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		hooande on Feb 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What’s the most important modern simple in... The phonograph. The idea of "record something and play it again later" has significantly impacted all of our lives, and was barely even imagined prior to invention

dublin on Feb 11, 2020 [–]

^^THIS^^ is one of the best answers here. There's no doubt the ancient Greeks could have built a phonograph - the Anitkythera mechanism is proof.

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