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Software and its Discontents, Part 2: An Explosion of Complexity | Kellan Elliott-McCrea: Blog

https://laughingmeme.org/2023/01/23/software-and-its-discontents-part-2-complexity.html

is nearly miraculous, computers are so damn fast and cheap these days, the quality of resources, much of it free, is off the charts, and the talent pool has exploded, and shows ev
This is part 2 in my “Software and its Discontents” series. This series is the product of my asking a bunch of folks about the current state of software engineering, the sense

Frutiger Aero Archive - Resources

https://frutigeraeroarchive.org/resources

web" themes for your computers, browsers, and other stuff too A cooler, more complete and actively-being-updated "old web" revival services forum for cool people WinCustomize - Cu
A collection of links to software and icons to customize your computer to look like older Windows versions.

Getting updates and software for old Windows - skipster1337's Site

https://skipster1337.github.io/posts/windows-software.html

that I find useful on computers running old Windows versions. Most of everything that makes up this list is taken from this document (which you can find on the r/windowsxp sidebar

n-gate.com. we can't both be right.

http://n-gate.com/

the value of expensive computers, and replace it with a shivering basket case of an operating system. Hackernews desperately wants to appear so technically-inclined as to run a gi
Does anyone have any questions about NAFTA for my PSYCHIC PIG?

School Will Never End: On Infantilization in Digital Environments - Amplifying Empowerment or Propagating Stupidity?

http://sigwait.tk/~alex/doc/bunz%2Cmercedes__school-will-never-end/

Ever since personal computers had become mainstream, designers had tried to give them an air of being friendly and fun. Apple’s appeal to non-technical people was intentionally fo

Links

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and weirdness of computers. hopefully, after reading these articles, you will have learned a lot and will embrace chaos. https://suricrasia.online/iceberg/ John Titor » https://en

Peter Neumann's Home Page

https://www.csl.sri.com/users/neumann/

of the ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy (CCPP), which I chaired since 1985 -- until it was disbanded in 2018 as part of a complete reorganization of ACM committees. (T

Theora.org :: news - Theora, video for everyone

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This is a great day for open media standards on the web, bringing Theora support to millions of new users. Second alpha release of the new encoder 2009 May 26 Xiph.Org is pleased

Spyware Warrior

http://www.netrn.net/spywareblog/

onto consumers’ computers. It then sent advertisements for the Mailwiper and Spy Deleter programs. One advertisement, for example, caused the CD-ROM tray on computers to ope

Where Have all the Gophers Gone? Why the Web beat Gopher in the Battle for Protocol Mind Share

https://ils.unc.edu/callee/gopherpaper.htm

human communication, computers need a common set of conventions in order to share information. The history of networked computing is rich with stories about developing protocols.

alt.2600 FAQ, Beta .013 - Part 1/1

http://webarchive.me/geocities/SiliconValley/2072/2600faq.txt

Nietzsche Section A: Computers 01. How do I access the password file under Unix? 02. How do I crack Unix passwords? 03. What is password shadowing? 04. Where can I find the passwo

Isaac Asimov FAQ

http://asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html

instead of relying on computers like everyone else does. "Profession" is about a boy who is brought to a house for the feeble-minded after tests show that he is abnormal, because
Answers to frequently asked questions about Isaac Asimov and his works


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