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> while the domino "computer" did not specify the apparatus necessary to reset and execute the subsequent instructions I don't see why it would need to specify
by adrianmonk 2y ago
> while the domino "computer" did not specify the apparatus necessary to reset and execute the subsequent instructions
I don't see why it would need to specify this. Anyone who has played with dominoes knows you can set them up again. Why would anyone waste time stating something so obvious?
- SilasX 2y agoBecause they're claiming it's a computer, even though that term implies that it's a mechanism by which this all happens automatically. We already have a term for the machine where you have to reset it yourself after every calculation: a calculator. Hence the original comment.
- Jerrrry 2y ago>automatically >electricity pick one. This is generally where the pedant would derail the conversation into the usual Turing* Completeness* infinite tape semantics.