The AI moonshot was founded in the spirit of transparency. This is the inside story of how competitive pressure eroded that idealism.
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What did the creator of the Whole Earth Catalog stand for?
DAK and the Golden Age of Gadget Catalogs
from https://cabel.com/2023/11/06/dak-and-the-golden-age-of-gadget-catalogs/
Atlas Kolejowy Polski, Czech i Słowacji / Atlas Drah Polska, Česka a Slovenska - Historia Linii Kolejowych / Historie Železničních Tratí
The World’s Most Popular Painter Sent His Followers After Me Because He Didn’t Like a Review of His Work. Here’s What I Learned | Artnet News
from https://news.artnet.com/opinion/devon-rodriguez-parasocial-aesthetics-2380960
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
How to make an off-grid micro 'internet' that can run off solar power (or any power) for emergencies, camping, protests, or building community autonomy and dual power.
One day Alan Eliasen read a fart joke and got so mad he invented a programming language. 20 years later Frink is one of the best special purpose languages for dealing with units. “But why do we need a language just for dealing with units?” Glad you asked! Intro to Units A unit is the physical property a number represents, like distance or time. We almost always are talking about SI units, or Système international.
Computer Things
from https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/raku-is-surprisingly-good-for-clis/
Here lies a nearly-complete archive of Whole Earth publications, a series of journals and magazines descended from the Whole Earth Catalog, published by Stewart Brand and the POINT Foundation between 1970 and 2002.
Na počátku 90. let se řada lidí domnívala, že s koncem studené války dojde postupně k úplnému globálnímu vítězství demokracie a ekonomického liberalismu, čímž dějiny v podstatě skončí a ve světě už se vlastně nebude nic moc zásadního dít. Budoucí historici se unudí k smrti a senzacechtiví novináři nebudou mít co žrát. V té době to tak totiž opravdu...
mprove ideas + interaction + design
The jury got a taste of code review as they examined a falsified "insurance fund" and the infamous FTX → Alameda Research "backdoor".
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