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by tech-historian 6y ago
If you want some IE nostalgia, here's a visual history of IE starting in 1995 (v1.0): https://www.versionmuseum.com/history-of/internet-explorer Factoid: There were versions of IE for both Mac and Solaris.
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by tech-historian 6y ago
Back in 2006 an AOL subscriber recorded their conversation with an AOL customer service agent while trying to cancel the service. It was really bad, way worse than this NYTimes process. The NYT wrote an article about the debacle [1] and h
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by tech-historian 6y ago
News != something being interesting
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by tech-historian 6y ago
A visual history of Wikipedia going back to 2001: https://www.versionmuseum.com/history-of/wikipedia-website
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Intergalactic filament is 50M light-years long, the longest we've ever seen(space.com)
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by tech-historian 6y ago
Rukmini Callimachi, the "journalist" at the center of this podcast series, is essentially Scott Templeton from The Wire. https://thewire.fandom.com/wiki/Scott_Templeton
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by tech-historian 6y ago
Has Deepmind ever released how many employees it has? Several thousand seems much larger than I would have thought. Please cite your source on that.
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by tech-historian 6y ago
If you're curious what Wikipedia has looked like throughout its 20 year history: https://www.versionmuseum.com/history-of/wikipedia-website
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U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for Anthony Levandowski(bloomberg.com)
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U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for Anthony Levandowski(reuters.com)
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by tech-historian 6y ago
Well, you get to pay for the privilege. That seems to be the difference.
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by tech-historian 6y ago
Your search engine is a spammer's dream. There's a million other things to consider. No thanks.
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Thieves Are Emptying ATMs Using a New Form of Jackpotting(wired.com)
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A CRISPR Calf Is Born. It's Definitely a Boy(wired.com)
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by tech-historian 6y ago
http://archive.vn/jFj5r
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BuzzFeed Lays Off 50 After Pandemic Hurts Lucrative Ad Deals(bloomberg.com)
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52 reports of journalists being abused in Portland by law enforcement(cjr.org)
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Wall Street Journal Staff Erupts over Race and Opinion(vanityfair.com)
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by tech-historian 6y ago
I did include the word India when I submitted it, but somehow it is gone now...
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Greta Thunberg wins 1M euro prize; she will donate it to environmental groups(cnbc.com)
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Ongoing Meow attack has nuked 1k databases without telling anyone why(arstechnica.com)
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EU demands major concessions from Google over Fitbit deal(arstechnica.com)
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The 4 Frontrunners in the Covid-19 vaccine race(arstechnica.com)
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Apple for the first time makes a top-of-the-line iPhone model in India(m.economictimes.com)
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U.S. hatches plan to build a quantum Internet that might be unhackable(washingtonpost.com)
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Tesla Sues Rivian over Alleged Trade Secrets Theft, Employee Poaching(thedrive.com)
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Tesla sues Rivian for allegedly stealing secrets, poaching employees(cnbc.com)
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by tech-historian 6y ago
> "Yaël Eisenstat, Facebook's former election ads integrity lead, said the employees’ concerns reflect her experience at the company, which she believes is on a dangerous path heading into the election. > “All of these steps
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by tech-historian 6y ago
Small factoid. Microsoft's first foray into hardware was the Z80 Softcard for Apple ][, which was a plug in card that introduced Z80 and 6502 functionality. This was in 1980 and cost $365. A premium version also added 16k of RAM to the
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Netflix commits $200M budget for movie with Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans(deadline.com)
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