• Nougat
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      -23 months ago

      Each is a technology with unique features for its time, and where there aren’t any practical applications initially.

      • magic_lobster_party
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        63 months ago

        For each steam power there are thousands of similar inventions that never see the light of practical use cases. We just remember those that had significant breakthroughs.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 months ago

        Still doesn’t mean crypto is like steam, nor that it will ever have any practical application

        • Nougat
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          -33 months ago

          I’m sure the ancient Greeks said similar things about their steam pinwheels.

          • @orrk
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            13 months ago

            you know, the fact that they were right sort of undermines your argument, Hero’s engine really diden’t amount to anything outside a fun curio for wealthy aristocrats, modern steam engines are not based on this invention, the modern steam engine comes from early pressure-cooking