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>I'd go so far as to say your CS education is incomplete without at least passing knowledge of fabric weaving Why?

• timerol 1y ago
  The first programmable computer, using punchcards, was a loom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_machine
  • nmeofthestate 1y ago
    I'm going to go ahead and say that you can have a complete CS education without studying fabric looms.
    • johnfn 1y ago
      You won't have a full and comprehensive education as an author without spending a few months copying texts by hand in a scriptorium like monks did back in the 500s.