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TievX0r t1_iu2jdks wrote

Reply to comment by Level1oldschool in Engineer Karen Leadlay working on the analog computers in the space division of General Dynamics, 1964. by brolbo

Back when "Debugging" was real...

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littlebitsofspider t1_iu3ab7i wrote

The story of computing 'bugs' being an artifact of computing hardware, not software (from the relatively brief period when the two were inseparable), never fails to make me a little giddy.

A modern-day motorcyclist without a face shield and a nascent computer architect would respond similarly to "you've got bugs in your shit."

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hihcadore t1_iu4bcn3 wrote

Ah yes, Grace Hopper and the rogue moth I do believe. Enchanting story. And if I’m not mistaken, the moth can still be looked upon in a computer science museum for a good jolly.

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