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Cl1nk, in Traditional 'Chinampa' lake gardens and canals, Mexico, 1912

Great picture! I’m surprised that I’ve never seen a modern photo of the Chinampas (that aren’t from Xochimilco) I always thought the system came in desuse way before the times, or that the city someone engulfed most of the lake by the time the technology existed.

blahsay, in Traditional 'Chinampa' lake gardens and canals, Mexico, 1912

Such smart farming! I’m surprised they make the canals so deep they need boats to get around though.

quotheraven404, in Czechoslovakians celebrating the fall of the Soviet-backed regime after the Velvet Revolution, December 31, 1989

Accidental Renaissance?

rustyredox, in Parisians use chairs to navigate during a flood of the Seine, 1924

Look at that line. Imagine if you were unfortunate enough to be commuting in the opposite direction. No temp construction semaphore to save you from the one way traffic to work.

AceFuzzLord, (edited ) in Confederate submarine discovered by the US government in 1878.

It never ceases to amaze me just how old the first submarines ever made are/were. They feel like something that shouldn’t even be possible to have been made before the 20th century. Definitely might have to read up on this.

setsneedtofeed,
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I was originally going to post about the HL Hunley, which was also deployed during the Civil War. It was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship. I got distracted when I came across this submarine while making the post.

The U.S. Civil War was a time of rapid transition from Napoleonic to “modern” war.

NABDad,

If Civil War submarines amaze you, the Revolutionary War submarine should knock your socks off.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(submersible)

Death_Equity, in Armored rail train car from the US Civil War.

This is what you want.

The Hairy Mary is the armored train engine you have at home.

homesweethomeMrL, in A 5MB Hard Drive, 1956

Iirc thats a hard disk.

sjmarf, (edited )

My bad; I’ve edited the title. Thanks!

rhacer, in A 5MB Hard Drive, 1956

The first two hardrives I had experience were not that big, but still required to people to get into the cabinet. A Fujitsu Eagle and a CDC I can’t remember which model that had 5MB fixed and 5MB removable.

zzzz, in A 5MB Hard Drive, 1956

Dude in the white shirt is jacked!

JadenSmith, in A 5MB Hard Drive, 1956

The bald person at the bottom’s head looks like a penis.

Odo, in A 5MB Hard Drive, 1956

Pics like this remind me of the Elliott 405 vs Raspberry Pi Zero tweet: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b84965d6-da59-4138-9ffb-9e61d47c2748.png

rsh, in WW1 French Rifleman Behind Mobile Armored Shield

From the people who brought you the Walkie Talkie, presenting the new Scooty Shooty

betterdeadthanreddit,

Scooty Shooty

Since that name was already taken by the object in the photo above, they had to call this a Vespa 150 TAP.

Anticorp,

TAP, because it’s going to tap that ass?

rsh,

The Vespa 150 TAP, aka, Zoomy Ka-boomy

thefluffiest, (edited ) in WW1 French Rifleman Behind Mobile Armored Shield

A WW1 soldier out in the open? Must have been really early 1914 or late 1918. Judging by the helmet and uniform, probably the latter. Or it’s just propaganda material.

earmuff, in WW1 French Rifleman Behind Mobile Armored Shield

Fun fact: those things can only move backwards.

Coreidan, in WW1 French Rifleman Behind Mobile Armored Shield

Mobile as fuck. Can take that bitch grocery shopping at Walmart

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