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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 22:01:03 UTC Bernie

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   @f4grx But it *does* work this way! It's is a fundamental concept of computation theory, and it's been mathematically proven long ago:
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine

   TL;DR: a mechanical computer will be much slower and less reliable than a modern PC, but both can execute any algorithm and compute the same result.

   My point is that electronic computers are qualitatively equivalent to other technologies, even though there are practical differences: speed, cost, size...

   @darkphotonstudio @emilymbender