cm0002Oct 4, 2025

What technology would you give to ancient people just to fuck with them?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/47299012

What technology would you give to ancient people just to fuck with them? - sh.itjust.works

>I’d give laser pointers to Neanderthals. Even if they did figure out some useful application for them (maybe hunting?) they’d run out of batteries eventually. OQB @[email protected] [/u/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.world/u/python]

Show threadDudeImMacGyverOct 4, 2025
Those little Roman devices nobody cab figure out.
Show threadcsverdad
Antikythera mechanism?
Oct 5, 2025 at 1:39amWeb
Show threadNasanOct 5, 2025
It’s how the Greeks played Minecraft.
Show threadKyuuketsukiOct 5, 2025

That’s Greek and we have a pretty good understanding of them.

I think the person you’re replying to is referring to these odd little dodecahedrons that we keep finding in former Roman provinces, but for which we’ve found no documentation as to what they were for, if anything.

Roman dodecahedron - Wikipedia

Show threadDudeImMacGyverOct 5, 2025
No, those little dice things nobody can figure out at all.