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This is excellent. Was anybody else also hoping for a Victorian HN Front Page with list of parody HN links which one might've expected to see in the 1880s or s

This is excellent. Was anybody else also hoping for a Victorian HN Front Page with list of parody HN links which one might've expected to see in the 1880s or something? - New Developments Greatly Increase Steam Engine Efficiency - Show VHN: I have developed plans for a machine that will travel through time - Nikola Tesla on Direct Current - Ask VHN: Is the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable down? Any other ideas?

themanmaran 4y ago
Numerous inaccuracies discovered in my analytical machine manual transcript (1882 edt.)
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zppln 4y ago
I'd expect track gauges might be something VHNers could disagree over.
- CapitalistCartr 4y ago
  Barring isolated systems (mines, logging) all track should be two meter gauge (78-3/4"). Although the measuring system of our neighbors across the Channel is not widely esteemed here, what we choose here in Britain will of course be widely copied throughout the World. Such a gauge would provide for the future, "future-proof", the Global system of track, allowing wider loads, greater stability for passengers, etc., it being readily apparent that rail is the future of all long distance travel.
bee_rider 4y ago
- Label Profusion: a framework to employ a great number of unskilled laborers in the creation of art via the use of simple terms Followed by... - Getting your in-home servants to work with label profusion - Will label profusion cheapen the work of legitimate artists? - I have tricked my butler into producing a great deal of smut via label profusion
- busyant 4y ago
  The Daguerrotype Prototype (alpha release): Will it obviate the services provided by dear chaps like John Singer Sargent?
- Arrath 4y ago
  - New study highlights noxious fumes danger from interior gas lamps. (Study funded by Right Honorable Brotherhood of Household Chandlers)
batch12 4y ago
Ask VHN: I have been locked in the pillory for two days and can't reach anyone.
Nextgrid 4y ago
- Alternating Current considered harmful
- basicallydan 4y ago
  Oof yes, this is exactly the kind of beef I would like to see on VHN.
  - Nextgrid 4y ago
    Probably would end up as: - [flagged] Alternating Current considered harmful
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
smoe 4y ago
Show VHN: Light bulb re-implemented using Carbon
- abcd_f 4y ago
  Show VHN: Light bulb re-implemented using Wolfram (by Sir Stephen Wolfram)
greenonions 4y ago
A treatise on the most prevalent falsehoods, commonly held as truths by mechanical instructioners, on the topic of historical reenactment.
- basicallydan 4y ago
  Hahaha. I see what you did there
abecedarius 4y ago
These are not dissimilar in style from the "100 Years Ago" sidebar in Scientific American in a past now further receding, when I made a regular practice of reading that once-estimable journal.
JasonFruit 4y ago
"written in Rust" => "powered by steam"
- Tangurena2 4y ago
  1. I think that arrow is backwards. 2. This is sort of why steam locomotives needed about 8 hours of maintenance per day. Back when VHS tapes were "in", one of my favorite tape sets was restored railroad training films (ok, nerd pron, so what). One of which showed a lot of what went on behind the scenes in a locomotive maintenance facility - and why steam locomotives were limited to 8 hours of work per day: 8 hours driving, about 4 hours cooling down, 8 hours maintenance and about 4 hours of heating the water in the boiler. When diesel electric locomotives started becoming "a thing", some people said thing like "they're junk - the wheels fall off". Looking at why the wheels had such "bad" wear problems, it turns out that those locomotives were being driven 24/7, not 1/3 of the time like steam locomotives.
melonrusk 4y ago
Will 1863 be the year of Linux on the desktop ?
- basicallydan 4y ago
  Hahahaha
baq 4y ago
East India Company to acquire Horse Manure Processing (YC 1842)
melonrusk 4y ago
Ask VHN: I have recently been ejected from my Gentleman's club without explanation. I am neither a scofflaw nor a charlatan. Do I have any recourse ?
- bee_rider 4y ago
  I merely wished to engage in a lively debate as to the inherent cognitive faculties of the various races -- and had even armed myself with all manner of statistics to reinforce up my arguments! It seems my erstwhile comrades have mistaken my quest to advance the science of phrenology for a hatred of the Irish...
  - melonrusk 4y ago
    Speaking of such, during a rousing game of backgammon I did have occasion to refer to my opponent as a "Paddy", but I cannot believe that my use of "That Gaming Term" could cause such consternation as to precipitate my removal.
eth0up 4y ago
-Ask VHN: Should Automobiles Be Banned in the World's Columbian Exposition? -Transgenderism In The Board Of Lady Managers Shouldn't Be An Issue Edit: -Managing Micro-Aggressions in the Modern Saloon with Lisp.
eth0up 4y ago
-Peak Horse: How and Why Oil and the New Machines will Erase the Carbon Footprint of Our Noblest Beast
vermarish 4y ago
Lightbulb magnetism shown to penetrate solid walls -- may disrupt bloodflow if used outside a bedroom.

themanmaran 4y ago

Numerous inaccuracies discovered in my analytical machine manual transcript (1882 edt.)

deleted 4y ago

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zppln 4y ago

I'd expect track gauges might be something VHNers could disagree over.

CapitalistCartr 4y ago
Barring isolated systems (mines, logging) all track should be two meter gauge (78-3/4"). Although the measuring system of our neighbors across the Channel is not widely esteemed here, what we choose here in Britain will of course be widely copied throughout the World. Such a gauge would provide for the future, "future-proof", the Global system of track, allowing wider loads, greater stability for passengers, etc., it being readily apparent that rail is the future of all long distance travel.

bee_rider 4y ago

- Label Profusion: a framework to employ a great number of unskilled laborers in the creation of art via the use of simple terms Followed by... - Getting your in-home servants to work with label profusion - Will label profusion cheapen the work of legitimate artists? - I have tricked my butler into producing a great deal of smut via label profusion

busyant 4y ago
The Daguerrotype Prototype (alpha release): Will it obviate the services provided by dear chaps like John Singer Sargent?
Arrath 4y ago
- New study highlights noxious fumes danger from interior gas lamps. (Study funded by Right Honorable Brotherhood of Household Chandlers)

batch12 4y ago

Ask VHN: I have been locked in the pillory for two days and can't reach anyone.

Nextgrid 4y ago

- Alternating Current considered harmful

basicallydan 4y ago
Oof yes, this is exactly the kind of beef I would like to see on VHN.
- Nextgrid 4y ago
  Probably would end up as: - [flagged] Alternating Current considered harmful
deleted 4y ago
[deleted]

smoe 4y ago

Show VHN: Light bulb re-implemented using Carbon

abcd_f 4y ago
Show VHN: Light bulb re-implemented using Wolfram (by Sir Stephen Wolfram)

greenonions 4y ago

A treatise on the most prevalent falsehoods, commonly held as truths by mechanical instructioners, on the topic of historical reenactment.

basicallydan 4y ago
Hahaha. I see what you did there

abecedarius 4y ago

These are not dissimilar in style from the "100 Years Ago" sidebar in Scientific American in a past now further receding, when I made a regular practice of reading that once-estimable journal.

JasonFruit 4y ago

"written in Rust" => "powered by steam"

Tangurena2 4y ago
1. I think that arrow is backwards. 2. This is sort of why steam locomotives needed about 8 hours of maintenance per day. Back when VHS tapes were "in", one of my favorite tape sets was restored railroad training films (ok, nerd pron, so what). One of which showed a lot of what went on behind the scenes in a locomotive maintenance facility - and why steam locomotives were limited to 8 hours of work per day: 8 hours driving, about 4 hours cooling down, 8 hours maintenance and about 4 hours of heating the water in the boiler. When diesel electric locomotives started becoming "a thing", some people said thing like "they're junk - the wheels fall off". Looking at why the wheels had such "bad" wear problems, it turns out that those locomotives were being driven 24/7, not 1/3 of the time like steam locomotives.

melonrusk 4y ago

Will 1863 be the year of Linux on the desktop ?

basicallydan 4y ago
Hahahaha

baq 4y ago

East India Company to acquire Horse Manure Processing (YC 1842)

melonrusk 4y ago

Ask VHN: I have recently been ejected from my Gentleman's club without explanation. I am neither a scofflaw nor a charlatan. Do I have any recourse ?

bee_rider 4y ago
I merely wished to engage in a lively debate as to the inherent cognitive faculties of the various races -- and had even armed myself with all manner of statistics to reinforce up my arguments! It seems my erstwhile comrades have mistaken my quest to advance the science of phrenology for a hatred of the Irish...
- melonrusk 4y ago
  Speaking of such, during a rousing game of backgammon I did have occasion to refer to my opponent as a "Paddy", but I cannot believe that my use of "That Gaming Term" could cause such consternation as to precipitate my removal.

eth0up 4y ago

-Ask VHN: Should Automobiles Be Banned in the World's Columbian Exposition? -Transgenderism In The Board Of Lady Managers Shouldn't Be An Issue Edit: -Managing Micro-Aggressions in the Modern Saloon with Lisp.

eth0up 4y ago

-Peak Horse: How and Why Oil and the New Machines will Erase the Carbon Footprint of Our Noblest Beast

vermarish 4y ago

Lightbulb magnetism shown to penetrate solid walls -- may disrupt bloodflow if used outside a bedroom.