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be gay, do computers (mander.xyz)
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[–] 43 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I don't think he's necessarily the inventor of the computer. There are a few possible candidates, including Ada Lovelace or Charles Babbage, who were earlier.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    That wasn't the first bug; it couldn't have been because the term hadn't been coined yet. It was just the first programming mistake.

    The first computer bug was found by Grace Hopper, and was caused by an actual insect that had gotten into the machine.

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