Day 51
#365project

#Hash in #Analog... Long before the tag.

𝙵𝚞𝚗 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚝
This technical name for this symbol is the #octothorpe. It was designed in the #1960s by engineers at Bell Labs to add a 12th button to the #PushButtonPhone specifically for #aesthetic reasons.

#TheMoreYouKnow 🌠








#hashtag #PoundSign #TouchTone #NumberSign #vintage #retro #telephone #OldTelephone #VintageTech #macro #MacroPhotography #monochrome #bnw #bw #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #photography #texture #TextureTuesday #greyscale #grayscale #FunFact
The Symbol With Too Many Names

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Number sign - Wikipedia

Also, since I'm entirely solar powered, I know weird things, like:

Compiling Humility, our debugger, on my laptop costs 1,064 joules. That's a few seconds of sun on my array.

BRING THE PRs

#solar #rust #hashtag #poundsign

If you're stationed at Antarctica's McMurdo base and must carry some gear by helicopter to a nearby camp, what do you do? "I started out by weighing and labeling my cargo, for the planners in Helo Ops to distribute weight and plan fuel requirements for the trip. Each item gets labeled with a destination and a weight."

The unit of weight measurement? # , apparently.

#PoundSign #Octothorpe

https://brr.fyi/posts/cape-crozier

Cape Crozier – brr

A nearby field camp, and my first helicopter flight!