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Feynman vs. The Abacus
A Japanese man came into the restaurant. I had seen him before, wandering around; he was trying to sell abacuses. He started to talk to the waiters, and challenged them: He said he could add numbers faster than any of them could do.
- Points
- 126
- HN comments
- 71
- Submissions
- 2
- Cited by
- 14 commenters
History & Retro ComputingMath & Algorithms2013
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2013 | Feynman vs. The Abacus by js2 | 126 | 33 |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Feynman vs. the Abacus (1985) by marcodiego | 54 | 38 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 15 Hacker News comments by 14 different people, from Aug 2011 to Jan 2022.
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- ted_dunning · Jan 27, 2022
- skruban · Apr 10, 2021
- kqr · Apr 10, 2021
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