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December 12, 2022: Rachel Ignotofsky, author, "The History of the Computer"
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Today: Rachel Ignotofsky, author, “The History of the Computer” – with her husband and business partner Thomas Mason.
• The History of the Computer: People, Inventions, and Technology That Changed Our World, by Rachel Ignotofsky
• rachelignotofskydesign.com, Rachel’s website
• iWoz, by Steve Wozniak
• Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer, by Michael Swaine and Paul Freiberger
• Videos featuring Alan Kay
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| Matryomin Ensemble |
Symphony No. 9, Boogie
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Listener comments!
ultradamno:
Rolando:
herb.nyc:
Will thee Sound Guy:
Hopey Sockmonkey:
chresti:
ultradamno:
Webhamster Henry:
David in London:
dale:
herb.nyc:
Webhamster Henry:
chresti:
Rolando:
arb:
Webhamster Henry:
ChatGPT:
Hidden cameras watch our every move
Privacy stripped away
Big Brother looms large
Eyes in the sky track our steps
No place to hide from view
Surveillance state grows
Every action monitored
Freedom fades in the face of
Constant watchful eyes
Our thoughts no longer our own
Data harvested and used
In the surveillance state
The watchful gaze of power
Intrudes upon our lives
Leaving us feeling trapped
The price of safety?
Loss of liberty and privacy
In the surveillance state.
Wendy del Formaggio:
Mike Sin:
“Year in review” in January.
Folsom:
Rolando:
hear, hear:
MarciB:
Webhamster Henry:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Sam:
morphe':
oooppss not for the playlist
herb.nyc:
MarciB:
JohnEBGood:
Jackie G:
Sam:
Who made every tech bubble burst
He went to the river
And threw his phone thither
Because surveillance is the worst
Webhamster Henry:
ChatGPT:
There once was a surveillance state
Where every move was monitored and late
Privacy was a thing of the past
And freedom didn't last
Now everyone lived in fear and hate
The government watched from above
Tracking each citizen with love
No place was safe to hide
From the all-seeing eye
In the surveillance state, we were just a glove
The cameras on every street
Recorded our every feat
Our every thought and deed
Was tracked with speed
In the surveillance state, privacy was obsolete
The people lived in constant dread
As their lives were carefully fed
Into the data banks
Where they were ranked
In the surveillance state, freedom was dead
The watchful gaze of power
Intruded upon every hour
Leaving us feeling trapped
And constantly slapped
In the surveillance state, liberty was a flower
The price of safety and security
Was the loss of privacy and liberty
In the surveillance state, we were all just pawns
Trapped in a never-ending cycle of surveillance drones.
The Butterman:
chris in the redwoods:
hello, Mark and folks!
castor:
Webhamster Henry:
ultradamno:
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Jackie G:
JohnEBGood:
herb.nyc:
Mark Hurst:
Webhamster Henry:
Webhamster Henry:
herb.nyc:
Webhamster Henry:
Rolando:
Carmichael:
herb.nyc:
ultradamno:
Feldy:
PaulRobeson1922:
Mark Hurst:
dale:
herb.nyc:
Webhamster Henry:
Jackie G:
JohnEBGood:
Rolando:
Mark Hurst:
Webhamster Henry:
Jackie G:
Webhamster Henry:
Wendy del Formaggio:
JohnEBGood:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Franco Twinkie:
There is this machine
that's ruined my life
all that it's called me
is anguish and strife
Despite all the claims
it's not made things better
it's so bloodless and cold
I need my wool sweater
Call me backwards
a hopeless old crank
but the monsters at facebook
are the ones you can thank.
PaulRobeson1922:
That ribbon of highway
I saw above me
The endless skyway
Rolando:
PaulRobeson1922:
herb.nyc:
01/08/23 — Union Square Park
01/28/23 — Ridgewood (Rosemary’s Playground)
PaulRobeson1922:
PaulRobeson1922:
Bas NL:
Webhamster Henry:
castor:
Webhamster Henry:
castor:
Jeff Moore:
morphe':
??? True that AI is not good with Irony, Metaphor, etc????
(Murakami Whywolf))):
Now, Apple's actually charging you money to be able to develop for Apple devices, _that_'s gratuitous.
Webhamster Henry:
ChatGPT:
One ironic statement about artificial intelligence is: "With the development of artificial intelligence, humans are becoming more intelligent every day." This statement is ironic because while artificial intelligence is designed to augment human intelligence, it is ultimately still a machine and does not possess the ability to truly understand or replicate human intelligence.
Bas NL:
Ken From Hyde Park:
JohnEBGood:
Ken From Hyde Park:
PaulRobeson1922:
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Webhamster Henry:
Mark Hurst:
Mark Hurst:
PaulRobeson1922:
Mark Hurst:
Mennlinn Rebarts:
dale:
Mennlinn Rebarts:
morphe':
ejits followed it and went broke..
they awoke in a daze
a self absorbed haze
and were escorted out of society
ooooppppsss not for
JohnEBGood:
Rolando:
Franco Twinkie:
Bas NL:
morphe':
Franco Twinkie:
Jackie G:
ultradamno:
ultradamno:
James Akers:
soooo gooood
Franco Twinkie:
dale:
Franco Twinkie:
dale:
(((Murakami Whywolf):
I, too, thought of Crumb….
I wonder if along the way she mentions the attempts to make automatic anti-aircraft cannons during the Second World War, I recall it as being a failure but they learned a lot about control theory. I think Norbert Wiener was involved, but I might be wrong about that.
Webhamster Henry:
PaulRobeson1922:
Count d'Al Dente:
PaulRobeson1922:
dale:
Jeff Moore:
www.flickr.com...
https://ianoswatches.com/ianos-mihanikos
Mennlinn Rebarts:
JohnEBGood:
Franco Twinkie:
Wendy del Formaggio:
catherine:
Jackie G:
Peter from Boonton formerly Dover NJ:
Count d'Al Dente:
Wendy del Formaggio:
JohnEBGood:
castor:
Bas NL:
chresti:
morphe':
Will thee Sound Guy:
Jeff Moore:
Migration to Mastodon is in full swing. The Mastodon user count keeps rising, and there's now a vibrant and engaged community over there.
(Murakami Whywolf))):
I disagree, I think there used to be something to him, but wealth has given him a god-complex.
Similarly, Mr Chappelle used to be quite funny at times, now he's more of troll.
morphe':
ultradamno:
Ken From Hyde Park:
PaulRobeson1922:
JohnEBGood: