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Indiscriminate laziness

ABC interview from 1974, Arthur Clarke

Posted on 2020/08/04 by Carl Robitaille

💻In this ABC interview from 1974, Arthur Clarke makes the bold claim that one day computers will allow people to work from home and access their banking records. pic.twitter.com/Kyzlz8wTdq
— Larry Kim (@larrykim) August 4, 2020

Mount St. Helens before and after the eruption of 1980

Posted on 2020/08/04 by Carl Robitaille

Mount St. Helens before and after the eruption of 1980

The Insane Engineering of the P-47 Thunderbolt

Posted on 2020/08/01 by Carl Robitaille

People May Have Walked North America 30,000 Years Ago

Posted on 2020/07/31 by Carl Robitaille

French Revolutionary Time

Posted on 2020/07/31 by Carl Robitaille

FUN FACT:

In 1792 a new representation of time was introduced in France: the French Revolutionary Time. French Revolutionary Time used the decimal system to define time so that 1 day was divided in 10 hours, with 100 minutes per hour, and 100 seconds per minute. pic.twitter.com/F0sXx7q5dr
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) July 31, 2020

In 2011, Herman Cain told me a story about growing up during segregation in Atlanta, Georgia

Posted on 2020/07/30 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/mattklewis/status/1288847183450648577?s=20

Herman Cain passed away from coronavirus after an unmasked appearance at Trump's Tulsa rally and writing to discourage others from wearing masks. https://t.co/34bzdoH9bx
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) July 30, 2020