#Computers
(...) Thinking this way will teach you two things about computers: One, theres no magic, no matter how much it looks like there is. Theres just work to make things look like magic. And two, its crazy in there.
— Paul Ford
Are you of an age where you still vividly remember the sheer excitement over the Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81? Less than 1k of free memory, but our imaginations and a bit of skill made up for it.
Designing a Well Lived Life: Checking In (2023 May) https://decafbad.net/2023/05/28/designing-a-well-lived-life-checking-in-2023-may/ #Adayinthelife #SocialMedia #Seachange #ZenHabits #Computers #misc
Phosphors in the Dark, Redux https://decafbad.net/2023/05/28/phosphors-in-the-dark-redux/ #InteractiveStorytelling #PhosphorsintheDark #ADayInTheLife #Computers #misc
📎 Link of the day: http://act.mit.edu/cavs
📂 Category: Computers » Fun » Weird
This is the "Special Collection" of the MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies. It swirls! It rotates! It spins in 3D! And someone actually thought that would be a great idea for navigating a webpage.
HPC.social is a server for the High Performance Computing community and those in related fields:
:Fediverse: https://mast.hpc.social
For more info see their About page at https://mast.hpc.social/about or contact their admin @admin
#FeaturedServer #HPC #HighPerformanceComputing #Supercomputing #Supercomputers #Computing #Computers #Research #Data #Science #ComputerScience #CompSci #Fediverse
Regarding your personal computer, or online equivalent:
The need to organize files into folders, so you can find them, indicates that you lack a sufficiently powerful and easy to use search engine
#PC #Wintel #Mac #FolderTree #files #folders #computers #Data #Database
Is cybersecurity an unsolvable problem? - Enlarge (credit: Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
In November 1988, ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1937362 #computersecurity #techpolicy #computers #features #science #hackers #books #tech
Ars Technica: Is cybersecurity an unsolvable problem? https://arstechnica.com/?p=1937362 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #computersecurity #techpolicy #computers #Features #features #Science #hackers #books #Tech
Had to put together a robot image for work. Looked through my files for related robots to riff off. Found this. No use whatsoever but I had forgotten all about it and it made me chuckle.
It was made many years ago, after a visit to the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park (I would heartily recommend visiting both the museum & park, btw).
#silly #computers #robot #animation #OldTech #RetroComputing
My poem "Diversion Control (Alt Delete)"
for a 30-word poetry challenge
Text link: https://allpoetry.com/poem/17158517-Diversion-Control--Alt-Delete--by-Robert-J.-Tiess
#poems #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #computers #technology #internet #metaphors
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2023/05/26/from-old-computer-to-new-computer-via-even-older-computer/
An account of the computer problems that have prevented me from blogging for the last few days and a large #photo gallery.
#computers #photography #birds #insects #bees
With the Chinese People’s Liberation Army increasingly focused on “intelligent warfare,” experts warn that Beijing could eventually have a new card up its sleeve: "cognitive warfare." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/26/asia-pacific/china-pla-ai-cognitive-warfare/?utm_content=bufferf86a7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #asiapacific #china #us #hacking #usmilitary #computers #pla #cyberattacks #ai
📎 Link of the day: https://wikishootme.toolforge.org/
📂 Category: Computers » Internet » Services
"WikiShootMe V3 (WSM) is a tool to show #Wikidata items, #Wikipedia articles, and #Commons images with coordinates, all on the same map" (created by @magnusmanske, contributed by @tiamat271)
#lotd #services #internet #computers #web #Wikidata #Wikipedia #Commons
The custom RGB controller is still going strong. Also, it hasn't caught fire either which is definitely a win. Still need to figure out why it occasionally doesn't restore the last saved state on reboot, but that's for future me to deal with. #computers #watercooling
why won't You just work?
fucking hate Computers!!
I need a Hammer…
#Haiku #Computers #Frustration #Struggles #Stress #Windows #Microsoft #CreativeSolutions #Haikoot
As always, (1) make sure you back up your stuff, and (2) check on your backups every now and again. Also, `borg` is a friggin' awesome program. #computers #backups
is this the beginning of the end of for desktop & #laptop #computers?
#Lenovo, the world's leading PC manufacturer reported a 24% drop in revenue in the last quarter...
Meanwhile, shipments of tablets (a market Lenovo is relatively weak in) surged by 40%.
In this market the device of choice remains the #IPad.
The pivot to portable, touch-screen computing continues - the world is looking more & more like the future we see in the movies
Distraction of the Day: Swirly Fun Fluid! https://www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.php/2023/05/distraction-of-the-day-swirly-fun-fluid/
1st thing to do, power it down and restart it
painful how often I need to re learn that lesson
🕖 Link of the day THROWBACK
This day, one year ago...
📎 Link of the week: https://openbsd.org
📂 Category: Computers » Software » OS
OpenBSD is a free operating system with a heavy emphasis on security and cryptography. It is probably the only OS project where releases are celebrated with distinct artwork and/or a song!
What should land be used for?
Capitalists have constructed air conditioned buildings that are filled with power consuming #computers that mine for #crypto currency. These resource & power consuming buildings make nothing. All they do is use energy so that investors can buy stuff.
Land + resources + power = crypto = consumers buying products that also used resources + power, that generally end up as pollution (though some material is recycled, requiring more power)
New battery on the way for my old dinosaur MacBook Pro 2012.
Besides the old battery, this machine runs like a knife in butter! Unbelievable that a 11 year old machine can run soo good!
I understand why people like Apple stuff now. It’s just better hardware!
We can still read words on papyrus; we don't know how long it will be possible to read a text inscribed in a 2004 CD. This is not a complaint, just a reminder.
-- Alberto Manguel
⬆ #Quotes #AlbertoManguel #Computers
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #SacandagaLake #Adirondacks #NewYork
☠️🦉⌛️❣️⏳🐦🔔🗓️🖥️🗨️✉️📧💬🎯
#Computers will overtake humans with #AI within the next 100 years.
What that happens, we need to make #sure the computers have #goals aligned with ours.
Stephen HAWKING
💙🇼🇸🇺🇸🇨🇦🇨🇭😉NOW😀🇰🇷🇯🇵🇳🇿🇭🇲&⚓🌊🌐🌊⚓
From 22 May: Whether AI Can Write A Story Is The Wrong Question. - No, an AI probably couldn’t write what *you* write. Could an AI write some of the crappy formulaic (and sadly, profitable) media that’s out there? Oh, yes, absolutely. That’s a totally different question, and why I support the WGA. https://ideatrash.net/2023/05/whether-ai-can-write-a-story-is-the-wrong-question.html #business-of-writing #computers #craft-of-writing #technology #ai #artificial-intelligence #wga #writing
Hack of the day: keep the Emacs server running in the active login session
Prereqs for this hack being useful to you: (1) you use GNU Emacs; (2) you keep a single Emacs running in your session and use emacsclient to open files for editing in it; (3) you have Linux computers that use systemd on which you keep mul
#Computers #FreeSoftware #Emacs #GNUEmacs #hack #Linux #systemd
Over 25 years in #IT has taught me one thing: the human-computer interface is fundamentally flawed. Our brains don’t process information the way #computers do - leading to wasted time, frustrated users, and people scared of #technology.
I found a really interesting piece by Jason Yuan where he offers one possible solution: a concept he calls #MercuryOS that focuses on INTENTIONS instead of applications.
NGL, it hurts my brain, but it could be the #future.
source : https://worldwideinterweb.com/ai-generated-inspirational-quotes/ +/- #humor #QED
🔔✔By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.
Eliezer Yudkowsky
#AI #artificialintelligence #computers #ntelligence #science #technology 🤔😉😀#humor
I received 64 gigabytes of RAM (2x32) and a cpu cooler - heat sink and fans. The cooler was larger than I thought but I got it installed. One problem I see is that I’ll need to remove it access the RAM.
📎 Link of the day: https://earth.google.com/
📂 Category: Computers » Internet » Services
Did you know that #Google Earth now has an online version which works in your browser? (assuming it's Chrome-based, that is...)
@utopify_org @jwz devote some of your Friday to this fun. Google search: “HyperCard, Apple”.
It’s an old database program that was popular on early #appleii #computers
Today in 1955, James Gosling was born in Calgary.
In 1994, he invented the Java programming language.
Described as a 'write once, run anywhere' language, it is the third most popular programming language in the world, used extensively in applications.
#java #computers #canada #history #histodon #histodons #canadian
Hello @tuxedocomputers@linuxrocks.online! Since you are here on the Fediverse, let me ask you a quick #question: Are any of your #computers compatible with any #OpenSource #firmware? Like #CoreBoot, #U-boot or any other?
New Yorker: The Birth of the Personal Computer https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-birth-of-the-personal-computer #NewYorker #Culture/InfiniteScroll #ComputerScience #Earlycomputers #Technology #SteveJobs #Computers #Apple
I received a new motherboard and processor today. So, I started assembling a new PC. Of course, I still need RAM, a fan, harddrive(s), and a video card. No hurry 🙂
📎 Link of the day: https://wiki.archlinux.org/
📂 Category: Computers » Linux
The Arch Wiki is one of the best online resources of documentation not only for Arch Linux, but for most Linux distributions out there.
When the #Internet was built, #computers weren’t #mobile. They sat in offices next to data centers. The Internet has changed but the assumptions made 30 years ago are making your experience slower and less #secure.
#vpn #security #privacy #cybersecurity
https://1.1.1.1/?_ga=2.213179927.289094070.1684422706-1283037877.1684422706
Microsoft Currently Patching 0day Secure-Boot Vulnerability
#News #Microsoft #secureboot #Intel #infosec #cybersecurity #tech #computers #exploit #windows
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/05/microsoft-secure-boot-bug.html
Hi #Mastodon admins.
It would be interesting and maybe encourage people to understand some of the overhead costs for powering and managing an instance if admins posted some photos of the #technology (e.g., servers) that the instance is running on.
If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and no one dares criticize it.
-- Pierre Gallois
📎 Link of the day: https://storymap.knightlab.com/
📂 Category: Computers » Internet » Services
"StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events". It is based on #OSM maps and allows you to narrate a story through points on the map.
Willy Wonka AI Computer Scene from 1971. 'Prompt Engineer' swagger at its finest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMZ2j9yK_NY
#promptengineering #ai #chatGPT #LLM #Willywonka #video #youtube #computers #ibm
@arstechnica I have a 12th gen Intel-based #Framework, and I love it. My one gripe might be a wish for longer battery life, but it actually works for my purposes. Coworkers were curious, so I brought it into work, showed it operating, and quickly popped it open to show the easy access to components. I felt like an unofficial salesman, because several coworkers (all IT and engineering) said now they were interested in getting one.
@frameworkcomputer
#computers #rightToRepair #right2Repair
#tech people: What surge detector do you recommend?
#lightning #powerspike #electricity #oopsy #computers #power
How to access your encrypted Linux system from the Ubuntu installer when your system won’t boot
I had to figure out the steps for myself by assembling pieces of it from many different web pages, so I've collected them all here for my benefit and yours.
Scratching the itch (reading things later) https://decafbad.net/2023/05/13/scratching-the-itch-reading-things-later/ #ADayInTheLife #Productivity #Programming #Computers #misc
📎 Link of the day: https://12ft.io/
📂 Category: Computers » Internet » Services
12ft.io is a useful service which allows you to bypass paywalls by using a copy cached by the Google crawler. Its motto is "Show me a 10ft paywall, I’ll show you a 12ft ladder." (contributed by @salarua)
Acquired my family's old Macintosh Plus this weekend, but have yet to turn it on. First computer I ever touched. Hoping for the best, but we know how these things go...
Any #RetroComputing people out there have any suggestions for upgrades? I've only glanced at the PiSCSI and Floppy Emu, which seem to be a godsend in terms of interfacing with modern computers. Really just looking to get it into fighting shape for writing, MacPainting, and retro gaming.
Good morning. 🕊🕊🕊
I didn't see the pigeons yesterday; my efforts may have prevailed. I'll see if they come back in a couple days. Then I'll start putting out bid seed again. It looks like persistence pays off. Now, at night there is something eating all the suet. I'm guessing squirrels. I probably need to move that shepherds hook away from the trees and fence.
I started gathering parts for a new PC. I received the case and PSU. Next will me a motherboard and processor. But I haven't decided on the motherboard. The processor will be an Core i7 12 core (8p & 4e), I think ... just because.
“You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.” - Tom Hiddleston
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #morning #pigeons #persistence #doves #rockdoves #rockpigeons #computers
📎 Link of the day: https://mpv.io/
📂 Category: Computers » Software
MPV is a free, open source and cross-platform command-line media player which supports "a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types".
Good morning, friends. 🌷🌷🌷
UPS dropped off my new PSU late yesterday afternoon. It didn't take long to do the swap and just like that, the old PC is back in business. I also bought a new caddy to set it on, one that is longer and has vents beneath.
On the minus side this morning, the electricity is off and my generator is running. I have to say, the standby generator is worth every penny. I brewed coffee as usual with my electric coffee pot.
Charlie's here to remind be that it is time for breakfast, but I still have 10 minutes. He's laying patiently to my left. It's cool how dogs can do that, wait I mean. They are patient to a fault.
"There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience." -
Jean de la Bruyere
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #morning #flower #computers #patience
Welp, I'm gonna call this a success. Compiled a program that was supposed to print `Hello, world!` to the screen, then used the 6502 emulator to print it to the screen. Very, very surprised it worked. Still need to implement a lot of stuff though... #computers #retrocomputing #programming
Work continues, the increment instructions are pretty straightforward. I need to test whether or not the negative and zero flags get set if you try to increment something in a section of memory that is immutable like ROM... #computers #retrocomputing
Phanteks Eclipse G300A: Basisgehäuse achtet auf Platz und Belüftung https://www.computerbase.de/2023-05/phanteks-eclipse-g300a-basisgehaeuse-achtet-auf-platz-und-belueftung/ #computers #GamingPC
An interview with @pluralistic
💥 “The #digital world does the same things that mediocre sociopath #monopolists did in the #GildedAge, but they do it faster and with #computers. And in some ways, this contributes to the kind of mythology surrounding the #digital world’s #GildedAge equivalents”
💥 “They don’t like #capitalism because they don’t want to waste their time competing” https://jacobin.com/2023/05/cory-doctorow-big-tech-internet-monopoly-capitalism-artificial-intelligence-crypto/ #monopoly #oligopoly #competition #bigtech #technology #AI
Checking in: 2023-05-08 https://decafbad.net/2023/05/08/checking-in-2023-05-08/ #ADayInTheLife #SocialMedia #Tootstream #ZenHabits #Computers #misc
Today in 1972, Beatrice Worsley died. Born in Mexico in 1921, she was the first female computer scientist in Canada.
She wrote the first program to run on EDSAC, wrote the first compiler for Toronto's Ferranti Mark 1 & taught at the University of Toronto for over 20 years.
#computers #womenshistory #computerscience #canada #history #histodon #histodons
Semi-Social check-in: updates and tweaks https://decafbad.net/2023/05/06/semi-social-check-in-updates-and-tweaks/ #ADayInTheLife #SocialMedia #Tootstream #Computers #misc
📎 Link of the day: https://www.mageia.org
📂 Category: Computers » Linux » Distributions
Mageia is the successor of the old Mandriva Linux following the same principles of being a user-friendly graphical Linux distribution.
this screenshot is not photoshopped, and all i could conclude is that dua lipa did the murders.
Graphics.social is a server for the computer graphics community to discuss 3D and 2D graphics, computer science, and any related topics:
:Fediverse: https://graphics.social
If you have questions, ask their admin at @brian
#FeaturedServer #Graphics #3DGraphics #2DGraphics #3D #2D #CGI #Effects #SpecialEffects #FX #SFX #SpecialFX #Computing #Computers #ComputerScience #Tech #Fediverse #Mastodon
New instance, new #introduction post:
Hi folks, I am Sigma.
My great passion are #computers. I work as a #software #developer and even in my spare time I love tinkering with software and #hardware. Beyond that my interests are very diverse: I like scientific topics - especially chemistry - as well as #music, #films, und #shows - #anime in particular.
I post about pretty much everything, from my day-to-day life, though funny videos, to strange quirks in #programminglanguages.
#German is my main language for this account, thought there might be the one or the other #English post as well.
I also have a #Blog on https://blog.sigma-star.io/ which I mainly use for longer posts about technical topics.
(For those who know me from my old instance: Because the old servers are shutting down I needed to find a new home. I hope comfy.social is it. 😄)
I look forward to getting to know you all!
#introduction #introductions
Designing a Well Lived Life: Checking In (2023 April) https://decafbad.net/2023/04/29/designing-a-well-lived-life-checking-in-2023-april/ #Adayinthelife #SocialMedia #Seachange #ZenHabits #Computers #misc
I have received the tiny Japanese netbook! Shipping was surprisingly fast, the netbook actually arrived before the replacement SSD (I'm going to dual boot Windows 10 LTSC and some flavor of Linux). Just running a quick driver backup first, since Nanote doesn't seem to make their drivers available for download.
📎 Link of the day: https://nethack.org
📂 Category: Computers » Video Games » Rogue-like
NetHack is a single-player dungeon exploration game. What sets it apart is that the emphasis is on discovering the detail of the dungeon. Each game presents a different landscape: there is an unlimited number of variations of the dungeon and its denizens to be discovered by the player.
Playing with chaos https://decafbad.net/2023/04/27/playing-with-chaos/ #ADayInTheLife #Computers #ZenHabits #misc
Always code as if the person who will maintain your code is a maniac serial killer that knows where you live.
-- Anonymous
⬆ #Anonymous #Computers #Programming #Quotes #Bot
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Guangxi #China #LiRiver #LiJiang #TowerKarst #Geology
Checking in: 2023-04-20 https://decafbad.net/2023/04/20/checking-in-2023-04-20/ #ADayInTheLife #FunnyStuff #ZenHabits #Computers #Cancer #misc
The creator of Skynet in Terminator 2 is utilizing a Mindset Computer disk drive unit atop a computer I can’t identify as his home workstation.
#Terminator #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vintagetech #computers #Mindset #FloppyDisk #movies #film #Skynet
Time for an updated intro post.
Hi, I'm Aaron,
I've lived in #NewEngland my whole life. I like #Running #Marathon s and some times #Biking. I try to build some stuff with wood, #woodworking. I like #Computers. I'm a troubleshooter by nature and career. I work in SAAS/DB software performance. I like to keep busy, it's my happy place, I drink #coffee and #cook.
I nearly forgot, I love #AudioBooks
Good morning. 🕊🕊🕊
My computer case has a nifty little slot right on top where I can plug in a Sata drive. A couple months ago, I purchased a 2TB SSD drive for my photos and that is where it's plugged in right now. I ordered a mounting bracket so that I can mount the 2.5" (6.35 cm) drive into a 3.5" (8.89 cm) bay. I'm panning to install it today. The thing is, I planned to install it yesterday and the day before that as well.
Do you think procrastination is why the United States hasn't fully adopted the metric system? We use it you know, for science(y) stuff. Except when measuring comets and asteroids in which the weight of baby elephants seems to be the standard.
“A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.” - Bill Watterson, There's Treasure Everywhere
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdwatching #morning #procrastination #pigeon #RockPigeon #RockDove #dove #computers
I just clicked "Send" to send out my third Syntax Error newsletter to 162 email subscribers.
In this month's newsletter I talk about rubber ducks, #rustlang and share a debugging story all the way from the 1980s.
If you're a #softwaredeveloper who wants to become better at #debugging and solving problems, check out the newsletter and subscribe if you haven't yet!
#webdev #webdevelopment #software #bug #bugs #computers
https://www.syntaxerror.tech/syntax-error-3-who-let-the-ducks-out/
"It will likely take a major misuse event — a catastrophe — to wake up the public and governments. I personally plan to continue to invest in AI start-ups that focus on alignment and safety or which are developing narrowly useful AI. But I can no longer invest in those that further contribute to this dangerous race."
Ian Hogarth for #FinancialTimes: https://www.ft.com/content/03895dc4-a3b7-481e-95cc-336a524f2ac2
Google Voice, or the one product Google got right https://decafbad.net/2023/04/12/google-voice-or-the-one-product-google-got-right/ #ADayInTheLife #Declutter #Computers #Google #misc
That's a damn shame... https://decafbad.net/2023/04/12/that-s-a-damn-shame/ #ADayInTheLife #DeepThoughts #Computers #Rants #misc
Anyone in #LosAngeles or #VenturaCounty working on refurbishing computers for families/kids/organizations who need them (or who just need a new PC)? I have a line on this pile of PCs and monitors. I believe these are Dell Optiplex 7020's (also, laptops) looking for a home. A company is shutting down their offices around here. #computers #ReduceReuseRecycle #Recycle
