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  • FreeFacts@sopuli.xyz
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    Linux. Finland.

    Wouldn’t have been created without the free universal education that provided Torvalds the free access to university’s licenses and hardware.

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      Big one. Basically the whole modern world depends on Linux and I don’t even think that’s too much of an exaggeration

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      What else is an outcome of that? If it is indeed due to the educational policies, then there has to be other notable and recognizable outcomes. If there’s nothing else notable, then I think the credit is where it is due, to Linus.

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    Australia: Penicillin, the tank, yes the war machine, the electric refrigerator, WiFi, ultrasound, racecam, rotary blade lawnmower, polymer banknotes, spray on skin, pacemakers, cochlear implants, black box flight recorders, electric drills, Google maps, McCafe, the list goes on…

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    New Zealand. We built the first mechanical computer, the Totalizer. (Babbage designed one first, but never completed a working model.) We used it to calculate odds for horse races. It was gravity-powered and used the weight of a concrete block on a rope to turn gears.