Tag: alt history
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Vector fields
Vector fields are a math tool used in graphing and understanding sets of forces or complex patterns. Vector fields have proved useful with brain networks. Older forms of measurement were also vectorial, with complex measures like metes and bounds forming vector fields to measure farm fields. A vector is an arrow representing a movement and…
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The Markup Man
This 1957 film on printing careers reminded me of the STUPIDEST decision I ever made. Speculating about the past is pointless, especially when based on information that wasn’t available at the time. Some of this info was available, some wasn’t. The film itemizes the various specialties in printing. One is the Markup Man, who lays…
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Bad future?
One of the industry films in my bedtime playlist (probably from 1955) cites stats about the power of the auto industry. One out of seven Americans worked directly for car makers or their suppliers, and another two out of seven depended completely on cars and trucks. Most of these films tried to extrapolate current stats…
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What the Edsel could have been
Vintage.es has a pictorial feature on the ’58 Facel Vega. The front end is the perfect arrangement of quad headlights and a vertical grille. Those were the required elements for the Edsel. Facel proves that a perfect design fitting the requirements was AVAILABLE in ’58. Ford didn’t have to pick the Cunt In Front design.…
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Postmodern dream
This morning’s dream was set in a future without social media. Achievements were no longer recognized by blue checks or Likes. Achievements were recognized by fastening a metal plate to a giant kiosk or carousel, something like the carousel formerly used for order tickets in restaurants. I knew a black lady who was doing an…
Polistra's Mill 