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Re:Punched Cards? Sheer Bloody Luxury by mjcohen on Thursday March 26, 2020 @08:13PM (#22699318)
When I started out, we had to move the electrons by hand!
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Re:Punched Cards? Sheer Bloody Luxury by lowbloodsugar on Thursday March 26, 2020 @08:25PM (#22699385)
Oh we used to dream of having electrons! We used to have rotten fish dumped on us every morning and we'd use the presence of a head to indicate a true bit. Where do you think "running headless" comes from?
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