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🤯 Behold, the Seiko 1984 wrist-sized "supercomputer" that bravely paved the way for today's tech-loving hipsters who can't tell time without a digital display. Marvel at how this marvel of engineering sits alongside historical fashion disasters, while promising to revolutionize the way we... check the time? 🕰️😂
https://by.seiko-design.com/140th/en/topic/58.html #Seiko1984 #supercomputer #techhistory #digitalfashion #innovation #humor #HackerNews #ngated

🤯 Behold, the Seiko 1984 wrist-sized "supercomputer" that bravely paved the way for today's tech-loving hipsters who can't tell time without a digital display. Marvel at how this marvel of engineering sits alongside historical fashion disasters, while promising to revolutionize the way we... check the time? 🕰️😂
https://by.seiko-design.com/140th/en/topic/58.html #Seiko1984 #supercomputer #techhistory #digitalfashion #innovation #humor #HackerNews #ngated

Future too pricey to exist. In the 80s Steve Jobs built a cutting‑edge AI for universities, but at $10 K a roll‑out was impossible against $3 K budgets. Geoffrey Cain details this irony in Steve Jobs in Exile. 🎧 https://youtube.com/shorts/kuET30GT2k4 #SteveJobs #AI #TechHistory #SteveJobsInExile

Future too pricey to exist. In the 80s Steve Jobs built a cutting‑edge AI for universities, but at $10 K a roll‑out was impossible against $3 K budgets. Geoffrey Cain details this irony in Steve Jobs in Exile. 🎧 https://youtube.com/shorts/kuET30GT2k4 #SteveJobs #AI #TechHistory #SteveJobsInExile

BSD helped the internet grow to maturity.

Explore Andrew Oram's article on what #BSD did for email, the most important digital communication medium, and how BSD had an indelible impact on modern operating systems & programmer tools: https://lpi.org/1v8r

@FreeBSDFoundation #FreeBSD #BSD #Linux #opensource #TechHistory #freebsdfoundation #unix #freesoftware #linux #OS #Berkeley #LPI

BSD helped the internet grow to maturity.

Explore Andrew Oram's article on what #BSD did for email, the most important digital communication medium, and how BSD had an indelible impact on modern operating systems & programmer tools: https://lpi.org/1v8r

@FreeBSDFoundation #FreeBSD #BSD #Linux #opensource #TechHistory #freebsdfoundation #unix #freesoftware #linux #OS #Berkeley #LPI

40 years ago Steve Jobs built the future on a NeXT box, never knowing his work would shape every app we touch today – from object‑oriented code to drag‑and‑drop. Geoffrey Cain (Steve Jobs in Exile) breaks down that hidden legacy. Watch the short: https://youtube.com/shorts/vnqxatJagbg #SteveJobs #NeXT #TechHistory #ObjectOrientedProgramming

A small team of engineers worked day and night to build a computer that changed the world. They faced tough challenges but never gave up.
#TechHistory #inspiration #books #bookreview
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/how-the-mac-was-made/

A small team of engineers worked day and night to build a computer that changed the world. They faced tough challenges but never gave up.
#TechHistory #inspiration #books #bookreview
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/how-the-mac-was-made/

Teach yourself programming in ten years (1998)

https://www.norvig.com/21-days.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49055816

#HackerNews #TeachYourselfProgramming #ProgrammingJourney #LongTermLearning #TechHistory #CodingEducation

Teach yourself programming in ten years (1998)

https://www.norvig.com/21-days.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49055816

#HackerNews #TeachYourselfProgramming #ProgrammingJourney #LongTermLearning #TechHistory #CodingEducation

Explore the 20-year history of the AMD ATI acquisition. Learn how this $5.4 billion deal transformed AMD into an AI and gaming console powerhouse.

#AMD #ATI #Semiconductors #TechHistory #ArtificialIntelligence #GPUs

https://securityexpress.info/amd-ati-acquisition-history/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Explore the 20-year history of the AMD ATI acquisition. Learn how this $5.4 billion deal transformed AMD into an AI and gaming console powerhouse.

#AMD #ATI #Semiconductors #TechHistory #ArtificialIntelligence #GPUs

https://securityexpress.info/amd-ati-acquisition-history/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Geoffrey Cain, author of Steve Jobs in Exile, asks: what if Steve Jobs never returned to Apple? Would the iPhone exist? Could Apple have survived? Explore that counter‑factual in our latest episode. Watch the short: https://youtube.com/shorts/wKstUmrmW34 #SteveJobs #Apple #iPhone #TechHistory

Information should be free. Access should be open. Earn respect through skill alone. That ethic built everything we use today.
#books #bookreview #Hackers #techhistory
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/hackers/

Information should be free. Access should be open. Earn respect through skill alone. That ethic built everything we use today.
#books #bookreview #Hackers #techhistory
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/hackers/

Why Nokia lost market leadership and the business lessons every entrepreneur should learn from its decline.
#Nokia #WhyNokiaLost #BusinessLessons #Entrepreneurship #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #Leadership #StartupTips #TechHistory #SmartphoneIndustry #BusinessGrowth #DigitalTransformation #MarketDisruption #SuccessMindset #BusinessCaseStudy

https://www.pashtomedium.com/2026/07/why-nokia-lost-business-lessons.html

Why Nokia lost market leadership and the business lessons every entrepreneur should learn from its decline.
#Nokia #WhyNokiaLost #BusinessLessons #Entrepreneurship #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #Leadership #StartupTips #TechHistory #SmartphoneIndustry #BusinessGrowth #DigitalTransformation #MarketDisruption #SuccessMindset #BusinessCaseStudy

https://www.pashtomedium.com/2026/07/why-nokia-lost-business-lessons.html

The Computer That Helped Win World War II

https://spectrum.ieee.org/colossus-computer-ieee-milestone

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49012309

#HackerNews #WorldWarII #ColossusComputer #TechHistory #ComputingMilestone #Innovation

The Computer That Helped Win World War II

https://spectrum.ieee.org/colossus-computer-ieee-milestone

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49012309

#HackerNews #WorldWarII #ColossusComputer #TechHistory #ComputingMilestone #Innovation

How Unix spell ran in 64 kB of RAM

https://blog.codingconfessions.com/p/how-unix-spell-ran-in-64kb-ram

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066750

#HackerNews #Unix #Spell #64kB #RAM #techhistory #programming #computing

How Unix spell ran in 64 kB of RAM

https://blog.codingconfessions.com/p/how-unix-spell-ran-in-64kb-ram

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066750

#HackerNews #Unix #Spell #64kB #RAM #techhistory #programming #computing

To my niece, and sister,

This book, "12 Bytes," is by one of my favorite authors, Jeanette Winterson.

This book tells us where we come from.
And possibly where we are going.

Her writing is, well, specific. Listen in
full every word, phrase, sentence, and
paragraph. (OK, you can skip the sex dolls article. It is disgusting.)

Jeanette Winterson's sources are well researched and accurate.

Why can't a fiction writer expound on the history, great and flawed, and movement of computing. I, myself, lived through and survived, with bruises, from 1979 through 2018 to today. I think it takes the mind of a fiction writer to comprehend the competing messages.

I also recommend that you read Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" to absorb references to Mary Shelley, if you haven't already. "Frankenstein" is particularly pertinent to perspectives on AI themes.

#JeanetteWinterson #Tech #books #review
#MaryShelley #Frankenstein #feminism #AI #TechHistory #12Bytes

To my niece, and sister,

This book, "12 Bytes," is by one of my favorite authors, Jeanette Winterson.

This book tells us where we come from.
And possibly where we are going.

Her writing is, well, specific. Listen in
full every word, phrase, sentence, and
paragraph. (OK, you can skip the sex dolls article. It is disgusting.)

Jeanette Winterson's sources are well researched and accurate.

Why can't a fiction writer expound on the history, great and flawed, and movement of computing. I, myself, lived through and survived, with bruises, from 1979 through 2018 to today. I think it takes the mind of a fiction writer to comprehend the competing messages.

I also recommend that you read Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" to absorb references to Mary Shelley, if you haven't already. "Frankenstein" is particularly pertinent to perspectives on AI themes.

#JeanetteWinterson #Tech #books #review
#MaryShelley #Frankenstein #feminism #AI #TechHistory #12Bytes

John Tukey the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) inventor, who coined both "bit" and "software" died exactly 26 years ago today.

The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), one of the most important algorithms in signal processing and data analysis, was introduced by Tukey & Cooley in 1965.

In 1805, Gauss - studying the orbits of asteroids Pallas and Juno - came up with a method to interpolate their trajectories from discrete samples. What he came up with was mathematically very close to the modern FFT but Gauss never published that work, and didn’t analyze its computational complexity. It predated even Fourier’s 1822 work on heat diffusion - but without the framing or generalization that Cooley & Tukey would bring 160 years later.

In 1965, Cooley & Tukey published their now-famous algorithm that reduced the cost of computing a Discrete Fourier Transform from 𝑂(𝑛²) to 𝑂(𝑛 log⁡𝑛). This leap made real-time signal processing and digital media compression feasible.

From radio telescopes to JPEGs, from audio codecs to quantum mechanics - the FFT is everywhere. It’s one of the most important (and elegant) algorithms of the 20th century - rooted in the genius of Gauss, but brought to life in the computer age.

#JohnTukey #FastFourierTransform #FFT #SignalProcessing #ComputerScience #Mathematics #Algorithm #DataScience #DigitalSignalProcessing #FourierTransform #ComputationalScience #ScientificComputing #HistoryOfScience #Innovation #CarlFriedrichGauss #JosephFourier #JamesCooley #STEM #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #QuantumComputing #ImageProcessing #AudioProcessing #Statistics #TechHistory #Computing #Science #InnovationLegacy #OnThisDay

John Tukey the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) inventor, who coined both "bit" and "software" died exactly 26 years ago today.

The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), one of the most important algorithms in signal processing and data analysis, was introduced by Tukey & Cooley in 1965.

In 1805, Gauss - studying the orbits of asteroids Pallas and Juno - came up with a method to interpolate their trajectories from discrete samples. What he came up with was mathematically very close to the modern FFT but Gauss never published that work, and didn’t analyze its computational complexity. It predated even Fourier’s 1822 work on heat diffusion - but without the framing or generalization that Cooley & Tukey would bring 160 years later.

In 1965, Cooley & Tukey published their now-famous algorithm that reduced the cost of computing a Discrete Fourier Transform from 𝑂(𝑛²) to 𝑂(𝑛 log⁡𝑛). This leap made real-time signal processing and digital media compression feasible.

From radio telescopes to JPEGs, from audio codecs to quantum mechanics - the FFT is everywhere. It’s one of the most important (and elegant) algorithms of the 20th century - rooted in the genius of Gauss, but brought to life in the computer age.

#JohnTukey #FastFourierTransform #FFT #SignalProcessing #ComputerScience #Mathematics #Algorithm #DataScience #DigitalSignalProcessing #FourierTransform #ComputationalScience #ScientificComputing #HistoryOfScience #Innovation #CarlFriedrichGauss #JosephFourier #JamesCooley #STEM #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #QuantumComputing #ImageProcessing #AudioProcessing #Statistics #TechHistory #Computing #Science #InnovationLegacy #OnThisDay

A small team of engineers worked day and night to build a computer that changed the world. They faced tough challenges but never gave up.
#TechHistory #inspiration #books #bookreview
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/how-the-mac-was-made/

A small team of engineers worked day and night to build a computer that changed the world. They faced tough challenges but never gave up.
#TechHistory #inspiration #books #bookreview
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/how-the-mac-was-made/

Explore the alternate history where Amiga survived the 1994 rescue. Discover how a third computing giant could have challenged Windows and Mac dominance.
https://mbxflow.com/s/2hRV4RF

Published with MBX Flow → https://mbxflow.com

#AmigaComputer #TechHistory #AlternateHistory #RetroComputing #ComputerCulture #MBXFlow

Explore the alternate history where Amiga survived the 1994 rescue. Discover how a third computing giant could have challenged Windows and Mac dominance.
https://mbxflow.com/s/2hRV4RF

Published with MBX Flow → https://mbxflow.com

#AmigaComputer #TechHistory #AlternateHistory #RetroComputing #ComputerCulture #MBXFlow

Online Historical Encyclopaedia of Programming Languages

https://hopl.info/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038276

#HackerNews #onlineencyclopaedia #programminglanguages #techhistory #codingresources

Online Historical Encyclopaedia of Programming Languages

https://hopl.info/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038276

#HackerNews #onlineencyclopaedia #programminglanguages #techhistory #codingresources

We spend our digital lives engineering absolute predictability. Yet the security of the modern internet relies on a very different pursuit. It requires us to capture pure, unadulterated chaos.

The newest episode of Found in the Machine follows the strange history of how we try to manufacture randomness and the lengths that we go to to capture the real thing.

https://foundinthemachine.com/episodes/14-entropy-hunters-random-numbers-and-chaos-machines/

#TechHistory #Cryptography #Infosec #Podcast #Privacy #RetroComputing

Ah, yes, the IBM PC's grand entrance into the chaotic '80s tech bazaar—like a monocle-wearing gentleman waltzing into a mosh pit. 🤓💻 Apparently, the article was published in 2026, suggesting technology historians are now time travelers. 🚀 Ready your flux capacitors, folks!
https://technicshistory.com/2026/07/24/the-ibm-pc-part-1-arrival/ #IBMPC #1980s #TechHistory #TimeTravelers #FluxCapacitor #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, yes, the IBM PC's grand entrance into the chaotic '80s tech bazaar—like a monocle-wearing gentleman waltzing into a mosh pit. 🤓💻 Apparently, the article was published in 2026, suggesting technology historians are now time travelers. 🚀 Ready your flux capacitors, folks!
https://technicshistory.com/2026/07/24/the-ibm-pc-part-1-arrival/ #IBMPC #1980s #TechHistory #TimeTravelers #FluxCapacitor #HackerNews #ngated

The IBM PC, Part 1: Arrival

https://technicshistory.com/2026/07/24/the-ibm-pc-part-1-arrival/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49033916

#HackerNews #IBMPC #Arrival #TechHistory #Computing #Innovation

The IBM PC, Part 1: Arrival

https://technicshistory.com/2026/07/24/the-ibm-pc-part-1-arrival/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49033916

#HackerNews #IBMPC #Arrival #TechHistory #Computing #Innovation

The Telegarden (1995-2004)

https://goldberg.berkeley.edu/garden/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48986223

#HackerNews #Telegarden #UrbanGarden #TechHistory #DigitalArt #EnvironmentalScience

The Telegarden (1995-2004)

https://goldberg.berkeley.edu/garden/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48986223

#HackerNews #Telegarden #UrbanGarden #TechHistory #DigitalArt #EnvironmentalScience

🚫 Forbidden nostalgia alert! 🚫 The groundbreaking revelation that Commodore's Amiga 1000 was a decade ahead of its time is so top-secret, even your browser can't handle it. 🌐🔒 Who knew history was this exclusive? 😏
https://dfarq.homeip.net/amiga-1000-ten-years-ahead-of-its-time/ #ForbiddenNostalgia #Commodore #Amiga1000 #TechHistory #GroundbreakingRevelation #SecretTech #HackerNews #ngated

🚫 Forbidden nostalgia alert! 🚫 The groundbreaking revelation that Commodore's Amiga 1000 was a decade ahead of its time is so top-secret, even your browser can't handle it. 🌐🔒 Who knew history was this exclusive? 😏
https://dfarq.homeip.net/amiga-1000-ten-years-ahead-of-its-time/ #ForbiddenNostalgia #Commodore #Amiga1000 #TechHistory #GroundbreakingRevelation #SecretTech #HackerNews #ngated

July 23 1985, Commodore introduced its Amiga 1000: 10 years ahead of its time

https://dfarq.homeip.net/amiga-1000-ten-years-ahead-of-its-time/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49017265

#HackerNews #Commodore #Amiga #Amiga1000 #RetroComputing #TechHistory #GamingPioneer

July 23 1985, Commodore introduced its Amiga 1000: 10 years ahead of its time

https://dfarq.homeip.net/amiga-1000-ten-years-ahead-of-its-time/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49017265

#HackerNews #Commodore #Amiga #Amiga1000 #RetroComputing #TechHistory #GamingPioneer

A tiny crew. A rough building in Cupertino. Crushing pressure. And a product that changed personal computing forever.
#books #bookreview #Apple #techhistory
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/how-the-mac-was-made/

A tiny crew. A rough building in Cupertino. Crushing pressure. And a product that changed personal computing forever.
#books #bookreview #Apple #techhistory
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/how-the-mac-was-made/

Guillotine Part 2! Find out what illustrious Lord of the Rings star witnessed France's last public execution (it's probably the one you think!)

[Part 1] https://techblows.net/26
[Part 2] https://techblows.net/27
[YouTube] https://techblows.net/yt

#deathpenalty #techhistory #capitalpunishment #podcast #technologyblows

Guillotine Part 2! Find out what illustrious Lord of the Rings star witnessed France's last public execution (it's probably the one you think!)

[Part 1] https://techblows.net/26
[Part 2] https://techblows.net/27
[YouTube] https://techblows.net/yt

#deathpenalty #techhistory #capitalpunishment #podcast #technologyblows

On parle souvent d'Atari ou de Magnavox, mais la vraie révolution du Pong s'est jouée entre la Garonne et le canal du Midi.
La SOE a collé une puce General Instrument dans un boîtier francisé pour qu'on puisse enfin régler la vitesse de la raquette au lieu de crier sur la télé. L'ingénierie toulousaine à son sommet. 📡👾
As-tu connu ?

#RetroGaming #IndieDev #Toulouse #TechHistory #Pong

On parle souvent d'Atari ou de Magnavox, mais la vraie révolution du Pong s'est jouée entre la Garonne et le canal du Midi.
La SOE a collé une puce General Instrument dans un boîtier francisé pour qu'on puisse enfin régler la vitesse de la raquette au lieu de crier sur la télé. L'ingénierie toulousaine à son sommet. 📡👾
As-tu connu ?

#RetroGaming #IndieDev #Toulouse #TechHistory #Pong

...The CSIRAC! I had seen it once in 2018 but wasn't sure what it was at the time, so I decided to come back and see it again

2/2

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #ComputerHistory #TechHistory #VintageTech #RetroTech #CSIRAC #AustralianComputing #Macintosh #MacintoshPlus

...The CSIRAC! I had seen it once in 2018 but wasn't sure what it was at the time, so I decided to come back and see it again

2/2

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #ComputerHistory #TechHistory #VintageTech #RetroTech #CSIRAC #AustralianComputing #Macintosh #MacintoshPlus

Went to the museum today and came back with a camera roll of computing history. The real star is in part 2

1/2

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #ComputerHistory #TechHistory #VintageTech #RetroTech #CSIRAC #AustralianComputing #Macintosh #MacintoshPlus

Went to the museum today and came back with a camera roll of computing history. The real star is in part 2

1/2

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #ComputerHistory #TechHistory #VintageTech #RetroTech #CSIRAC #AustralianComputing #Macintosh #MacintoshPlus

Ada Lovelace. Alan Turing. Steve Wozniak. Bill Gates. The digital world wasn't built by one genius — it took all of them.
#books #bookreview #TheInnovators #techhistory
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/digital-revolution-pioneers-book-review/

For most of the history of digital computing, people communicated almost completely through email.

This article by Andrew Oram explores what #BSD did for email, the role of #sendmail, and BSD’s impact on modern operating systems & programmer tools.

Read it here: https://lpi.org/1v8r

@FreeBSDFoundation #FreeBSD #BSD #Linux #opensource #TechHistory #freebsdfoundation #unix #freesoftware #linux #OS #Berkeley #LPI

»Was sind die Neuen Medien und in welchen gesellschaftlichen Organisationsformen werden sie eingeführt? Da gibt es das Kabelfernsehen, die Blildplatte, Computer-Verbundsysteme, Bildschirmtext, Teletext und das Projekt BIGFON.«

Aus: Dieter Prokop – Heimliche Machtergreifung: Neue Medien verändern die Arbeitswelt (1984). #techhistory #technikgeschichte #vintagecomputing