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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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yost
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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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Hmmm, seems like a good fit. Since we are on this appβ¦ βa technological achievement fueled by speculative gambling.β π€£π€£
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thatβs two down, many left to find π
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