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121.
Vectors: How the Old Became New Again in Supercomputing (2016)(hpcwire.com)
2 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
122.
Declassified–The “school” I attended 40 years ago(exit78.com)
2 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
123.
18F Wants to Change the Rules, Not Break Them, Leader Says(nextgov.com)
15 points by rbc 10y ago|2 comments
124.
Auditor Thrashes 18F for IT Security Vulnerabilities, 18F Staffers Shoot Back(nextgov.com)
3 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
125.
SF Is One of the Worst-Paying Places in the US for Software Engineers(nextgov.com)
28 points by rbc 10y ago|28 comments
126.
Giant Mystery Wave Spotted in Atmosphere of Venus(space.com)
3 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
127.
Red State Homes Are Luring Young Blue Buyers Inland(bloomberg.com)
2 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
128.
Switzerland votes against strict timetable for nuclear power phase out(bbc.com)
59 points by rbc 10y ago|45 comments
129.
by rbc 10y ago
I'll add: Automate everything that can be automated.
130.
Peter Thiel Said to Join Trump’s Presidential Transition Team(bloomberg.com)
10 points by rbc 10y ago|2 comments
131.
Watch Out New Zealand: Trump Escapees Flock to Immigration Website(bloomberg.com)
1 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
132.
L – A Common Lisp for Embedded Systems (1995) [pdf](cs.cmu.edu)
4 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
133.
Lisp, Lisp Machines and More(unlambda.com)
3 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
134.
by rbc 10y ago
It reads like it might be mostly a summary of the Louise Mozingo book mentioned at the beginning of the article. I haven't read the book, so I can't be sure about that. Mozingo is cited a number of times. It also seems to take a v
135.
Police Can Collect Fingerprints to Unlock Phone(inforisktoday.com)
1 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
136.
by rbc 10y ago
I donated my MacIvory, hosted in a Macintosh Quadra 650, to the Computer History Museum. If you see one of those there, it might be my old one.
137.
Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum(smbx.org)
126 points by rbc 10y ago|131 comments
138.
Programming Quotes(quotes.cat-v.org)
2 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
139.
by rbc 10y ago
I recently contributed an awk filter for doing text transformation. I think it was some kind of code for converting POSIX attributes to LDIF or something like that. I was kind of surprised when one of the replies that I received was a reque
140.
by rbc 10y ago
I had a couple of them, a 3620 and a MacIvory. With all the focus on AI, maybe Lisp optimized hardware will return in some form, perhaps a bit like GPUs have become a trend. There was a lot of clever code written on top of Genera. It would
141.
Here’s How Countries Like China, Russia Control Online Dissent(defenseone.com)
2 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
142.
GM Has Built a Stealth Truck for the Army(defenseone.com)
1 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
143.
by rbc 10y ago
I'll add that I've owned both a Symbolics 3620 and a MacIvory. I was being a little glib, but I wouldn't mind seeing some kind of resurrection of the Lisp machine technology.
144.
by rbc 10y ago
Does all this fuss about AI mean the Lisp machines will come back? ;)
145.
Report: Weapons AI Increasingly Replacing, Not Augmenting, Human Decision Making(defenseone.com)
1 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
146.
by rbc 10y ago
I think a lot of these problems could be nipped in the bud by more aggressive code auditing and patch management. It's better to start with fewer zero-day vulnerabilities. Once the zero-day exploits are out there, you have to act to mi
147.
Binary confusion: kilobytes and kibibytes (2005)(blog.forret.com)
1 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
148.
You Can Now Buy a USB Stick That Destroys Any Computer(nextgov.com)
5 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
149.
Conditions Are Ripe for a Big-City Exodus(bloomberg.com)
3 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments
150.
Iraq Is Preparing an Armed Robot to Fight ISIS(defenseone.com)
2 points by rbc 10y ago|0 comments

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