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How weaving helped invent modern computing - and is shaping its future (theconversation.com)

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In 1804, a French weaver named Joseph-Marie Jacquard patented a loom that could weave intricate patterns using punch cards — paper cards with encoded holes.

Once they pass through the loom, the presence or absence of a hole tells the loom which warp thread to raise or lower, acting as the earliest form of binary code programming. Weaving that once required a master weaver and an assistant could now be done by craft hobbyists.

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago

I imagine dying and then in hell, during the interview with the devil as it browses through my life story: "Well, I saw enough , you will be fixing our SAP servers from now onwards." "Eh? Why is my previous job my punishment?" "Punishment? Oh no, we just run our.." the devil stares at my face for a minute "ok, I can see this working both ways, excellent."