• The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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    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.

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      Our pocket micro-supercomputers, which we also use for phone calls, have display screens covered with thin sheets of artificial sapphire.