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scotty79yesterday at 10:33 PM1 replyview on HN

Isn't it wild that you are asking 5th (or so) technological miracle that happened in your life time about the first one you remember?


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timonokoyesterday at 11:09 PM

I actually thought that the "Computer" was some kind of abstract construct in 1971. And "programs" were just a method of expressing algorithms in textual manner. Only when we were allowed to have brief interactions with Teletype, did I believe there was actual machine that understands and executes these complex commands. Mind Blown.

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