@NailBomb@jeffcliff@errante >because their admin is cucked no im not, none of these people are blocked on any of my personal instances. poast has a zero tolerance policy for dox materials
> @NailBomb @jeffcliff poast cant see this bcos their admin is cucked but the behaviour of a traffic light isnt preserved by photos. in france, traffic lights act remarkably differently to in the UK - theres no stop-wait-go, its only stop-go (MASSIVE FUCKING DIFFERENCE JESUS CHRIST) and go-slow-stop. > patents are, neccessarily, short on details, so we'll never know!
@jeffcliff Blacks and even mainstream newspapers have claimed a black guy invented the traffic light.
I looked into it and found the patent (a modification of an existing traffic control *SIGN*) as well as old photos of traffic lights already invented and installed in Detroit prior to the patent of this particular black
@NailBomb@jeffcliff poast cant see this bcos their admin is cucked but the behaviour of a traffic light isnt preserved by photos. in france, traffic lights act remarkably differently to in the UK - theres no stop-wait-go, its only stop-go (MASSIVE FUCKING DIFFERENCE JESUS CHRIST) and go-slow-stop.
patents are, neccessarily, short on details, so we'll never know!
my family thinks that we invented the lightning rod, and apparently there is a patent involved -- but this means we invented one type of lightning rod (even if it was probably a very commercially successful one in canada) i highly doubt it was the first
On these long timescales it's easy to forget who invented what. That's one of the good things about patents: it does help us establish priority in retrospect
@jeffcliff Ye may be confusing his history. In 1928 Georg Neumann designed the first commercial condenser microphone. Microphone was coined by Charles Wheatstone in 1827. Emile Berliner (German lineage) and Thomas Edison developed what is considered the modern microphone after seeing Bell's telephone receiver and deciding to improve its capabilities.
Different goalposts for the invention of the microphone, but it didn't involve Hitler.
I understand, and respect your rules applying on your instance. I neither support or disclaim errante : idgaf one way or the other what he/she/it thinks on that topic, but if he's defedded and has some history bombs to share i'll facilitate discussion with poast users like nailbomb
Well, you already stated you do respect those rules, I was just giving you the opportunity to clarify. Thank you for exposing your true beliefs, you played yourself.
Why is it so hard for these people to say "no, I don't endorse drawn child pornography and I condemn people that defend literal child rapists"? It's so easy and natural.