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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Manchester Baby was the first stored-program computer. As others have noticed, you can go down the rabbit hole a long way, depending on what you define as a computer. Fascinating stuff.

[–] zagaberoo@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love how often seemingly simple questions just get fuzzier the closer you look at them.

It reminds me of the surprisingly deep rabbit hole regarding the first video game. People often say it's Tennis for Two, but there's not really a clear single answer!

[–] TheGibberishGuy@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

Love me a good ol' Ahoy vid