Tar_alcaran comments on Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton with the extensive amount of code she and her team wrote to guide the NASA mission to the Moon, USA, 1969

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

Scrolling? Good sir or madam, these are books, not scrolls. It's the 1960s, not the 960s

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world [S] 28 points 1 year ago

Thanks for making me realize after 30 years of life terminally on the computer that computer 'scrolling' is in reference to 'unraveling' the page like an actual scroll

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

[terminal flipping]

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[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago

And what about ‘Terminal’, good sir or madam?

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