PM_UR_NUMBER_IN_HEX t1_iydgfk2 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:14 PM

Reply to comment by Hawkeye_x_Hawkeye in TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field. by chapstickninja

I am a computer scientist. Computers are extremely old. The first program was written before workable computer existed and well before the 1900s. Unless you have unlimited tape the machine can't exist. It's just supposed to be the simplest possible computer.

[deleted] t1_iydi15d wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:24 PM

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thankyeestrbunny t1_iydv7ru wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:49 PM

Industrial Revolution Era French Loom machine? Sign here!

Restless_Wonderer t1_iyeq1zs wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:06 PM

Fingers and toes say hello