11 Vague Assertion in Title, Based on Conclusions Drawn up in My Head, Pushing Forward Other Conclusions for You to Guess At, Followed Up by Like Minded Half Assed Defending of Said Thread, While Making It up as I Go Along. (media.conspiracies.win) Meta posted 1 year ago by Questionable 1 year ago by Questionable +12 / -1 21 comments download share 21 comments share download save hide report block hide replies
well, botoby
# on a phone is called octothorpe, but most people would not know that
That may have been it's official name on phones and computing. But no one ever used it.
I'm not being "sooooources" but have you seen evidence of that 1895 date? and it being the earliest use.
I found a 1905 typewriter - mignon 2 with it clear in the bottom left
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/398779741990956297/
while the mignon 1 doesn't
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/my-future-vintage-collection--29132728832926664/
this Hamilton Automatic typewriter - 1887, doesn't
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/3729612173464079/
it appears on the 1901 US-TTY Baudot–Murray code for telegraphs but not in the original 1888 US patented Baudot Code
I've just spend half an hour chasing the actual evidence but it's bald assertions such as yours.
Britannia doesn't offer any
https://www.britannica.com/topic/number-sign
other just say 16th century but don't offer how they know that
https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2017/08/octothorpe-history/
one would think it was in a set of linotypes for printing if it was
Check title noob.
Do your own research. I don't have time for this.
#ICECREAM!
I think I'd rather make my own ice cream