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

submitted 5 months 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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[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Once you've got the new one, I'll take your old one and dispose of it appropriately...

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 8 points 5 months ago

I have like a dozen old laptops with various flavors of Linux on them because of this. Can't give them away cause apparently Linux is a scary word in this part of the country.