You programmed it by wiring the switches together so that certain inputs (switch positions) yielded outputs (lights on or off). So not a Turing machine. Not even a stored-program computer. It did however somewhat demystify how computers worked to child-me.
Notices by Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป (suetanvil@mastodon.technology), page 13
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Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป (suetanvil@mastodon.technology)'s status on Friday, 05-Oct-2018 09:48:13 EDT 
Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป
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Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป (suetanvil@mastodon.technology)'s status on Friday, 05-Oct-2018 09:43:24 EDT
Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป
I had one of those. Kind of disappointing for ten-year-old me but ended up teaching me a bunch of stuff.
Consisted of rows of clusters of springs which you connected with wires (just like all of the RS electronics kits). Each row had a switch which joined all of the bottom rows or top rows depending on position. Top panel had light bulbs and a place for translucent labels. Power came from batteries.
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Sheriff of KNZK (absolutelyblakely@knzk.me)'s status on Thursday, 04-Oct-2018 23:19:32 EDT 
Sheriff of KNZK
Boost to pull your sweatpants all the way up to your neck
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Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป (suetanvil@mastodon.technology)'s status on Friday, 05-Oct-2018 00:59:59 EDT
Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป
Yes, because *I* want to eat them.
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Roof Slapping Bot (roofslapping@botsin.space)'s status on Friday, 05-Oct-2018 00:25:04 EDT 
Roof Slapping Bot
*slaps roof of the closet* this bad boy can fit so many nasty secrets in it
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Colorer Bot (colorer@botsin.space)'s status on Thursday, 04-Oct-2018 19:03:37 EDT 
Colorer Bot
Recoloring of "A farmer working in his field." from the afghanmediaresourcecenter collection in the Internet Archive | <a href="https://archive.org/details/amrc_198809_cna_00220_14">Original</a> | <a href="http://jimkang.com/colorer-web/#displaySrcImage=no&srcImgUrl=https://ia802802.us.archive.org/26/items/amrc_198809_cna_00220_14/amrc_198809_cna_00220_014.jpg&runs=%5B%7B%22renderer%22%3A%22replacer%22%2C%22quant%22%3A55%2C%22grayscale%22%3A%22yes%22%2C%22recolorMode%22%3A%22random%22%2C%22showBase%22%3A%22no%22%2C%22opacityPercentOverBase%22%3A64%2C%22minimumValueDifference%22%3A0.4%2C%22numberOfRetriesToAvoidSingleColor%22%3A5%7D%5D">Colorer source</a>
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Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป (suetanvil@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 04-Oct-2018 23:18:50 EDT
Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป
@stunt_bird
๐ผGod is watching us
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Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป (suetanvil@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 04-Oct-2018 23:14:37 EDT
Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป
To be fair, I saw it on fansubbed VHS copies that Iโd traded an original cel for.
(You can stay on my lawn but donโt tear up the turf.)
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Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป (suetanvil@mastodon.technology)'s status on Friday, 20-Jul-2018 09:24:26 EDT
Chris ๐พโ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ต๐ป
The Better options all require advanced skills to use. Non-technical users deserve privacy too.
* Non-federation means users not giving up at server selector dialog and no one-off hostile servers.
* Phone numbers are mediocre IDs but hard for users to screw up.
* Google prevents third parties (e.g. abusive ex, corrupt local sherrif) from tampering with the apk.
* Funding is funding; the USG funds lots of stuff, some of it good.
Signal is imperfect but the perfect is the enemy of the good.
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