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Level1oldschool t1_iu1l1vv wrote

Ah yes analog computers. And you think chasing down a bad expression in today’s programs is tedious, you haven’t seen nothing. 😂🤣😂

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TievX0r t1_iu2jdks wrote

Back when "Debugging" was real...

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littlebitsofspider t1_iu3ab7i wrote

The story of computing 'bugs' being an artifact of computing hardware, not software (from the relatively brief period when the two were inseparable), never fails to make me a little giddy.

A modern-day motorcyclist without a face shield and a nascent computer architect would respond similarly to "you've got bugs in your shit."

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hihcadore t1_iu4bcn3 wrote

Ah yes, Grace Hopper and the rogue moth I do believe. Enchanting story. And if I’m not mistaken, the moth can still be looked upon in a computer science museum for a good jolly.

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