pro-patria-mori:

Italian special forces soldier after a 36 hour engagement with Taliban forces.

(Source: s-kywalk3r)

fyeah-history:

Nazi German poster in German and Polish (Warsaw, 1942) threatening death to any Pole who aided Jews
W.r.t.: Capital punishment for support to Jews, who have left the jewish settlement without authorisation.

Of late numerous Jews have departed from the designated Jewish living district. They are as yet delayed in the District of Warsaw. I point your attention thereto, that by the third Decree of the Governor General concerning settlement allocation of the General Government (VBl. GG. S. 595) of 15.10.1941, not only the Jews who in this way, departed unauthorised from their allocated living district, will receive capital punishment, but that the same punishment awaits those, who knowingly aid such Jews by harbouring them. Hereby is not only included the furnishing of overnight facilities and health care, but also any additional assistance, for instance transportation in a vehicle of any sort, purchasing of Jewish business interests, and so forth. I hereby appeal to the residents of the District of Warsaw, with respect to any Jews, who are residing outside the designated Jewish living areas, to be immediately reported to the nearest police station or constabulary post. Those who participated in assisting Jews, or who at this time are assisting Jews, who from this point however to 9.9.42 at 16 hours, inform the nearest police service station, will NOT BE LEGALLY PROSECUTED. In the same way, punitive prosecution will not proceed against those, who from this point to 9.9.42 at 16 hours, deliver or report valuables purchased from Jews at Niska Street 20, Warsaw, or submit a declaration to the nearest police station or constabulary post.

Warsaw, 5th September, 1942. The SS- and Police-führer of the District of Warsaw

cubanmissilecrisis:

GIs in Vietnam, 1968

Always remember that things don’t change overnight. Self-driving cars won’t suddenly be filling the roads one day. 

But … . 

shortformblog:

fastcompany:

Google’s self-driving cars may be out on the road already, but it will take awhile before public is truly ready to give up all driving control to artificial intelligence. In the interim, Volvo has a solution that lets drivers (sometimes) sleep at the wheel while still improving highway safety—and it just completed the first real-world tests.

Dubbed SARTRE (Safe Road Trains for the Environment), the EU-backed project is working on road trains—vehicles equipped with software already found in many Volvo vehicles (including laser sensors, cameras, and radars) that are automatically led along the highway by a lead vehicle, which is commandeered by a professional driver. Regular drivers could one day simply use in-car navigation to find the nearest highway road train, get on the tail end, and let the vehicle platoon take over steering, braking, and acceleration.

Volvo’s Self-Driving Road Trains Hit The Streets

So how long you guys think it’ll take before seeing a self-driving vehicle on the road is a common experience?

aseaofquotes:

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Poster celebrating General Pershing’s arrival in Europe during World War I

oldads:

Pershing’s Crusaders on Flickr.

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itsjohnsen:

Parisians welcome Allied tanks into the city after its liberation. August 26, 1944.
Roger Viollet