Episode 101: Year 2000 Problem
Well There‘s Your Problem
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The Rise of the Computer and the State
In 1880, the US census was recorded on paper. It took eight years to tabulate and everyone had to record the sex they were assigned at both schools. Herman Hollerith realized data could be stored on punch cards,. And you know, once he was in school, he realized the jackart loom existed.
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