Comment by dmitrygr Comment by dmitrygr 3 hours ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News I’ll work on setting a new lower record every ten years or so. My guess at the next three steps: one bit controller, transistors only, vacuum tubes.
Copy Link mrguyorama an hour ago Collapse Comment - At some point you will just need to offload the actual "processing" part to some nice old chap named Dave who has himself an abacus, and every now and then you send him a letter and he moves some stones and sends a letter back with the result. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link dmitrygr an hour ago Parent Collapse Comment - CPU-by-correspondence! Reply View | 0 replies
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At some point you will just need to offload the actual "processing" part to some nice old chap named Dave who has himself an abacus, and every now and then you send him a letter and he moves some stones and sends a letter back with the result.