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fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

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

Quantum computers redefine computation through qubits and advanced physics, diverging from the classical ones-and-zeros approach.
fromFast Company
1 month ago

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

"The iPad's new interface with floating, overlapping windows pushes the tablet closer to the Mac, contradicting Jef Raskin's principles of easy and intuitive computing."
Apple
fromTheregister
3 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
Bootstrapping
fromTheregister
5 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.
fromTheregister
8 months ago

A little knowledge about rm -rf a dangerous thing

Miles reminisced about the NeXT Cubes, saying, "Running at a blistering 25 MHz, these things were quick and had an amazing GUI. For command-line junkies, these were dreamy because you could Telnet into them from the campus dial-up service and work in the marvelous universe of a BSD Unix command line." This highlights the appeal of the NeXT Cubes both in terms of performance and user experience.
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