The Birth Of The Blinking Cursor

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
15/12/2022 3 min Temporada 4 Episodio 905

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Episode Synopsis

Today in 1930, the inventor of the computer cursor was born. It’s one of those creations that’s so small and common that it’s easy to forget what a big deal it really is. Plus: in Chicago, transportation workers keep ice and snow from building up on train tracks in cold weather by… lighting the tracks on fire.
54 YEARS AGO, A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER FIXED A MASSIVE BUG — AND CREATED AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS (Inverse)
Yes, fire is used to keep Chicago trains running in the cold (Chicago Tribune)
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