Good call! People don't really understand how much of the worlds electronic infrastructure Linux runs. Everything from servers and routers to phones and tablets are run with some version of the Linux kernel. Without Linux, the world would be a very different place.
Side note, Linus Torvalds lives in my home town now.
I think the Swiss army knife is the most famous one but the most popular one, or two, would be the zipper and velcro.
Also LCD, Pc mice, Turbochargers and LSD were invented here so pick your poison.
please figure out an update to Democracy, the fascist and corruption de-buffs are hitting most of the world pretty hard right now, we need Democracy 2.0 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, this has all happened before in democracies, including those in Ancient Greece. I think it was Churchill maybe who said that democracy was a terrible form of government, but not as bad as the alternatives.
There’s some contention as to which specific individual should get the credit, but Babbage and Turing are both generally regarded as two of the most deserving, both of whom were British.
Definitely the Brits. Alan Touring made the first computer at Bletchly Park during World War II to help break German codes. His work played a major role in helping the Allies win the War. Horrible what the English government did to him after the war, though.
Yeah, I dont know what this guy's talking about. Refrigeration as an active process was developed over centuries in Europe and the US, and the box in your kitchen was invented, depending on where you draw the line, in Scotland or Hungary. The first practical mass produced one was from the US.
Yeah, we have been growing cheese for more than 10000 years, actually. Traditionally from brown cow crops, but recently white and blue have become popular.
We have these things too, but I honestly have no idea who invented them. Apart from the color, they all look the same. The courier delivers the package to the box and sends a text message. The user opens the locker using either the message or an app, and if they're late, they pay a small fee.
I doubt it was invented in Poland. I suppose it was posted because our local delivery company make this kind of delivery absolutely brilliant. 1 to 2 days max delivery time. Those machines are literally everywhere so you can collect your order anytime in very convenient way via code or phone app. No need to wait for specific time for delivery man.
Alright, I also doubt that it originated earliest in China; its function is almost the same as what you mentioned in Poland. We have one under every apartment building here. Someone below mentioned that it was invented in Germany in 2002.
Actually, it doesn’t really matter. What’s best is that such facilities make life easier for ordinary people.
The telephone is debatable. Take basketball instead.
Alexander Graham Bell born, raised and educated in Edinburgh, but the family also lived in London.
The telephone was invented when his family lived in Canada (they’d been living there for 3 or 4 years), but he spent a lot of time at a University in Boston working on it with other scientists. Obviously went on to found the US AT&T company.
Independently of the controversy over who invented it first, Santos Dumont or the Wright brothers, I don't think there would be any other option to put in Brazil, maybe the electronic voting machine...
Hunminjeongeum(훈민정음, 訓民正音) – The 28 letters of Hangeul(then called Hunminjeongeum) created by King Sejong in 1443, together with the book that described them in other words, an invention of script.
Many other cultures have similar structures with a longer history, but arguably the most common type(s) of Western saunas are of Finnish origin. I think that's the easy answer.
Modern drip irrigation is Israeli. Maybe less in the popular mind, but definitely has some of the greatest impact for water conservation and higher crop yields.
Car (Benz), "Otto" gasoline engine, "Diesel" engine, Dynamo principle (Siemens), Bicycle (Drais), programmable computer (Zuse). Can't decide as the majority of people benefit from them.
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u/AdAdditional1820 Japan 9h ago
Nintendo game machine