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A brief history of counting machines (2023)

4 pointsby gus_leonel4 months ago

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wgreenberg4 months ago
Describing the Curta calculator as having been made “in Austria starting in the 1930s” is a wild way to gloss over the fact that its creator, Curt Herzstark, was a prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp and was <i>forced to design and manufacture it</i> for the Nazi forces[1].<p>This article, which starts by lamenting the “injustice” of “expansionist” historians, sure makes an interesting effort to ignore the actual history of one of its subjects.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;newatlas.com&#x2F;curta-death-camp-calculator&#x2F;45506&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;newatlas.com&#x2F;curta-death-camp-calculator&#x2F;45506&#x2F;</a>