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by Zenzero 645 days ago
It only sounds like a silly statement because we kept the name "computer". In terms of what a computer was in 1943? He was probably right.
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In 1943 computers were common companies hired rooms full of them. Visicalc on an apple ii can do in minutes what they did in a day.

yes companies used to hire people to just add columns of numbers.

Some days, I wish my job was that straightforward...