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Steve Jobs saw campus AI in the ’80s – a vision ahead of its time. Geoffrey Cain’s Steve Jobs in Exile shows the NeXT machine cost $10 k, too pricey for schools. The tech was right, but the world wasn’t ready. Being right too early can feel like being wrong. What does that teach us about timing in tech? https://youtube.com/shorts/kuET30GT2k4 #SteveJobs #AI #NeXT #TechHistory #SteveJobsInExile

Steve Jobs saw campus AI in the ’80s – a vision ahead of its time. Geoffrey Cain’s Steve Jobs in Exile shows the NeXT machine cost $10 k, too pricey for schools. The tech was right, but the world wasn’t ready. Being right too early can feel like being wrong. What does that teach us about timing in tech? https://youtube.com/shorts/kuET30GT2k4 #SteveJobs #AI #NeXT #TechHistory #SteveJobsInExile

Steve Jobs saw campus AI in the ’80s – a vision ahead of its time. Geoffrey Cain’s Steve Jobs in Exile shows the NeXT machine cost $10 k, too pricey for schools. The tech was right, but the world wasn’t ready. Being right too early can feel like being wrong. What does that teach us about timing in tech? https://youtube.com/shorts/kuET30GT2k4 #SteveJobs #AI #NeXT #TechHistory #SteveJobsInExile

Steve Jobs saw campus AI in the ’80s – a vision ahead of its time. Geoffrey Cain’s Steve Jobs in Exile shows the NeXT machine cost $10 k, too pricey for schools. The tech was right, but the world wasn’t ready. Being right too early can feel like being wrong. What does that teach us about timing in tech? https://youtube.com/shorts/kuET30GT2k4 #SteveJobs #AI #NeXT #TechHistory #SteveJobsInExile

Steve Jobs saw campus AI in the ’80s – a vision ahead of its time. Geoffrey Cain’s Steve Jobs in Exile shows the NeXT machine cost $10 k, too pricey for schools. The tech was right, but the world wasn’t ready. Being right too early can feel like being wrong. What does that teach us about timing in tech? https://youtube.com/shorts/kuET30GT2k4 #SteveJobs #AI #NeXT #TechHistory #SteveJobsInExile

The Tragic End of GeoCities: The Web Pioneer That Built the Early Internet and Vanished Forever - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z33zHspYfiU

I remember it well! I had a "site" there. ;-)

#Tech #TechHistory #Geocities

The Tragic End of GeoCities: The Web Pioneer That Built the Early Internet and Vanished Forever - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z33zHspYfiU

I remember it well! I had a "site" there. ;-)

#Tech #TechHistory #Geocities

The Tragic End of GeoCities: The Web Pioneer That Built the Early Internet and Vanished Forever - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z33zHspYfiU

I remember it well! I had a "site" there. ;-)

#Tech #TechHistory #Geocities

The Tragic End of GeoCities: The Web Pioneer That Built the Early Internet and Vanished Forever - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z33zHspYfiU

I remember it well! I had a "site" there. ;-)

#Tech #TechHistory #Geocities

The Tragic End of GeoCities: The Web Pioneer That Built the Early Internet and Vanished Forever - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z33zHspYfiU

I remember it well! I had a "site" there. ;-)

#Tech #TechHistory #Geocities

The Tragic End of Iomega: The $7 Billion Zip Drive Giant That Ruled PC Storage Then Destroyed Itself - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9d22CIhXaE

#Tech #TechHistory #IOMega #ZipDrives

The Tragic End of Iomega: The $7 Billion Zip Drive Giant That Ruled PC Storage Then Destroyed Itself - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9d22CIhXaE

#Tech #TechHistory #IOMega #ZipDrives

The Tragic End of Iomega: The $7 Billion Zip Drive Giant That Ruled PC Storage Then Destroyed Itself - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9d22CIhXaE

#Tech #TechHistory #IOMega #ZipDrives

The Tragic End of Iomega: The $7 Billion Zip Drive Giant That Ruled PC Storage Then Destroyed Itself - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9d22CIhXaE

#Tech #TechHistory #IOMega #ZipDrives

The Tragic End of Iomega: The $7 Billion Zip Drive Giant That Ruled PC Storage Then Destroyed Itself - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9d22CIhXaE

#Tech #TechHistory #IOMega #ZipDrives

Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338328

#HackerNews #Quake #Shareware #CD-ROM #QuakeGames #RetroGaming #GameDevelopment #TechHistory

Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338328

#HackerNews #Quake #Shareware #CD-ROM #QuakeGames #RetroGaming #GameDevelopment #TechHistory

Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338328

#HackerNews #Quake #Shareware #CD-ROM #QuakeGames #RetroGaming #GameDevelopment #TechHistory

Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338328

#HackerNews #Quake #Shareware #CD-ROM #QuakeGames #RetroGaming #GameDevelopment #TechHistory

Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338328

#HackerNews #Quake #Shareware #CD-ROM #QuakeGames #RetroGaming #GameDevelopment #TechHistory

150 years of American telecommunications. From Bell’s 1876 patent to broadband, the Internet and AI.

We’re bringing that history to life in a new online course—and looking for sponsors who want to help make it happen.

Interested? Let’s talk.

#tech #technology #broadband #history #telecom #telecommunication #techhistory #live #livestream #course #sponsors #sponsor

150 years of American telecommunications. From Bell’s 1876 patent to broadband, the Internet and AI.

We’re bringing that history to life in a new online course—and looking for sponsors who want to help make it happen.

Interested? Let’s talk.

#tech #technology #broadband #history #telecom #telecommunication #techhistory #live #livestream #course #sponsors #sponsor

150 years of American telecommunications. From Bell’s 1876 patent to broadband, the Internet and AI.

We’re bringing that history to life in a new online course—and looking for sponsors who want to help make it happen.

Interested? Let’s talk.

#tech #technology #broadband #history #telecom #telecommunication #techhistory #live #livestream #course #sponsors #sponsor

150 years of American telecommunications. From Bell’s 1876 patent to broadband, the Internet and AI.

We’re bringing that history to life in a new online course—and looking for sponsors who want to help make it happen.

Interested? Let’s talk.

#tech #technology #broadband #history #telecom #telecommunication #techhistory #live #livestream #course #sponsors #sponsor

150 years of American telecommunications. From Bell’s 1876 patent to broadband, the Internet and AI.

We’re bringing that history to life in a new online course—and looking for sponsors who want to help make it happen.

Interested? Let’s talk.

#tech #technology #broadband #history #telecom #telecommunication #techhistory #live #livestream #course #sponsors #sponsor

The Life and Death of Direct File [pdf]

https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/vinton_report_5.pdf

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325185

#HackerNews #LifeAndDeathOfDirectFile #pdfDocument #DigitalPreservation #TechHistory

The Life and Death of Direct File [pdf]

https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/vinton_report_5.pdf

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325185

#HackerNews #LifeAndDeathOfDirectFile #pdfDocument #DigitalPreservation #TechHistory

The Life and Death of Direct File [pdf]

https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/vinton_report_5.pdf

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325185

#HackerNews #LifeAndDeathOfDirectFile #pdfDocument #DigitalPreservation #TechHistory

The Life and Death of Direct File [pdf]

https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/vinton_report_5.pdf

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325185

#HackerNews #LifeAndDeathOfDirectFile #pdfDocument #DigitalPreservation #TechHistory

The Life and Death of Direct File [pdf]

https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/vinton_report_5.pdf

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325185

#HackerNews #LifeAndDeathOfDirectFile #pdfDocument #DigitalPreservation #TechHistory

In 1986 I was writing solar system software in BASIC for the Apple II and ran out of room on a 5.25 inch floppy. So I wrote 6502 assembly to skip storing the black pixels, which were most of the screen. It seemed obvious to me. Everyone was surprised.

#RetroComputing #Stories #Programming #TechHistory

Steve Jobs dreamed of campus AI in the ’80s—years ahead of its time. The NeXT computer flopped not for flaws, but for cost: $10k was a fortune for schools. Innovation often stumbles on timing, not vision.

A poignant look at ambition vs. reality 👇

https://youtube.com/shorts/kuET30GT2k4

#TechHistory #AI

Steve Jobs dreamed of campus AI in the ’80s—years ahead of its time. The NeXT computer flopped not for flaws, but for cost: $10k was a fortune for schools. Innovation often stumbles on timing, not vision.

A poignant look at ambition vs. reality 👇

https://youtube.com/shorts/kuET30GT2k4

#TechHistory #AI

Wer von euch hätte gewusst, dass die Ursuppe von Java mal Oak hieß? Und ursprünglich gedacht war für interaktives Kabelfernsehen? Zur Wochenendunterhaltung habe ich für euch heute eine gute Stunde Java-History mit den Menschen, die von Anfang an dabei waren, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGSg4b_cZA #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #java #techhistory

Wer von euch hätte gewusst, dass die Ursuppe von Java mal Oak hieß? Und ursprünglich gedacht war für interaktives Kabelfernsehen? Zur Wochenendunterhaltung habe ich für euch heute eine gute Stunde Java-History mit den Menschen, die von Anfang an dabei waren, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGSg4b_cZA #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #java #techhistory

Wer von euch hätte gewusst, dass die Ursuppe von Java mal Oak hieß? Und ursprünglich gedacht war für interaktives Kabelfernsehen? Zur Wochenendunterhaltung habe ich für euch heute eine gute Stunde Java-History mit den Menschen, die von Anfang an dabei waren, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGSg4b_cZA #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #java #techhistory

Wer von euch hätte gewusst, dass die Ursuppe von Java mal Oak hieß? Und ursprünglich gedacht war für interaktives Kabelfernsehen? Zur Wochenendunterhaltung habe ich für euch heute eine gute Stunde Java-History mit den Menschen, die von Anfang an dabei waren, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGSg4b_cZA #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #java #techhistory

Wer von euch hätte gewusst, dass die Ursuppe von Java mal Oak hieß? Und ursprünglich gedacht war für interaktives Kabelfernsehen? Zur Wochenendunterhaltung habe ich für euch heute eine gute Stunde Java-History mit den Menschen, die von Anfang an dabei waren, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGSg4b_cZA #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #java #techhistory

Jobs left Apple reckless and difficult. He came back with patience and focus. Failure built what success never could.
#books #bookreview #SecondComingOfSteveJobs
#techhistory https://smpl.is/am5ne

Jobs left Apple reckless and difficult. He came back with patience and focus. Failure built what success never could.
#books #bookreview #SecondComingOfSteveJobs
#techhistory https://smpl.is/am5ne

Jobs left Apple reckless and difficult. He came back with patience and focus. Failure built what success never could.
#books #bookreview #SecondComingOfSteveJobs
#techhistory https://smpl.is/am5ne

Jobs left Apple reckless and difficult. He came back with patience and focus. Failure built what success never could.
#books #bookreview #SecondComingOfSteveJobs
#techhistory https://smpl.is/am5ne

Jobs left Apple reckless and difficult. He came back with patience and focus. Failure built what success never could.
#books #bookreview #SecondComingOfSteveJobs
#techhistory https://smpl.is/am5ne

🚀 Breaking news from 1994: the groundbreaking discovery that finite state machines can exist in Forth without a labyrinth of IF clauses! 🎉 Read on as our hero, J.V. Noble, valiantly types out a dissertation on programming techniques as old as the punch card, all while reveling in the complete lack of modern syntax highlighting. 📜🔍
https://www.forth.org/literature/noble.html #BreakingNews #FiniteStateMachines #ForthProgramming #JVNoble #TechHistory #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Breaking news from 1994: the groundbreaking discovery that finite state machines can exist in Forth without a labyrinth of IF clauses! 🎉 Read on as our hero, J.V. Noble, valiantly types out a dissertation on programming techniques as old as the punch card, all while reveling in the complete lack of modern syntax highlighting. 📜🔍
https://www.forth.org/literature/noble.html #BreakingNews #FiniteStateMachines #ForthProgramming #JVNoble #TechHistory #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Breaking news from 1994: the groundbreaking discovery that finite state machines can exist in Forth without a labyrinth of IF clauses! 🎉 Read on as our hero, J.V. Noble, valiantly types out a dissertation on programming techniques as old as the punch card, all while reveling in the complete lack of modern syntax highlighting. 📜🔍
https://www.forth.org/literature/noble.html #BreakingNews #FiniteStateMachines #ForthProgramming #JVNoble #TechHistory #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Breaking news from 1994: the groundbreaking discovery that finite state machines can exist in Forth without a labyrinth of IF clauses! 🎉 Read on as our hero, J.V. Noble, valiantly types out a dissertation on programming techniques as old as the punch card, all while reveling in the complete lack of modern syntax highlighting. 📜🔍
https://www.forth.org/literature/noble.html #BreakingNews #FiniteStateMachines #ForthProgramming #JVNoble #TechHistory #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Breaking news from 1994: the groundbreaking discovery that finite state machines can exist in Forth without a labyrinth of IF clauses! 🎉 Read on as our hero, J.V. Noble, valiantly types out a dissertation on programming techniques as old as the punch card, all while reveling in the complete lack of modern syntax highlighting. 📜🔍
https://www.forth.org/literature/noble.html #BreakingNews #FiniteStateMachines #ForthProgramming #JVNoble #TechHistory #HackerNews #ngated

Finite State Machines in Forth (1994)

https://www.forth.org/literature/noble.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223964

#HackerNews #FiniteStateMachines #Forth #1994 #Programming #ComputerScience #TechHistory

Finite State Machines in Forth (1994)

https://www.forth.org/literature/noble.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223964

#HackerNews #FiniteStateMachines #Forth #1994 #Programming #ComputerScience #TechHistory

Finite State Machines in Forth (1994)

https://www.forth.org/literature/noble.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223964

#HackerNews #FiniteStateMachines #Forth #1994 #Programming #ComputerScience #TechHistory

Finite State Machines in Forth (1994)

https://www.forth.org/literature/noble.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223964

#HackerNews #FiniteStateMachines #Forth #1994 #Programming #ComputerScience #TechHistory

Finite State Machines in Forth (1994)

https://www.forth.org/literature/noble.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223964

#HackerNews #FiniteStateMachines #Forth #1994 #Programming #ComputerScience #TechHistory

When people grieved the loss of GPT-4o models, it showed how convincing AI’s performance has become. But history repeats itself: from 1966's ELIZA to 2011's IBM Watson, we repeatedly mistake statistical pattern matching for a soul. Modern frontier LLMs optimize next-token prediction; they don't experience life. The danger isn't that machines feel, but that we act like they do.

https://medium.com/@chribonn/ddf273b5d327

#TTMO #AI #TechHistory #Sentience #GenerativeAI

When people grieved the loss of GPT-4o models, it showed how convincing AI’s performance has become. But history repeats itself: from 1966's ELIZA to 2011's IBM Watson, we repeatedly mistake statistical pattern matching for a soul. Modern frontier LLMs optimize next-token prediction; they don't experience life. The danger isn't that machines feel, but that we act like they do.

https://medium.com/@chribonn/ddf273b5d327

#TTMO #AI #TechHistory #Sentience #GenerativeAI

When people grieved the loss of GPT-4o models, it showed how convincing AI’s performance has become. But history repeats itself: from 1966's ELIZA to 2011's IBM Watson, we repeatedly mistake statistical pattern matching for a soul. Modern frontier LLMs optimize next-token prediction; they don't experience life. The danger isn't that machines feel, but that we act like they do.

https://medium.com/@chribonn/ddf273b5d327

#TTMO #AI #TechHistory #Sentience #GenerativeAI

When people grieved the loss of GPT-4o models, it showed how convincing AI’s performance has become. But history repeats itself: from 1966's ELIZA to 2011's IBM Watson, we repeatedly mistake statistical pattern matching for a soul. Modern frontier LLMs optimize next-token prediction; they don't experience life. The danger isn't that machines feel, but that we act like they do.

https://medium.com/@chribonn/ddf273b5d327

#TTMO #AI #TechHistory #Sentience #GenerativeAI

When people grieved the loss of GPT-4o models, it showed how convincing AI’s performance has become. But history repeats itself: from 1966's ELIZA to 2011's IBM Watson, we repeatedly mistake statistical pattern matching for a soul. Modern frontier LLMs optimize next-token prediction; they don't experience life. The danger isn't that machines feel, but that we act like they do.

https://medium.com/@chribonn/ddf273b5d327

#TTMO #AI #TechHistory #Sentience #GenerativeAI

🎉 Oh, the nostalgia! A riveting tale of ancient computing relics so thrilling, you'd think #UNIVAC was the latest iPhone. 🙄 But really, who wouldn't want to spend their day reading about #Skeduflo while surrounded by six modern devices just screaming for attention? 📱💻🤦‍♂️
https://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/come-for-eniac-stay-for-univac-and-skeduflo/ #nostalgia #ancientcomputing #techhistory #moderndevices #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Oh, the nostalgia! A riveting tale of ancient computing relics so thrilling, you'd think #UNIVAC was the latest iPhone. 🙄 But really, who wouldn't want to spend their day reading about #Skeduflo while surrounded by six modern devices just screaming for attention? 📱💻🤦‍♂️
https://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/come-for-eniac-stay-for-univac-and-skeduflo/ #nostalgia #ancientcomputing #techhistory #moderndevices #HackerNews #ngated