computers
22 stories and discussions about computers, aggregated from every source we track.
Computers now work the way I thought they did when I was 8. What does computing look like when most applications have an audience of 1-2 people? I'm leaving Fly.io to build a phone for that world.
We owe computers not to Charles Babbage, but to the invention of electronically-controlled working memory.
<p>Video going into the rough history of why the desktop GUI's ubiquity is what it is.</p>
We owe computers not to Charles Babbage, but to the invention of electronically-controlled working memory.
SPITBOL 360 is an implementation of the SNOBOL4 programming language for use on IBM 360 compatible computers. SPITBOL 360 was the first true compiler for SNOBOL4 and is an incredibly clever work of...
Here's what Washington can do to protect us from irresponsible companies pushing as fast as they can, releasing unsafe products and expecting no consequences.
Many important decisions historically made by people are now made by computers. Algorithms count votes, approve loan and credit card applications, target citizens or neighborhoods for police scrutiny, select taxpayers…
A blog about computers, functional languages, Lisp, and Scheme.
Buran's redundant flight computer ran four identical channels, rated for two failures. A Rust model of its voter, proved in Lean, and what that misses.
Run open models locally and connect your own machines. A member-operated compute network is the next chapter.
Example AI helpdesk agent built on the Phaze Enterprise API and Phaze MCP: fixes computers from Slack requests, with human handoff and handback. - boxerbk/phaze-mcp-api-helpdesk-example
Distributed AI compute across everyday computers. Contribute to nibia-ai/fabric development by creating an account on GitHub.
The story of the last 40 computers left in the world
A blog about computers, functional languages, Lisp, and Scheme.