[HN Gopher] The Flavour of Mechanisation
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       The Flavour of Mechanisation
        
       Author : Hooke
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2024-11-20 00:13 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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       | Terr_ wrote:
       | > Monte Testaccio in Rome looks like a natural hill, but it's an
       | immense pile of broken oil amphoras (tall jars), which were used
       | only once to prevent rancidness.
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       | I wonder what the state of glass container production was at the
       | time, and whether it would have been practical to sterilize and
       | reuse.
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       | Perhaps--like today--some things just come in disposable
       | containers because of the trust and transport relationships (or
       | lack thereof) between manufacturers and consumers.
        
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