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The loom and invention of punch cards come to mind

• Loughla 2y ago
  That genuinely blows my mind. Weavers were programming. Just astounding.
  • syndicatedjelly 2y ago
    They programmed fabric, not bits :)
    • kian 2y ago
      and now we program the fabric of society ;)
• ProllyInfamous 2y ago
  Transcontinental (US) telegraphy preceded the transcontinental railroad by a decade. Both preceded the Civil War.