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Elon Musk's XAI Holdings Is in Discussions to Raise $20B(bloomberg.com)
3 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
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by TMWNN 2y ago
> Also Word Perfect in Utah. WordPerfect and Novell! Amazing that two of the most dominant software companies of the 1980s and 1990s were based in the same medium-sized Utah college town.
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by TMWNN 2y ago
I don't agree with the author stating that people expected that if one region would dominate tech it would be Route 128 and not Silicon Valley. Further, Harvard and MIT are part of Route 128; Yale and Brown are not, and certainly not
754.
by TMWNN 2y ago
Correct. Similarly, part of the reason the UK has repeatedly decided to retain its remaining nuclear weapons (Trident submarines) is that nukes were and are, pound for pound, very inexpensive compared to other weapons.
755.
by TMWNN 2y ago
> It's whether you're punching up or punching down. I disagree with the idea that one is "OK" and the other is "bad", "wrong" or, even worse, "problematic" (i.e., the bien-pensant '
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Modem moguls' paths diverge (2000)(wa4dsy.com)
1 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
757.
by TMWNN 2y ago
>DEC's entire corporate structure was based on a particular business model that demanded their products sell for tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands per sale. Is this why the VT180 never got anywhere? (Didn't DEC only se
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by TMWNN 2y ago
Walter Bright said here that he learned programming from this book.
759.
by TMWNN 2y ago
Among the most important computer books ever written, on the level of SICP and K&R. Walter Bright said here that he learned programming from this book.
760.
by TMWNN 2y ago
MS Kermit
761.
Pensacola man stole 171 iPhones while working as UPS employee(weartv.com)
2 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
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by TMWNN 2y ago
< https://tryklack.com/ > But this only simulates keyboard and mouse click sounds. In any case, you wrote "whenever you start a game or app" (my emphasis). The Model II's fan and drive noises are 100%
763.
by TMWNN 2y ago
mfw you forget AMD Thunderbird Sometimes the solution is worse than the problem. My favorite example is the TRS-80 Model II and its descendants, with the combination of the fan and disk drives so loud that users experience physical discom
764.
Copper wire theft forces closure of Oakland Coliseum DMV office(nbcbayarea.com)
1 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
765.
Harvard Launches New Intro Math Course to Address Pandemic Learning Loss (2024)(thecrimson.com)
5 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
766.
by TMWNN 2y ago
>Aka how Facebook originally launched (.edu-only) Similarly, I've heard it said that Usenet should never have allowed non-.edu posts.
767.
Time for Space Force to 'clearly say' it needs 'weapons in space': SPACECOM head(breakingdefense.com)
4 points by TMWNN 2y ago|1 comments
768.
Commodore hardware viruses-yes, they were possible(dfarq.homeip.net)
3 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
769.
Interview with the Creators of VisiCalc(spillhistorie.no)
5 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
770.
by TMWNN 2y ago
I thought 10.6 Snow Leopard is peak OS X?
771.
Bluesky Can't Take a Joke(wired.com)
4 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
772.
The Department of Everything (2024)(hedgehogreview.com)
1 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
773.
by TMWNN 2y ago
My question is related to this. The article implies that the separate evolutionary track that resulted in birds is more advanced than the one that led to primates and us. Given that, would a bird with a 3lb brain be smarter than a human?
774.
by TMWNN 2y ago
Some of my favorite SCP entries are based on the idea of an ancient advanced civilization before recorded history. < https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1115 > < https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1050 >
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by TMWNN 2y ago
Some of my favorite SCP entries are based on the idea of an ancient advanced civilization before recorded history. < https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1115 > < https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1050 >
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by TMWNN 2y ago
>Livejournal had (has?) this concept for 15-20 years. ... and became irrelevant about 20 years ago.
777.
by TMWNN 2y ago
Among the most important computer books ever written, on the level of SICP and K&R. Walter Bright said here that he learned programming from this book.
778.
by TMWNN 2y ago
>As a result we had a variety of Wang minis in the house in the mid-70s when I was a toddler, which must have been fairly unusual. Fred Wang, An Wang's son, had the most powerful computing device on campus in his dorm room at Brown
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by TMWNN 2y ago
> I could imagine it might have the reverse effect. Plenty of governments would like to see their best and brightest return home I can't speak for South Sudan specifically, but for Latin America, expatriates are a source of remittan
780.
Get on the Bus: Data Busses Used in Macs, 1984 to 2000 – Low End Mac(lowendmac.com)
12 points by TMWNN 2y ago|4 comments

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