How an American naval officer cut weeks off the ocean voyages in the 1840's twitter.com 15 points by rmason 2 days ago
rmason 2 days ago Over a hundred years before the database was invented this guy created it manually from ships logs and the data within proved magical. But years later he chose the wrong side in the civil war and isn't as well known as he probably should be.
Over a hundred years before the database was invented this guy created it manually from ships logs and the data within proved magical. But years later he chose the wrong side in the civil war and isn't as well known as he probably should be.