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		jihadjihad 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is there anyone here who still uses slide ... > we all had calculators in our pocket that were more powerful than the computers that put people on the moon. Pencils and slide rules are what got us to the moon, and back to Earth. Pencils and slide rules.

dcminter 14 days ago | [–]

Yes, but also very early microchips!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

mixmastamyk 14 days ago | [–]

And “computers,” the people kind.

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