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darkhorse222
on Feb 19, 2025
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Indeed, I often think if I were transported to the past I would use rivers and dams to make logic gates.
jjk166
on Feb 19, 2025
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If you were transported to the past with the knowledge you currently possess as a result of the work already done, sure.
Developing it from scratch is a whole other matter.
tombert
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Similarly, I would like to think that if I had been born a hundred years earlier, I would have invented something like MONIAC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Machine
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