MDWLRK t1_iugktaz wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:56 AM

Reply to comment by SnakeBeardTheGreat in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi

Yeah, if I could learn another language. 🤣

MDWLRK t1_iue2vya wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:06 PM

Reply to comment by SnakeBeardTheGreat in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi

Crazy. It’d drive me insane not hearing voices

MDWLRK t1_iudmp5b wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:14 PM

Reply to comment by SnakeBeardTheGreat in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi

This is fascinating. To think you could hear some beeps and automatically come to the conclusion, “that sounds like so-and-so”. Technology is completely fascinating. Even old technology.