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Fantastic! As an avid cyclist (though usually not with laptop) and traveller in the same tradition, currently getting back in to sailing (just did 30km on a catamaran yesterday[1]), this was a real eye opener. Thanks for sharing jacquesm!

One thing that stood out to me was the mental gymnastics people used to put up with doing re: input in the early days of computing. Really shocking by today's standards.

[1] https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zVBFCPGWIOkI.kO9umGpF...




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