Points to Ponder

Today's technology is awesome. However, it is only a part of one's life. One can still do wonders with very minimal technology. One need not become too dependent.

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SomeMichGuy · M

Hey, FORTRAN was robust! lol
A few decades ago, there was still a ton of legacy code in FORTRAN libraries used by scientists...from decades before that.

The cheapness of RAM & ROM, and ubiquity of fast clocks has made programmers lazy.

Northwest · M

They were able to push an update not too long ago.

At some point, within about a year, the Plutonium radioisotope will run out of juice, and that will be the end of Voyager 1 transmissions. Amazing.

FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M

Is there a monkey inside? 🐒

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