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TIL about the Norden Bombsight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norden_bombsight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norden_bombsight a good example of an analog comput
by tromp 5y ago
TIL about the Norden Bombsight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norden_bombsight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norden_bombsight
a good example of an analog computer too powerful for its own good, as the precision of its machined parts couldn't keep up with the complexity of its computation.