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Meh, I'm already nauseated by In God We Trust on our currency anyway.
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Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin
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They said these innovations are what the state is known for, but I've been a Minnesota resident my entire life and didn't know refrigerated trucking was invented here.
Unlike California, MN is not good at promoting all the things they do and so people never think of them despite all the cool/useful inventions that come from there. (I now live in Iowa which is even worse about promoting).
Probably should - California has a lions share of all the innovations. I would guess that it would be even more concentrated than just the correlation to population given the research institution / market structures.
Other states should most certainly promote their successes.
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#143The Jobs picture looks to be based on this famous photo of him in an empty house: https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/mt/science/jobsalone.jpg
A lot of dissimilarities from that photo.
I like the photo though. Maybe I'm just a hi-fi dork. Is it a McIntosh tube amplifier behind him? Would be befitting.
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#144weird design for steve jobs.. without context it looks like the depiction of some spiritual leader (which maybe is a bit funny given the early apple fanbase). I get he was a bit of a hippie, but that's not exactly his claim-to-fame > His posture and expression, as he is captured in a moment of reflection i dont associate "reflection" with him. not to disparage him in the slightest, but its just not in the top ten of…
> which maybe is a bit funny given the early apple fanbase
Or, you know, just early Steve Jobs.
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#145> Mobile Refrigeration — Minnesota The logistical chain for keeping products products is really interesting: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_chain Besides food, another area where it is critical is pharmaceuticals.
A book on the subject came out earlier this year that I've been wanting to read, "Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves" by Nicola Twilley
check out Bill Bryson’s “at home” if you’re looking for something a little less specific to refrigeration and more fun narration of similar novel life/home inventions. To give a sense of depth, refrigeration is probably a few pages. It’s very high level but a fun read about things you’ve forgotten to think about around the house
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#146are these meant for regular circulation or are these "collection items"? (Im not from the US, so Im not aware of local specifics)
The answer is an awkward "yes" They are "designed" for circulation, but only ever get sold as collectors items. Banks won't stock them but you can order rolls or bags of them from the US mint for a little over face value (I ordered a roll of the space shuttle ones to the UK) I'm not sure what stops the USA using dollar coins in circulation, I assume there's no legal requirement for banks to stock them? (The fact that…
My intuition is that if there’s no 2 dollar coin to go with it, there’s no way for it to gain practical traction.
In the US, change is already an annoying factor because sales tax is rarely included in eg, 4.99. So no one is jumping up and down to go from five slices of paper to five rattling coins.
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With or without a cornucopia?
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Woz is awesome and as an engineer I understand the urge to say he’s the main one who should be honored but we have to be realistic. Jobs ushered in 2 eras, only 1 with Woz. The personal computer and the computer in everyone’s pocket. That’s not touching any of the other areas like helping to drive Pixar. Woz did not have a second act, which is perfectly fine and I deeply respect him but he doesn’t have quite the same…
Woz is a genius who invented the personal computer as we know it. Jobs was a celebrity who was good at branding himself as a genius. I don't consider a clever UI idea like a touch screen to be a work of brilliance, especially since he did zero engineering work, both for early and later Apple devices. Touch screen handheld devices would've come around with or without him, just maybe a few years later. It should've bee…
Woz is alive.
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#149> Mobile Refrigeration — Minnesota The logistical chain for keeping products products is really interesting: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_chain Besides food, another area where it is critical is pharmaceuticals.
They said these innovations are what the state is known for, but I've been a Minnesota resident my entire life and didn't know refrigerated trucking was invented here.
Same! This coin would be a cool little Minnesota artifact to own. I guess they'll be available to purchase here some time ($~35 for a set of 25 of them, or $~14 for a single "proof coin", whatever that is): https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/american-innovati...
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unlike California, MN is not good at promoting all the things they do and so people never think of them despite all the cool/useful inventions that come from there. (I now live in Iowa which is even worse about promoting).
Probably should - California has a lions share of all the innovations. I would guess that it would be even more concentrated than just the correlation to population given the research institution / market structures. Other states should most certainly promote their successes.
I just decided to pull mine up... I live in Florida, and I had no idea of the following:
* Air conditioning: In 1851, Dr. John Gorrie invented a machine to cool air, which laid the groundwork for modern air conditioning and refrigeration
* Gatorade: The sports drink was developed at the University of Florida to help the football team rehydrate.
* Sunscreen: Benjamin Green invented the first commercial sunscreen in 1944.
* IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC): A team in Boca Raton developed the first IBM PC in 1981.
* Supercapacitor: A new type of supercapacitor was invented in Florida. (2013)
There's a bunch more, seems like a number of them have to do with the weather ;) I knew about Gatorade, but had no idea about the rest.
This makes me kind of wish I had this when I was in public school as part of one of our courses, it's kind of nice to learn about the innovation around you, especially when you don't exactly live in a place known for it. I think its inspiring to a younger mind to know you can be creative and innovative living just about anywhere.