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nonethewiser
8 months ago
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Consider Knitting
>I'd go so far as to say your CS education is incomplete without at least passing knowledge of fabric weaving
Why?
timerol
8 months ago
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The first programmable computer, using punchcards, was a loom:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_machine
nmeofthestate
8 months ago
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I'm going to go ahead and say that you can have a complete CS education without studying fabric looms.
johnfn
8 months ago
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You won't have a full and comprehensive education as an author without spending a few months copying texts by hand in a scriptorium like monks did back in the 500s.
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