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minus-squareWoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·10 hours agoDue to two facts: The samurai class in Japan officially lasted way later than you probably think The earliest primitive fax machine existed much earlier than you probably think. It is technically possible for Abraham Lincoln to have received a fax from a samurai. There’s no evidence it ever happened, but it technically could have happened.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 hours agoFor some reason that reminds me of how the first member of the Wampanoag tribe to greet the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, named Samoset, spoke to them in English. Then he came back later with another tribe member, Squanto, who also spoke English.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoisn’t english just the crab language that spontaneously comes into existence if given enough time?
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours agoWhat’s the details about a fax machine in the 1860s?
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoThere are a few different ones by that point.
Due to two facts:
The samurai class in Japan officially lasted way later than you probably think
The earliest primitive fax machine existed much earlier than you probably think.
It is technically possible for Abraham Lincoln to have received a fax from a samurai.
There’s no evidence it ever happened, but it technically could have happened.
For some reason that reminds me of how the first member of the Wampanoag tribe to greet the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, named Samoset, spoke to them in English. Then he came back later with another tribe member, Squanto, who also spoke English.
isn’t english just the crab language that spontaneously comes into existence if given enough time?
What’s the details about a fax machine in the 1860s?
There are a few different ones by that point.