I guess now we finally know why Babbage never finished building the Analytical Engine.

  • trollercoaster@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    3 hours ago

    Just that the Analytical Engine she’d have had to debug was all gears and levers and cranks and linkages and shit. One wrong move and it’ll take off a finger, or a hand, or more.

    In hindsight, if modern computers were like this, probably users would be different, too…