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submitted 1 day ago by python@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I'd give laser pointers to Neanderthals. Even if they did figure out some useful application for them (maybe hunting?) they'd run out of batteries eventually.

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

A solar panel with a light attached.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

That one would actually make more sense if you'd never seen either part separately, but I like the spirit.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

My thought process was, this produces light only when there is light outside making it effectively useless.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 20 hours ago

Exactly, although to a cave person that's just an interesting device that redirects sunlight somehow. They'd have to understand it could have been stored up for night or used for something else, in order to feel ripped off.

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