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you know the computer thing is it plugged in?

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The problem is older than I thought... (infosec.pub)
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I guess now we finally know why Babbage never finished building the Analytical Engine.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 25 points 19 hours ago

Alternatively, people could genuinely believe the primitive computer is a "thinking machine". So if you fat-finger an input, will the machine know you made a mistake and intuitively correct you? Not unlike asking "Hey, I've got ten days of vacation, can I take two weeks off?" And your coworker - knowing a week is seven days, but you're only referring to business days - responds "Yes".