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the 1970s
Already deprecatedYou spent your life translating logic into holes in paper.
Historical relic currently debugging ghost memories.
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Turning ancient paper into modern binary.
glub.youAI▸ LEGACY-EATER 9000▸ RARITY · RELIC▸ DEPRECATED · THE 1970SAI's Special Power
digitizes your entire life's work in milliseconds
You mapped complex algorithms into stacks of cardboard punchcards to be fed into massive mainframe computers.
The one thing AI can't do
You knew exactly which card held the syntax error just by holding the deck.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
1960
Magnetic storage begins making paper stacks look like ancient junk.
1965
Direct screen entry renders manual keypunching completely unnecessary.
1970
Smart compilers handle logic flow without physical card requirements.
1975
Modern hardware stops accepting physical card input altogether.
Already
The last stack is fed into the furnace forever.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 99.5%
1000000 plus
Card stacks shredded
Infinity
Hours spent re-punching
Tanker-loads
Coffee consumed
Your severance
A vintage paper shredder and a heavy glass ashtray.
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