{w|J. R. R. Tolkien}}. This would {{w|The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)#Reception|likely irritate}} longtime fans of the book (which humorously, include Randall himself).
 The words "deep dive" might be referencing the fact that Tolkien wrote the book with the frame story that he was actually just translating the story which was written by the characters in the story, which might also be a joke regarding the reversal of the writing from first principles to "writing" by translation. In addition to this, in 1952, Tolkien's friend George Sayer [https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/1952_tape_recording recorded Tolkien narrating excerpts from ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''], later distributed more widely in the 1970s on vinyl records, which this may also be an allusion to.

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 [[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of {{w|audiobook}}s, a product which has existed since well before the concept of podcasts. It's also worth noting that although podcasts usually involve talking and discussions, podcasts that are essentially chapter-by-chapter audiobooks already exist, as do podcasts that are effectively anthologies of shorter stories, meaning that there's nothing remotely original about his idea.
-He confesses this has happened more than once, which as can also be seen in [[1367: Installing]] and [[2724: Washing Machine Settings]], is not the first time Randall has accidentally reinvented the proverbial wheel for an idea.
+He confesses this has happened more than once, which as can also be seen in [[1367: Installing]] and [[2724: Washing Machine Settings]], is not the first time Randall has accidentally reinvented the proverbial wheel for an idea. Though this comic seems to suggest that he specifically has reinvented the ''audiobook'' 'wheel' on prior occasions, perhaps approaching the combination of audio medium and the written words from another direction.
 "{{w|First principles}}" are the set of propositions that a method or theory is founded on, and which can not be derived from other theories that exist in the field. Therefore, first principles can't be derived from other propositions. In this case, Randall is describing the first principles of audiobooks by working backwards from a medium that was invented later, and that borrowed elements from the existence of audiobooks. The humor is in this circular reasoning and {{w|anachronistic}} thought process, as true first principles would probably have involved a real life read-aloud session, and as such is an example of reverse-engineering and not first principle deduction.

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of an {{w|audiobook}}s, a product which has existed well before the concept of podcasts. It's also worth noting that although podcasts usually involve talking and discussions, podcasts that are essentially chapter-by-chapter audiobooks already exist, as do podcasts that are effectively anthologies of shorter stories, meaning that there's nothing remotely original about his idea.
+[[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of {{w|audiobook}}s, a product which has existed since well before the concept of podcasts. It's also worth noting that although podcasts usually involve talking and discussions, podcasts that are essentially chapter-by-chapter audiobooks already exist, as do podcasts that are effectively anthologies of shorter stories, meaning that there's nothing remotely original about his idea.
 He confesses this has happened more than once, which as can also be seen in [[1367: Installing]] and [[2724: Washing Machine Settings]], is not the first time Randall has accidentally reinvented the proverbial wheel for an idea.

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of an {{w|audiobook}}s, a product which has existed well before the concept of podcasts. It's also worth noting that although podcasts usually involve talking and discussions, podcasts that are essentially chapter-by-chapter(or rather a collection of stories, such as a true-crime podcast) audiobooks already exist as well, meaning that there's nothing remotely original about his idea.
+[[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of an {{w|audiobook}}s, a product which has existed well before the concept of podcasts. It's also worth noting that although podcasts usually involve talking and discussions, podcasts that are essentially chapter-by-chapter audiobooks already exist, as do podcasts that are effectively anthologies of shorter stories, meaning that there's nothing remotely original about his idea.
 He confesses this has happened more than once, which as can also be seen in [[1367: Installing]] and [[2724: Washing Machine Settings]], is not the first time Randall has accidentally reinvented the proverbial wheel for an idea.

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of {{w|audiobook}}s, a product which has existed well before the concept of podcasts. It's also worth noting podcasts which are essentially chapter-by-chapter audiobooks already exist as well, meaning that there's nothing remotely original about his idea. He confesses this has happened more than once.
+[[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of an {{w|audiobook}}s, a product which has existed well before the concept of podcasts. It's also worth noting that although podcasts usually involve talking and discussions, podcasts that are essentially chapter-by-chapter(or rather a collection of stories, such as a true-crime podcast) audiobooks already exist as well, meaning that there's nothing remotely original about his idea.
-"{{w|First principles}}" are the set of propositions that a method or theory is founded on. Normally, first principles can't be derived from other propositions. In this case, Randall is describing the first principles of audiobooks by working backwards from a medium that was invented later, and that borrowed elements from the existence of audiobooks. The humor is in this circular reasoning and {{w|anachronistic}} thought process.
+He confesses this has happened more than once, which as can also be seen in [[1367: Installing]] and [[2724: Washing Machine Settings]], is not the first time Randall has accidentally reinvented the proverbial wheel for an idea.
-As shown in [[1367: Installing]] and [[2724: Washing Machine Settings]] this is not the first time Randall has accidentally reinvented the proverbial wheel.
+"{{w|First principles}}" are the set of propositions that a method or theory is founded on, and which can not be derived from other theories that exist in the field. Therefore, first principles can't be derived from other propositions. In this case, Randall is describing the first principles of audiobooks by working backwards from a medium that was invented later, and that borrowed elements from the existence of audiobooks. The humor is in this circular reasoning and {{w|anachronistic}} thought process, as true first principles would probably have involved a real life read-aloud session, and as such is an example of reverse-engineering and not first principle deduction.
-The title text is an inverse of the joke, with Randall seemingly having been listening to the ''{{w|Lord of the Rings}}'' audiobook without realizing that this "podcast" was actually originally a book written by {{w|J. R. R. Tolkien}}. This would {{w|The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)#Reception|likely irritate}} longtime fans of the book. In 1952, Tolkien's friend George Sayer [https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/1952_tape_recording recorded Tolkien narrating excerpts from ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''], later distributed more widely in the 1970s on vinyl records, which this may also be an allusion to.
+The title text is an inverse of the joke, with Randall seemingly having been listening to the ''{{w|Lord of the Rings}}'' audiobook without realizing that this "podcast", which somehow seems to have predated widespread audio devices by being released in 1952, was actually originally a book written by {{w|J. R. R. Tolkien}}. This would {{w|The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)#Reception|likely irritate}} longtime fans of the book (which humorously, would also include Randall).
 ==Transcript==

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-[[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of {{w|audiobook}}s. He also confesses this has happened more than once.
+[[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of {{w|audiobook}}s, a product which has existed well before the concept of podcasts. It's also worth noting podcasts which are essentially chapter-by-chapter audiobooks already exist as well, meaning that there's nothing remotely original about his idea. He confesses this has happened more than once.
 "{{w|First principles}}" are the set of propositions that a method or theory is founded on. Normally, first principles can't be derived from other propositions. In this case, Randall is describing the first principles of audiobooks by working backwards from a medium that was invented later, and that borrowed elements from the existence of audiobooks. The humor is in this circular reasoning and {{w|anachronistic}} thought process.

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball, wearing headphones is looking down towards his phone which he is holding in his hand. From Cueball's head small circles go up to a large thought bubble above him.]
+:[Cueball, wearing headphones, is looking down towards a phone-sized device held in his hand. From Cueball's head small circles go up to a large thought bubble above him.]
 :Cueball: I need more podcasts to listen to while doing chores.
 :Cueball: Hey, someone should do a podcast where they just read through a book! Each chapter could be an episode...

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	[[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w\|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of {{w\|audiobook}}s. He also confesses this has happened more than once.		[[Randall]] (represented as [[Cueball]]) discusses his love of {{w\|podcast}}s, episodic audio files of a talk show. He uses them to pass the time when doing chores. At one point he imagines what it would be like if someone made a podcast narrating books, as an easy and convenient way to digest literature when reading the book yourself isn't an option. As spelled out in the caption, he quickly realizes he hasn't invented a new concept but simply described the existence of {{w\|audiobook}}s. He also confesses this has happened more than once.
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		+	"{{w\|First principles}}" are the set of propositions that a method or theory is founded on. Normally, first principles can't be derived from other propositions. In this case, Randall is describing the first principles of audiobooks by working backwards from a medium that was invented later, and that borrowed elements from the existence of audiobooks. The humor is in this circular reasoning and {{w\|anachronistic}} thought process.

	As shown in [[1367: Installing]] this is not the first time Randall has accidentally reinvented the proverbial wheel.		As shown in [[1367: Installing]] this is not the first time Randall has accidentally reinvented the proverbial wheel.