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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Someone gets a fax and the scene stays period accurate

[–] underline960@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 months ago

If they had fax machines in Star Wars, it would still be period accurate.

I still don't understand how fax hasn't died yet.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What's wild to me is that devices capable of measuring the length of something to an accuracy of one millionth of an inch existed decades before the American Civil War.