This 1,000-Year-Old Smartphone [actually an astrolabe] Just Dialed In

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/science/astrolabe-hebrew-arabic.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE0.SxG3.AsEd9v9qDr2k&smid=url-share

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Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Spherical Astrolabes are the giga chads of the astrolabe world.

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glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That was interesting to read but I did not care for the format. It felt like I was watching a NowThis video

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