alt.hn

5/20/2026 at 3:48:16 PM

The Hardware Lottery

 https://hardwarelottery.github.io/

by intelkishan

5/22/2026 at 8:47:13 AM

Quote:

On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

by b3lvedere

5/22/2026 at 10:46:28 AM

he just meant did you cheat and put the answers inside the machine before the experiment began

by pocksuppet

5/22/2026 at 11:13:02 AM

I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a comment.

by Y_Y

5/22/2026 at 5:22:12 PM

I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that might lead one to believe that suspicions of malfeasance are never warranted.

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

by zephen

5/22/2026 at 8:58:30 AM

There are far more localised versions of this in research facilities whereby budget, and available hardware is determining the focus of research far more than idea and it being right.

This is where open source hardware is key

by ktallett

5/22/2026 at 6:58:19 AM

All images are broken

by Ginop