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[This is a fascinating documentary](youtube.com/watch?v=kfygvjZ-AB) about the Antikythera mechanism, a 2,000-year-old mechanical computer. I was aware of the mechanism and its place in computing history, but this documentary tells of the intellectual adventure of the mechanism's initial discovery, and the gradual discernment of its origins, operations, and purpose through the combined efforts of mathematicians, archeologists, astronomers, radiologic technologists and historians of science. Highly recommended if ancient technology, the history of computing, or scientific sleuthing is your thing.

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