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When we all have pocket telephones (a 1919 comic) (lemmy.world)

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On March 5, 1919, cartoonist W.K. Haselden published a comic in the British newspaper The Mirror, illustrating what the world would be like if telephones were portable.

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[-] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Ok, but why so much compression artifacts?

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

It was first published to Facebook in 1919, you don't expect it to hold up all this time do you?

[-] hardypart@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

This is the actual prediction.

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