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The problem is older than I thought... (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks 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 13 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.