PieFedThe problem is older than I thought...
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I guess now we finally know why Babbage never finished building the Analytical Engine.
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https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-difference-engine-a-novel-william-gibson/0a5ffa44e0f3f9f1
“The Difference Engine” Fifty years ago, Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage gave the British empire the first working computer. Since that time, life has changed vastly in some areas, but remained the same in others. Great novel.