I kinda imagine the HN bait (not taken up) was the guy who simply needed space to count to a million and back. I've read a lot of books less interesting than th

I kinda imagine the HN bait (not taken up) was the guy who simply needed space to count to a million and back. I've read a lot of books less interesting than this story. If born a few years later, would he have retreated to his room and got his spectrum or commodore to quickly do the counting and then moved on? Great article.