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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

- Search engine for old computers, using Wayback Machine Marginalia Search - Search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content and human websites Curlie - Comprehensive web di
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

Internet Kermit Service

https://www.kermitproject.org/uiksd.html

any number of different computers that share the same file system on the same network. The database can be monitored by the sysadmin with a simple "systat"-like display program, w

#youbroketheinternet (YBTI)

https://youbroketheinternet.org/

obtain control over computers on the entire planet, and how the new TCP Stealth technology developed by the presenter provides obstacles to the massive port scanning. GNU Internet

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?

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I find joyful about computers and the Internet in 2024 Published on 2024-10-22 08:38:31 by Neil Brown I thought it would be interesting to jot down some of the reasons why I'm sti

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

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

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


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