May also be of interest on this topic: https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/tiny-computers-from-tex...
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Implication not substantiated by random insignificant observation. Bot?
A History of Early Microcontrollers, Part 1: Calculator Chips Came First (2022)
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Re: A History of Early Microcontrollers, Part 1: Calculator Chips Came First (2022)
#12The very first computers also essentially started as programmable calculators.
Re: A History of Early Microcontrollers, Part 1: Calculator Chips Came First (2022)
#13Also loved this: https://technicshistory.com/2024/11/03/a-craving-for-calcula...
very nice. > As the number of components in circuits grew, the number of manufacturing steps also grew, and manufacturing error rates multiplied—a device with one thousand components, each of which a skilled worker could connect with 99.9% reliability, had a 63% chance of having at least one defective connection. The search for an end to this “tyranny of numbers” drove many research projects in the late 1950s, most o…
“microcircuits” (wires and passive components etched onto a ceramic substrate into which active components, like transistors, could be connected)
That eventually became a common construction technique for automotive electronics:
Re: A History of Early Microcontrollers, Part 1: Calculator Chips Came First (2022)
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
It wasn't shallow, and I took the to read what someone else posted, and I'm reasonably sure it was AI Slop. So if it's AI Slop, is it really another person's work?
I’m genuinely interested in why you think this particular post is ‘AI slop’.
Seems like it’s just because the author used the word delve which the use of has been linked to AI writing. Pretty flimsy evidence though, maybe the surgery really does like the word.
Re: A History of Early Microcontrollers, Part 1: Calculator Chips Came First (2022)
#15May also be of interest on this topic: https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/tiny-computers-from-tex...
What happened to the comments about the above link?
They were there a few hours ago ?
Re: A History of Early Microcontrollers, Part 1: Calculator Chips Came First (2022)
#16May also be of interest on this topic: https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/tiny-computers-from-tex...
What happened to the comments about the above link? They were there a few hours ago ?
The comment is flagged and dead. You can see the comment tree if you go to your profile and turn on showed.
Re: A History of Early Microcontrollers, Part 1: Calculator Chips Came First (2022)
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m genuinely interested in why you think this particular post is ‘AI slop’.
Seems like it’s just because the author used the word delve which the use of has been linked to AI writing. Pretty flimsy evidence though, maybe the surgery really does like the word.
Thank you! I had no idea. By the way, the post definitely isn't AI—whether it's 'slop' is a matter of opinion, of course.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
What happened to the comments about the above link? They were there a few hours ago ?
The comment is flagged and dead. You can see the comment tree if you go to your profile and turn on showed.
Thank you for your explanation. However I already had showdead set to yes in my profile settings. I think I have seen dead comments before, they where comments that where in very light text,just about impossible to read, with out a copy and paste to note pad or something. However nothing appears i nthis case.
Re: A History of Early Microcontrollers, Part 1: Calculator Chips Came First (2022)
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
From the HM guidelines > Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work.
It wasn't shallow, and I took the to read what someone else posted, and I'm reasonably sure it was AI Slop. So if it's AI Slop, is it really another person's work?
I see you’ve chosen not to reply to this question so FYI this article was not AI generated in any way.