• Marighost@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    What are the consequences of having a computer? Wouldn’t the Butlerian Jihad have outlawed things like calculators? 😉

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      9 months ago

      Do purely mathematical devices also count? I don’t know, but I can tell you that no mom-and-pop brick-and-mortar store in the galaxy is going to be able to afford the services of a mentat to do the daily math of the business.