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80s I have always loved computers. The current environment has become so hostile to users that I find myself withdrawing from all social media. I used to love Windows but now the
Adventures in vintage computers and retrogaming. Includes articles on classic games and obsolete computers.

Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS, FOSS, or FLOSS)? Look at the Numbers!

https://dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html

that is, that as computers are becoming increasingly embedded in our world, what the code does, allows, and prohibits, controls what we may or may not do in a powerful way. In par
This paper provides quantitative data that, in many cases, open source software

Sekino's Fractal Art Gallery

https://www.sekinoworld.com/fractal/

to some of the best computers and technical assistants available for his research at the time. Figure 0.1(A) Figure 0.1(B) Figure 0.1(C) The Mandelbrot Set A Julia Set A Newton Fr

Understanding Computer Sound

https://forgottencomputer.com/retro/sound/

of sound in home computers is fascinating, and the decade between mid 1980s and mid 90s saw a fierce competition of digital sound representation methods, sound processing chips, a

IBM-604

https://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/IBM-604.html

the book "IBM's Early Computers" cathode interface resistance ELECTRONIC CPC Points of electromechanical interest, The IBM 601 Multiplying Punch, introduced in 1933, could multipl

HP 9831A

http://www.hp9831.com/

9831A and 9830A/B Computers 98032A   162   9862A Plotter Interface 98032A   163   9863A Paper Tape Reader Interface 98032A   164   9864A Digitizer In

attacks.cr.yp.to

http://attacks.cr.yp.to/

without quantum computers: the case of multiquadratics (2017). #lattices A low-resource quantum factoring algorithm (2017). #factorization #quantum Faster elliptic-curve discrete

Digital Culture - 98.01

https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/digicult/dc9801.htm

entertain doubts about computers -- even as you lend your intelligence to them. Scratch a Webmaster, and you may hear worries about loss of privacy. Have a beer or two with a vide
Harvey Blume interviews David Gelernter, author of Machine Beauty

Notable Critiques

https://www.accelerationwatch.com/critiques.html

our accelerating computers might take centuries more to learn the "hidden" human/biological complexity operating at the quantum scale, if indeed such information can eve


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