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"knowing what we do now, you could likely come up with a version that could be realistically built (and kept running reasonably well) with 19th century tech."

• k__ 5y ago
  But seriously. I think, we should put more effort in checking out these old solutions to problems and see how we could build it in a better way with modern knowledge. Many things, like the AE, could probably be built much smaller, since we have more precise tooling available. Smaller size could lead to optimizations already, a smaller mechanical system requires less power to do its work. But also, like the article suggests, using generally better design. Could be that a mechanical computer, like the AE, is way slower but could work in circumstances that electronical devices don't.