• @NOT_RICK
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      3110 months ago

      Still beats flying!

  • @shalafi
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    4410 months ago

    Early 20th century engineering was like the Cambrian Explosion, trying out all kinds of whacky shit until settling into the practical forms we know today.

    • @Rolando
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      1810 months ago

      I suspect that in 2123 they’ll say the same thing about the internet of the past 25 years.

  • @Got_Bent
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    So much awful spamming across Lemmy this morning. All from accounts made minutes ago.

    Edit: Referring to the comments, not the post.

      • @Got_Bent
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        1810 months ago

        Probably. It was multiple posts of a naked guy bending over and spreading.

        • Coelacanth
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          1410 months ago

          Still showing for me. Seen both the aforementioned bent over dude and some incomprehensible AI generated word salad spam, both from users on lemmy.blahaj.zone.

          • PugJesusM
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            Unfortunately, I can’t see it on my Lemmy.world or Kbin account, so I can’t do anything about it. I banned a fellow like that not too long ago.

          • @[email protected]
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            810 months ago

            I think some people try to get the trans friendly lemmy.blahaj.zone defederated as much as possible. Those kinds of attacks are sadly a weakpoint in the fediverse.

        • @[email protected]
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          510 months ago

          The gore dead baby photo directly under it was worse. I reported the one I saw in a different thread and I’ve blocked the user. Don’t need to see that again.

          • @Got_Bent
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            510 months ago

            Glad I missed that one. Yikes.

    • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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      710 months ago

      Does it engine brake or I suppose it could use modern style brakes had they been around.

      • @[email protected]
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        510 months ago

        Exactly me thought. How would a full emergency break look alike? The man still wheeling inside the wheel?

        • @[email protected]
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          310 months ago

          I’d imagine it starts with the rider’s feet being planted firmly on the ground and ends with them exiting through the back of their pelvis.

        • @Everythingispenguins
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          210 months ago

          Basically you can’t emergency brake. If you do then you get to do your best impression of a hamster going down a hill.

          Honestly I think that is one of the main reasons these never caught on. But yes you can still buy one if you want. They never fully left.

  • @[email protected]
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    One of the rare times I’ve seen a good quality image of a monowheel. Everything else is either low resolution or the subject was too far away.

  • guyrocket
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    Confused by the steering wheel. I wonder how/if that works.

    • @Everythingispenguins
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      I believe that it controlled the tilt. Notice how his seat is still upright. Modern ones don’t do that you have to turn by leaning, which is probably a better system anyway.

  • ReallyKinda
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    It looks more futuristic than the vehicles we drive now:( We let this guy down.

  • ares35
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    210 months ago

    “Nef’s got a Coildrive patrolling the Vallis. Ambush it and I’ll rip the datamass…”