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case in point below:
"Hence, if it requires, say, a thousand years to fit for easy flight a bird which started with rudimentary wings, or ten thousand for one which started with no wings at all and had to sprout them ab initio, it might be assumed that the flying machine which will really fly might be evolved by the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians in from one million to ten million years--provided, of course, we can meanwhile eliminate such little drawbacks and embarrassments as the existing relation between weight and strength in inorganic materials. "[Emphasis added.] The New York Times, Oct 9, 1903, p. 6.
see -> https://11points.com/11-ridiculously-terrible-predictions-ma...
This was literally the first thing I read when I hit the link. Don't mean to sound rude but how did you miss that ? Does it render differently on web? I saw this on the mobile version of the site on my Android.
edit for missing not
tldr: Well that's hardly anything, nothing to see here
ah well never mind, she doesnt really have any usb c peripherals.