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Sine
@sinusoidalsnail
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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Paul Prudence
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'designed for calculating and displaying bets at horse races', that is some specialised babbagepunk 150 $degen
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Sine
@sinusoidalsnail
Lol, well, that is also me not understanding how horse betting works. And just crossing my fingers and hoping that that phrase covers it sufficiently. Thank you!
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