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I did not know that digital goes so many years back.i would have never used this term for something that predates early electronic computers.
by taubek 5y ago
I did not know that digital goes so many years back.i would have never used this term for something that predates early electronic computers.
- ghaff 5y agoI would have called some of that stuff electronic, not digital. (Like the telegraph.) TIL why the Pony Express lasted for such a short time. I always thought that something so baked in Americana lasting barely a year was sort of funny.
- stonogo 5y agoIt cut transcontinental mail and news delivery from months to days. Regardless of its longevity it revolutionized American communications the the point that investing in the telegraph became a no-brainer. A business startup changing the paradigm despite not being a long-term viable operation is a long tradition.