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• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, but mechanical concerns mputwrs existed before microchips. They just weren’t terribly useful

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  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Once I get my mechanical computer to run crysis we’ll see who’s laughing.

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  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t you also need to know physics in order to make a mechanical computer?

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    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not necessarily. We had the theory before both calculus and physics.

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  • loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What kind of argumentation is this? Are we talking about mechanical engineering or computer science? Please don’t bent reality the way it fits your shape.

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    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer

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      • loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I know what mechanical computers are. But computer scientists will not be building them 'nor program them, it’s not what computer science is about when you go to a university to study it.

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