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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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A 3d printer is basically just a really fancy hot glue gun (pawb.social)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Specifically the type of printer that prints using spools of plastic filament, but that seems like the most common type anyway

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A personal computer is basically just a really fancy calculator.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A calculator is just a very basic computer.?

[–] xoggy 1 points 10 months ago

Calculators calculate while computers can be programmed with new instructions. Fancy calculators that can be programmed though, as you say, are basic computers. Meanwhile calculators that run BASIC are BASIC computers.