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Can anyone recommend a book (I'm imagining sort of 'coffee table' style picture book, but not necessarily) on technological advancements through human history, ideally roughly chronologically but more organised around what needed to happen before the next was possible?
I started reading Josephine Quinn's book "How the world made the west" and I can recommend it. It goes quite into detail and is not of the sort "coffee-table"-style picture book. It explains the origins of technologies, trade between groups and challenges the common view how civilizations evolved.
massenpunkt commented on Swiss' Entire Boeing 777 Fleet Now Has Shark Skin Technology simpleflying.com/swiss-en... · Posted by u/belter
Some more technical information: https://cleantechhub.lufthansagroup.com/en/focus-areas/aircr...
My favorite watch ever was a self-winding mechanical Swatch. I suspect they (Swatch) acquired the company that made it. Disappointingly, when the pins that held the band on started to slip, there was no good way to repair it.
I've since switched to a smart watch, but I keep getting tempted to go back. I generally use my smart watch as a very gentle alarm, and for fitness tracking. I just don't want to be the geek who wears two watches. Maybe I should only wear it at night?
The Swatch brand was founded 1983 by ETA CEO Thomke and his Engineers. ETA is a watch movement manufacturer.
Speaking of Swatch and mechanical watches: the Sistem51 is an interesting watch, since it's the only mechanical watch ever fabricated in a 100% automated production line. The parts are welded together and held by a single screw. https://www.swatch.com/en-us/sistem-51.html
massenpunkt commented on Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it macworld.com/article/2130... · Posted by u/jay_kyburz
This was one of the reasons that made me switch from iPhones to Android phones.
massenpunkt commented on The truffle industry is a scam tasteatlas.com/truffle-in... · Posted by u/carabiner
There's an interesting documentary on ARTE about illegal truffle harvesting in Romania: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/100299-004-A/re-truffle-traffi...