#computing #networking #history #retrocomputing
1500 bytes is a bit out there as numbers go, or at least it seems that way if you touch computers for a living. It’s not a power of two or anywhere close, it’s suspiciously base-ten-round, and computers don’t care all that much about base ten, so how did we get here?
BBC News - Unseen images of code breaking computer that helped win WW2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67997406
#RIP #computing #programming #Pascal #Oberon
https://twitter.com/Bertrand_Meyer/status/1742613897675178347
The Guardian
Amid all the hysteria about ChatGPT and co, one thing is being missed: how energy-intensive the technology is. (...)
Given the current hysteria about AI, I thought I’d check to see where it is on the chart [of the Gartner Hype Cycle]. (...)
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The carbon footprint of server farms used to power generative AI could be problematic. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images.
All of this serves the useful function – for the tech industry, at least – of diverting attention from the downsides of the technology that we are already experiencing: bias, inscrutability, unaccountability and its tendency to “hallucinate”, to name just four. (...) Which is worrying because its environmental impact will, at best, be significant and, at worst, could be really problematic.
How come? Basically, because AI requires staggering amounts of computing power. And since computers require electricity, and the necessary GPUs (graphics processing units) run very hot (and therefore need cooling), the technology consumes electricity at a colossal rate. (...)
So maybe the best hope for the planet would be for generative AI to topple down the slippery slope into Gartner’s “trough of disillusionment”, enabling the rest of us to get on with life.
Tags: #artificial_intelligence #ai #chatgtp #computing #energy #energy_transition #carbon_footprint #climate #climate_change #climate_crisis #global_warming
If you like bold statements, this one might be for you..
If you're deep into quantum computing at least.. maybe. ;)
https://youtu.be/k_QeSOIDiEM
https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=k_QeSOIDiEM
#EEVBlog #EEVDiscover #Quantum #Computing #Bold #Statement #Safe #Job #Offer #RandomShit ;)
which I'm calling the Debian Linux Release." (1993)
#linux #computing #history #retrocomputing
Holy cow, Debian is 30 year old today.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHistory?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Debian-announcement-1993.txt
We waste between 11 and 20 per cent of our time in front of our computers on systems that do not work or that are so difficult to understand that we cannot perform the task we want to.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230629125723.htm
#politicalcompass #lol #computing #foss #techprogressist #techtraditionalist #opensource #politicalcompassmemes
(i dont agree with several positions, especially if trying fit the vertical axis to the political compass, but still, it's a hoot)
How many More??? Huge Steps before we give up on this stupid shit?
https://www.sciencealert.com/new-breakthrough-brings-quantum-computers-a-huge-step-closer
#science #computing #opensource
Teach yourself CS for free :)
This is kind of interesting. These are all #AI designed #quilts. I had Stable Diffusion create these by just inputting "a #quilt" and these four are what it produced. Doing a reverse image search shows that these are original designs and not copied from existing quilts, although the AI obvious learned from studying real world quilt pictures. The designs fit in the overall all world of quilting (ie they are credible) but have some innovations. All could probably be sewn up too in real life.
@Kathryn Barr may have something to add.
#sgt
https://www.bitchute.com/video/1yZIK2bkwg3B/
#AnthonyPatch - ACCESSING THE BEAST - #CERN, #AI & #Quantum #Computing
For me, the second half of the 80's was about playing games with my neighbor on his Atari 130XE and learning BASIC on a PMD 85 after school. Little I knew about sir Clive's Z88 which amaze me today. Playing games, writing documents, programming, calculating. Everything is possible. And hey, there is also a serial port and a terminal software, that mean no excuses to stay offline!
Fast forward from 1987 to 1999 when Palm has released it's Palm IIIx PDA. Small, with a touch screen. Using graffity, it is possible to write the same way as into a small paper notebook. Much more powerful hardware then the Z88, but also a bit similar device - no multitasking, but programs sleep in the background. No distraction, just pick it up, do the thing and turn it off again. Fast system responses make both devices a pleasure to use (especially today).
The technology of today is incredible compared to just a few years ago and I am happy for that. But I am also happy I can still appreciate how sophisticated some of the old tech stuff really is because it is still fun to use some of the old hardware. Not really for a daily tasks, but with built-in serial ports it is still a safe place for any kind of data as back-ups are so easy to do.
#TheGeekPub and #The8BitGuy together decided, the worl needs a PETSCII Robots Arcade Cabinet.
So, as far as i know, the 8-bit guy already published a video about this .. but left out the build of the very wooden cabinet....
Now, here it is; The PETSCII Robots Custom Arcade Cabinet Build
YAY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFi5KdIR4lE
https://redirect.invidious.io/hFi5KdIR4lE
#PETSCII #Robots #8BitGuy #TheGeekPub #Retro #Computer #Computing #Vintage #Arcade #Cabinet #Custom #Build ;) #TheGeekPub #TheGeekPub
Hey everyone, I’m #newhere. I’m interested in #atheist, #computing, #jokes, #progressive-politics, and #sci-fi. Thanks for the invite, @su ann lim!
New to Glasswings moving from Pluspora. Now, on to the rest of setting things up.
