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I agree, although I think the purpose is to teach Elixir and Nerves.

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I don’t get it.

Why would you build a wooden machine with marbles, just to add numbers together?

Just use an excel spreadsheet, or a $1 calculator. When will this madness end?


An excel spreadsheet would require an entire computer! This just requires household objects. And a calculator includes so many unnecessary features like division, it’s a lot of scope creep.




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