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[–] 118 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Break the German enigma machine!
β€œIt doesn’t work like that.”
…SUDO BREAK GERMAN ENIGMA MACHINE.

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    True the enigma machine didn't work like that on its default firmware, but if you convert the voltage to a compatible ~0.9V and solder in a simple 32-bit silicon translation chip and melt the rest of the machine down for a case you could theoretically get it working.

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  • [–] 82 points 9 months ago (14 children)

    The Analytical Engine was perfection. Anything newer is just bloat.

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  • [+] -11 points 9 months ago* (9 children)

    TIL pacemakers, defibrillators, MRI and dialysis machines are bloat and we should let the old and sick just die

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    So was my comment, but I guess it was too neurodivergent to be funny.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It happens :)

    Something that would be said in person in a way that makes it obvious as a joke doesn't scan as well in text. Add in the divergent thinking so that even the text is different than what a neurotypical person would think of as a dark joke, and things can fall flat (or worse).

    Keep at it though, humor is the only thing getting a lot of folks through life, even when it's dark

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Humans are bloat. Imagine needing a huge neural network to do basic math /s

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  • [–] 38 points 9 months ago

    Finally something for Ada Lovelace to actually program for

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago

    Believe it or not, it gained 10fps running on Arch... doing... whatever that thing was doing.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    It runs Doom, btw!

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