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jeremy_wiebe on April 21, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Conway's Game of Life digital clock

I read Code by Charles Petzold earlier this year and I feel like I had a similar realization. A simple switch can lead to such complex systems.

JohnFen on April 21, 2023 [–]

Right. A transistor (as used in most digital logic, anyway) is just a switch, and is what our most complex computers are made of.

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