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11 days agoSomeone found a way to weaponise bikeshedding.
Someone found a way to weaponise bikeshedding.
it’s a mechanism / not a computer,
It’s an analog clockwork computer.
there is no mystery, just clickbait as usual.
There’s plenty of mysteries about it, hence why it’s still a topic of study despite being discovered 120 years ago.
Surprisingly, the inspiration for the paper came from a YouTuber who has been attempting to physically recreate the ancient mechanism.
I was just re-watching clickspring’s videos about this yesterday.
Shame he didn’t have a scandal on that stage. They would have stopped taking about it within the day.