
A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth
The Numberphile Podcast
Discovering Computers: From Typewriters to IBM 650
This chapter explores the speaker's introduction to computers through their encounter with the IBM 650. It highlights their talent for problem-solving and the challenges they faced along the way, including incidents with breaking the university's computer and almost getting electrocuted.
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