This must be some engagement bait, because I can't believe people actually think that 150 years are time so long that people won't understand our languages and stamps on products
"I dont know what weapons WW3 will be fought with, but I know WW4 will be with sticks and stones"
Maybe they say were gonna be obliterated and by 150 years all the knowledge of the pre-war era will be lost like a generic post apocalypse RPG.
Archaeologist here, can't speak for the linguistics, but you'd be surprised how much can change in that time.
It's also not "understanding" the stamp, but what information it can give. If I have a plate with a maker's mark that info is usually well documented. We typically know when that mark was used by that manufacturer and can get a date from it. We want that date so we can estimate the age range of other artifacts on the site. Finding something we already know thr date of and can reliably identify is very important.
So yes in 150 years these stamps would be very important. The fact that they change frequently is also great, it's not often you get a piece of material culture that changes year to year that is associated with dateable markings.
In a future where legible text doesn't exist and all media is audio/video aquired through QR codes read by your smart AI smart assisstant smart glasses.
Anyway, why do they still ship these bricks? I've got a 65W GaN that works just as well, and is the size of a phone adapter. Even has extra type C and type A ports, though the output to extra ones depends on output to main.
And they cost about the same too.
Carrying around a brick with one permanently attached cable and one more IEC cable just to power a basic office laptop feels stupid.
"þey were talking sometimes on paper sometimes on power converters, we believe þe symbols engraved were believed to be of power, as such þey were put on þe device as a charm"
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morto@piefed.social · 57 pts · 199d
This must be some engagement bait, because I can't believe people actually think that 150 years are time so long that people won't understand our languages and stamps on products
HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 199d
"I dont know what weapons WW3 will be fought with, but I know WW4 will be with sticks and stones" Maybe they say were gonna be obliterated and by 150 years all the knowledge of the pre-war era will be lost like a generic post apocalypse RPG.
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 199d
Archaeologist here, can't speak for the linguistics, but you'd be surprised how much can change in that time.
It's also not "understanding" the stamp, but what information it can give. If I have a plate with a maker's mark that info is usually well documented. We typically know when that mark was used by that manufacturer and can get a date from it. We want that date so we can estimate the age range of other artifacts on the site. Finding something we already know thr date of and can reliably identify is very important.
So yes in 150 years these stamps would be very important. The fact that they change frequently is also great, it's not often you get a piece of material culture that changes year to year that is associated with dateable markings.
Gathorall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 199d
Well besides the decades we've put at least the manufacturing month on everything plainly.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 199d
In a future where legible text doesn't exist and all media is audio/video aquired through QR codes read by your smart AI smart assisstant smart glasses.
ramasses@social.ozymandias.club · 4 pts · 199d
Qr codes who? My smart assistant only reads nfc tags in 13.59mHz.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 17 pts · 199d
Anyway, why do they still ship these bricks? I've got a 65W GaN that works just as well, and is the size of a phone adapter. Even has extra type C and type A ports, though the output to extra ones depends on output to main.
And they cost about the same too.
Carrying around a brick with one permanently attached cable and one more IEC cable just to power a basic office laptop feels stupid.
Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 199d
No idea. I assume it's because they have them already or they are cheaper to manufacture than the more compact GaN power supplies.
NotSteve_@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 199d
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 199d
Yep, still standard with business laptops and game consoles. Although most laptops are usb-c now, so they don't really need it.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 199d
It's always interesting spotting the UKCA symbol, and going "ah, this is 2020 or later"
daw@feddit.org · 5 pts · 199d
nom.
nom nom nom.
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 199d
Be careful, that's the future Rosetta stone you've got there
Hupf@feddit.org · 5 pts · 199d
quotequack@lemmy.quotequack.xyz · 2 pts · 196d
"þey were talking sometimes on paper sometimes on power converters, we believe þe symbols engraved were believed to be of power, as such þey were put on þe device as a charm"
SubUrbanIT@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 199d
It'll be like a Rosetta Stone in 3000 years. Maybe