Spyke
sopuli.xyz

Linux. Finland.

Wouldn't have been created without the free universal education that provided Torvalds the free access to university's licenses and hardware.

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omalaulreply
lemm.ee

Big one. Basically the whole modern world depends on Linux and I don't even think that's too much of an exaggeration

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lemm.ee

Linux itself probably doesn't get enough credit. People still think it's an obscure nerd OS.

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What else is an outcome of that? If it is indeed due to the educational policies, then there has to be other notable and recognizable outcomes. If there's nothing else notable, then I think the credit is where it is due, to Linus.

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Calaverareply
lemm.ee

Foosball

Wow, I played that a lot in Brazil when I was a kid(there it is called futebol de botão), had no idea where it came from haha Unfortunately I don't think kids play it too much these days

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Crulreply
lemmy.world

Random foosball fun facts:

  • It's called "futbolín" (tiny soccer) in Spain.

  • There are 2 types (from Spanish Wikipedia):

    • The Spanish model, with the field curved downwards towards the center and the metal dolls with open legs. Picture (from here)

    • The international model, with plastic or wooden figures with their legs together (table football). Picture (from the previous link)

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Calaverareply
lemm.ee

Ah ok, I misunderstood, the one I was thinking is this and was invented in Brazil, I didn't knoW that lol.

Futbolín is called Pebolim at least the region I'm from. This one is still famous today

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NuPNuAreply
lemm.ee

If fusbool is "tiny soccer" what's Subbuteo as that's even smaller.

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Australia: Penicillin, the tank, yes the war machine, the electric refrigerator, WiFi, ultrasound, racecam, rotary blade lawnmower, polymer banknotes, spray on skin, pacemakers, cochlear implants, black box flight recorders, electric drills, Google maps, McCafe, the list goes on...

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New Zealand. We built the first mechanical computer, the Totalizer. (Babbage designed one first, but never completed a working model.) We used it to calculate odds for horse races. It was gravity-powered and used the weight of a concrete block on a rope to turn gears.

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