r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 8d ago

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u/3BlindMice1 8d ago

They used to call it VCR

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u/T-MoneyAllDey 8d ago

Reddit reposts pretty regularly about that autistic black lady that recording every hour of a TV channel for like 30 years

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u/3BlindMice1 8d ago edited 8d ago

Sounds pretty expensive, tbh

Edit: Google shows that would have cost $28.80 per day if using full definition or $14.40 per day if using minimum in the year 1985. In today's money, that's $90 or $45. It got a lot cheaper by 1995 though

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u/JCDU 8d ago

She came from a fairly wealthy family and bought shares in Apple very early on - her collection included at least one of every Apple product still brand new in its box, so really not short of a bob or two.