• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
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    23 days ago

    Scientists in 1985: “This data can now all fit on a machine-readable 12-cm plastic disk with an access time of seconds, not minutes.”

    Central Insurance Institute in Prague-Smíchov 30 years later:
    Gonna pretend I didn't hear that

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      23 days ago

      Don’t see an easy way of walking around those counterweights as it looks pretty tight or you get smacked in the chin as he suddenly rockets up

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        22 days ago

        Watch on YouTube
        Here’s a video of them in action - you can see the Nazis tried to create popular high-budget movies despite the war costs. They weren’t very fast even back in the day and now that they are only used for historical records, they probably go even slower. I’m pretty sure their usage is very restricted and still they likely needed an exception from the European equivalent of OSHA.