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by efreak 1152 days ago
> A digital calculator didn't displace pen-and-paper computers in the way that power drills didn't displace carpenters.

I'd like to point out that _computer_ used to be a job title for a human worker who would _compute_ things. This is a job that no longer exists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation)