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The top plane of the first "Automatic Totalisator," designed by George Julius (1913). It was a mechanical computer designed for calculating and displaying bets at horse races. There are more really awesome pictures of it, at this link: https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/historydisplays/SecondFloor/Totalisators/FirstJulius/FirstJuliusMain.php#tickets
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This is really incredible. Thanks for sharing! 1000 $degen
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incredible machinery, i'd like to hear what it sounds like when computing those calculations
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59 $degen
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Wait, that was at the Ellerslie racecourse in Auckland, NZ? WTF??!! Mind blown 🀯. What kinda crazy shit going down in the backwater colonies β€œdown on the farm” in 1913??!! πŸ«₯🫠 cc @ro ↑ Ellerslie!!
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'designed for calculating and displaying bets at horse races', that is some specialised babbagepunk 150 $degen
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@marc93
Sometimes it's hard to believe how big it all started Thanks! 100 $degen
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@pixelsymphony
Such an incredible find! Thanks for sharing, Sine! 127 $DEGEN
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tempted to search for or compile a list of technological achievements fueled by speculative gambling now lol this is amazingly cool on it's own right, however
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love this perspective. fritz lang vibes
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dude was an absolute legend at the shopping malls
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Whoa. 50 $DEGEN
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@empathicalchemy
absolutely amazing! I love these massively complex analog computing devices
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25 $DEGEN lol keep forgetting today
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