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The problem is older than I thought... (lemmy.nz)
submitted 11 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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[-] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 11 months ago

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

[-] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[-] Palerider@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

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