1964, engineer Karen Leadlay working on the analog computers in the Space Division of General Dynamics. by GaGator43
January 7, 2026Miners in Serra Pelada – Brazil, 1986. It was the largest open mine in the world and it’s estimated 100,000 miners worked there at its peak in 1983. Official records account for 44,5 tons of gold extracted between 1980-1986, but unofficial records suggest 360 tons of gold were extracted [652 × 1012]
MaskansMantle13 on January 6, 2026 7:51 pm Thanks for posting, I don’t have anything sensible to add except great photo.
BennyTroves on January 6, 2026 7:56 pm Cool photo wish I knew what was going on. Reminds me of the Star Trek episode the trouble with tribbles for some reason
zdravitsa on January 6, 2026 8:17 pm Those plates of computer spaghetti are plug boards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plugboard?wprov=sfla1
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Thanks for posting, I don’t have anything sensible to add except great photo.
Cool photo wish I knew what was going on.
Reminds me of the Star Trek episode the trouble with tribbles for some reason
I love old timey computers
During the brief reign of spaghetti-powered computers.
Those plates of computer spaghetti are plug boards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plugboard?wprov=sfla1