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Re:In the 17th Century, Leibniz Dreamed of a Machine That Co... by divbzero on Saturday July 29, 2023 @03:52PM (#36923899)
The Baroque Cycle contains a fun digression describing the combinatorial logic behind this machine.
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Re:In the 17th Century, Leibniz Dreamed of a Machine That Co... by chrisbrandow on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:33PM (#36926400)
I loved that section and wasn’t sure how much livery Stephenson might have been taking. Not much, it seems.
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