> It's a Panzer IVD of the 31st Panzer Regiment assigned to the 5th Panzer Div. commanded by Lt. Heinz Zobel lost on May 13th, 1940. The "lake" is the Meuse River. The man is a German pioneer.
Interesting uniform
What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
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Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#32> The photo was taken about coordinates 50.29092467073664, 4.893099128823844 near modern Wallonia, Belgium on the Meuse River. Great writeup, but I did have a little chuckle reading "it was taken about near here", followed by coordinates precise enough to identify a single atom. https://xkcd.com/2170/
Going to be a different atom once you walk near. Or temperature changes, the wind blows, and so on. We’ll need to give each atom a unique ID. That would solve the problem.
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Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#33This feels like a ghost of the internet of the 1990s. This writeup deserves its own website, something with minimal CSS, where you'll discover a bunch of family snapshots and party photos if you click around.
That's an aesthetic / scene preference (that I happen to agree with). The content is the most important part -- you can find this kind of curiosity and knowledge seeking all over the place. It'll probably even stay readable on stackexchange longer than the average handmade site from the 90s.
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#34Since Know Your Meme doesn't give the reference for why it's a lake, maybe not everybody is familiar with british lore:
The mythical Lady of the Lake:
Probably best known via Monthy Python:
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
In short: She teaches Lancelot arts and writing, infusing him with wisdom and courage, and overseeing his training to become an unsurpassed warrior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_the_Lake
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnigmaticEmpower...
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#35That's a meme? I've never seen that photo before in my life and I'm pretty aware of most memes.
I think people prefer the similar (derivative?) "senpai of the pool" for receiving wisdom from a non-native occupant of a body of water.
As long as you remember that supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#36Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Going to be a different atom once you walk near. Or temperature changes, the wind blows, and so on. We’ll need to give each atom a unique ID. That would solve the problem.
IPv8 is accepting RFCs
There are 10^80 atoms in the universe, therefore 266 bits are enough to give each a unique identifier. Due to how computers work maybe we can do two numbers: a 32-bit type or area code and a 256-bit counter. Or perhaps we just combine them into a single 272 or 288 or 320-bit number.
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#38Can tanks work underwater?
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#39Germans pioneers wore white uniforms? That sounds like the worst possible colour for digging ditches, recovering tanks or camouflage (if it isn't snowing). Why would they do that? Did Hugo Boss do the design?
Edit: ops, that joke wasn’t clear. A prisoner’s uniform needs to be cheap, distinctive, and easy to spot it doesn’t need to be clean.
If the person were a prisoner he wouldn't be carrying a rifle..
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#40Can tanks work underwater?
Only if they get paid overtime.