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The problem is older than I thought... (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 day ago by trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works to c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev

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

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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wasn't it a member of Parliament who asked him this? Or was that addition apocryphal?

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

No idea, but wouldn't be surprised at all.

[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

This I do not know. However the first widely reported railway fatality in the UK (possibly the world) was MP William Huskisson who was run over by Stevenson Rocket...

Not relevant to the conversation but I think it's interesting.