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fromFast Company
1 week ago

What is quantum computing? Here's everything you need to know right now

Computing revolutions are surprisingly rare. The first general-purpose digital computer of 1945, ENIAC, and today's smartphones work fundamentally the same way by manipulating ones and zeros.
Artificial intelligence
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fromFast Company
1 month ago

This 1999 email from a tech pioneer helped me think about Apple's WWDC

The iPad's upcoming interface challenges original design principles of simplicity established during the Macintosh's creation.
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a USB key

In its early days, DOS ran entirely from floppy disks, and the formats of those disks are still used. Any modern OS can read and write DOS media.
Bootstrapping
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Bootstrapping
fromTheregister
4 months ago

Beta of Unix version 2 restored to life

The oldest machine-readable copy of Unix version 2 has been successfully revived, showcasing the importance of software preservation.
Bootstrapping
fromTheregister
4 months ago

Beta of Unix version 2 restored to life

The oldest machine-readable copy of Unix version 2 has been successfully revived, showcasing the importance of software preservation.
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