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In the bad old days we had Punchcards. How did people deal with that? (blog.computationalcomplexity.org)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Same way we dealt with rotary phones, manual transmissions, paper maps and outhouses. We made do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Dave's Garage, "Why Do Mainframes Still Exist? What's Inside One? 40TB, 200+ Cores, AI, and more!" "Dave explores the IBM z16 mainframe from design to assembly and testing. What's inside a modern IBM z16 mainframe that makes it relevant today?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouAG4vXFORc from https://www.youtube.com/@DavesGarage

"On the persistent rumors of the programmer’s imminent demise": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10270-023-01136-y

Submitted article mirrors: https://archive.is/l7yZM , https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:MXnDOtatPfcJ:blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2023/11/in-bad-old-days-we-had-punchcards-how.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Very slowly, painstakingly, and carefully.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

How do they keep track of hourly wages now? I’m out of the loop.