• pulsewidth@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Yes, agreed. And calculators are essentially tabulators, and operate almost just like a skilled person using an abacus.

    We shouldn’t really be surprised because we designed these machines and programs based on our own human experiences and prior solutions to problems. It’s still neat though.