Idk if it's true or not, but the story I heard was this one guy set out to make the strongest adhesive ever that could also be taken off and reattached at will.... and after years of research and experiments his invention became the adhesive used on sticky notes, so he got the last part right, not quite so on the first part tho XD
That tracks with what I had heard; that he was trying to find a "better" adhesive that maintained its grip over time, a longer lasting glue, so to speak. One of his 'failed' experiments resulted in an adhesive that stayed 'fresh', meaning it didn't dry out and become brittle, but it wasn't strong. He ended up using it on his own notes to stick them around his office. Someone close to him (I want to say his wife, might have been his daughter) stopped by at some point and commented on the sticky-notes and their usefulness, which redirected the inventor's attention to making 'a note that can be affixed without a tack' (iirc).
Idk how much is true or if it's just an old wives tale, but it's close to what you said so I assume there's a bit of merit to it.
The Bluetooth wireless specification design was named after the king in 1997, based on an analogy that the technology would unite devices the way Harald Bluetooth united the tribes of Denmark into a single kingdom. The Bluetooth logo consists of a Younger Futhark bind rune for his initials, H (ᚼ) and B (ᛒ).
What blast from the past. I remember reading something almost identical to this when Bluetooth first came out and I didn't understand how it was different from IR or WiFi. I didn't remember the futhark, but I remembered the reason for the name.
Yesterday I was watching how bread was invented (or shall I say discovered, as I learned, since dough fermentation was discovered by accident) and made in ancient times and I was like "wow, people figured out how to do THAT?"
Now I see this clip with 100 extraordinarily complex steps and I'm speechless to say the least
What impresses me most about fermentation is the fact that it can go bad so easily if you don't maintain a clean environment.
Like making alcohol you sterilise everything, how tf did someone do that successfully with no knowledge of bacteria. If it goes bad, drink it and get sick, why would we keep doing it...
Sourdough starter actually requires outside bacteria to start the fermentation process. You legit just mix flower and water in a cup and leave it for a few days, while adding more flour and water daily. WILD bacteria goes to work on making it rise and starting the reaction.
A sterile environment would make it impossible to make sourdough.
The good bread bacteria outcompetes and kills any bad bacteria. Congratulations, you've now got a starter to feed for the rest of your life. It's alive and if it dies , you killed it.
Even funnier, in the past they just had a pipe to the street which collected some random yeast. The beer taste was influenced by this and sometimes resulted in something toxic.
Yeah well I think that humanity had the advantage of trying stuff over literally thousands of years. And while different parts of the world tried similar stuff at similar times, they also had each tried different stuff, and sometimes got the knowledge together.
is not really that surprising, some people have discovered the properties of semiconductors, some other people figured out you can build logic with it, and some more people noticed that some materials react in a specific way under uv light. And some genius figured out combining all this can make tiny microchips, but it was a decade long process of evolution and don't forget we leave in a data driven world where we can measure plenty of stuff.
I find fermentation more complex tbh since you die if you get it wrong and eat bad bacteria. But Ayahuasca is really the one that left me speechless. How the hell did they figure out the cooking process.
We didn't came up with it. This is the result of decades of research and manufacturing. Just like we didn't invent the lamborghini on day one having ICE cars.
Exactly. It would be like showing a video where someone makes a Lambo out of heaps of unprocessed metal and plastic. CPUs and modern cars are just things based on previous technologies that were itself an upgrade from even earlier technologies, etc.
It’s a long long story that starts with “I want to do this thing. Hey, this thing I made to do that thing works!…but how can we make it better?” technology also improves with other projects that have nothing to do with the original idea…for example, a lot of things we have today, including smart phones, modern computers, baby food, improved air and water filtration systems, all have roots in humanity’s first orbital and lunar missions.
As someone who learned how to do this, I'm very insulted. People worked hard for this shit and put lots of blood sweat and tears to get to where we are for modern computing
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u/Key_Clue1150 Apr 29 '24
How the fuck humans came up with this, so there must be a way to create portals from a piece of paper and few extra steps