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A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth

The Numberphile Podcast

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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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