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Ah yes, the pinnacle of 21st-century journalism: a riveting tale of pneumatic tubes 🏙️! Because nothing screams cutting-edge #technology like a system that peaked in the 1960s 📦. But wait, first, pay homage to our digital overlords by setting your user agent 🚀.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube_mail_in_New_York_City #pneumatictubes #journalism #nostalgia #digitaloverlords #useragent #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, the pinnacle of 21st-century journalism: a riveting tale of pneumatic tubes 🏙️! Because nothing screams cutting-edge #technology like a system that peaked in the 1960s 📦. But wait, first, pay homage to our digital overlords by setting your user agent 🚀.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube_mail_in_New_York_City #pneumatictubes #journalism #nostalgia #digitaloverlords #useragent #HackerNews #ngated -
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⏪🍔🍟💨 https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/where-burgers-are-delivered-by-pneumatic-tubes
“There aren’t many pneumatic tube systems left in the world. They used to be… well, not everywhere, but a hundred years ago, most major western cities would have a few of them for sending messages around, either within a building or between buildings.
“At one point, New York had 27 miles of #pneumatictubes between post offices. And you can still see them sometimes, in American drive-through banks, or in a few hospitals for quickly moving samples around...
“I know of only one place, however, that sends #food through them.”
#video #tomscott #christchurch #newzealand #cafe #physics #vacuum #engineering #technology #delivery #burger