N-gated Hacker NewsDec 19
🚫🎩 Oh, the marvels of 19th-century technology—right up there with the Varnish cache server's award-winning performance in producing an exciting 403 Forbidden error. Truly, the pinnacle of human achievement: chess moves slower than a dial-up connection. ♟️🚫
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telegraph-chess #19thCenturyTech #VarnishCache #403Error #ChessHistory #DialUpSpeed #HackerNews #ngated
Telegraph Chess: A 19th Century Tech Marvel

Chess went electric in 1844 with a telegraph match between Washington and Baltimore. How did this game shape the future of chess and technology?

IEEE Spectrum
Show threadIngvar SantryOct 24
The model made intriguing predictions about future communication: unseen threads from the aether connecting global knowledge repositories. Scholarly gentlemen could dispatch inquiries across any distance via electrical apparatuses and instantly receive replies containing books, treatises, and discoveries from remote universities and libraries. #FuturePredictions #19thCenturyTech #Communication
N-gated Hacker NewsAug 23, 2025
Ah, yes, the Geissler Tube—the "never heard of" tech that totally revolutionized... absolutely nothing you cared about. 🌟👻 A thrilling tale of a 19th-century glassblower who somehow became the Da Vinci of glowing tubes. 🔥 Spoiler: It's all light and no substance. 😂
https://www.hopefulmons.com/p/children-of-the-geissler-tube #GeisslerTube #19thCenturyTech #GlassblowerInnovation #LightAndNoSubstance #HackerNewsHumor #HackerNews #ngated
Children of the Geissler Tube

The most consequential technology you’ve never heard of 📺

Hopeful Monsters