If you’re ever confused about computers, just remember that they’re basically rocks that we ground up extremely finely and pressed really really flat. Then we etched those flattened rocks with runes that are invisible to the naked eye, using esoteric processes that require countless man hours and rigorous clean room ceremony from everyone involved. Finally, we charged those rune-etched rocks with lightning that we have extracted out of spinning magnets and copper, and refined into a reliable source of power. All so the rocks could do basic math really quickly.
The fact that computers work at all is just straight up wizardry.
It blows my mind how much knowledge, built on knowledge, built on knowledge was required to reach modern day computing. People have completed feats of genius to get to where we are, and most don’t even know their names.
The show is called ‘Connections,’ it’s a history of how various changes created other changes. Armies become too big to live off of raiding farms, so someone invents canned food…
If you’re ever confused about computers, just remember that they’re basically rocks that we ground up extremely finely and pressed really really flat. Then we etched those flattened rocks with runes that are invisible to the naked eye, using esoteric processes that require countless man hours and rigorous clean room ceremony from everyone involved. Finally, we charged those rune-etched rocks with lightning that we have extracted out of spinning magnets and copper, and refined into a reliable source of power. All so the rocks could do basic math really quickly.
The fact that computers work at all is just straight up wizardry.
It blows my mind how much knowledge, built on knowledge, built on knowledge was required to reach modern day computing. People have completed feats of genius to get to where we are, and most don’t even know their names.
My racism app meme machine is basically wizardry, yes I agree
Our pocket micro-supercomputers, which we also use for phone calls, have display screens covered with thin sheets of artificial sapphire.
https://youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ
The show is called ‘Connections,’ it’s a history of how various changes created other changes. Armies become too big to live off of raiding farms, so someone invents canned food…