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from my link log —
A gallery of early computers, 1940s - 1960s.
https://royal.pingdom.com/retro-delight-gallery-of-early-computers-1940s-1960s/
saved 2019-03-17

Retro Delight: Gallery of Early Computers (1940s - 1960s) - Pingdom
We often think of computers as a very modern phenomenon, but there were actually plenty of computers around 50 years ago. They just weren't an everyman commodity, instead limited to goverment and corporate use. And they certainly weren't small.

Internal memo: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares a "code red" to shift more resources into improving ChatGPT amid rising competition, delaying other plans like ads (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/op

OpenAI CEO Declares ‘Code Red’ to Combat Threats to ChatGPT, Delays Ads Effort
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday told employees he was declaring a “code red” to marshall more resources to improve ChatGPT as threats rise from Google and other artificial intelligence competitors, according to an internal memo. As a result,OpenAI plans to delay other initiatives, such as ...

Adding another post. This one is a bit less polished, but I want to get it out. As things get harder for everyone, I'm seeing a greater tendency to want to grasp onto revolutionary fiction such as #Andor. I think there's value in that, but it has to come with an informed critique.
> We are so thirsty for hope that we will drink it up, even when that hope comes from a fiction and the truth behind the hope is poison. In Andor, we see the worst elements sacrifice themselves for some of the best. The revolution goes through a process of purification, the complicated elements weeding themselves out to make room for the simplified good, as the rebellion unifies. In reality, this tends to be the opposite how things actually work.
> [...]
> [The Urban Guerilla movement of the 60's through the 80's] centered militant revolution. In doing so, they omitted or cut themselves off from the logistic support needed to sustain such revolutionary activity. The trauma of carrying out violence further isolated and radicalized them. Lacking infrastructure for trauma healing, their decay escalated and became unrecoverable. Ultimately, their revolutionary movements both emulated and reinforced the status quo they were trying to resist.
> There emerges a strange historical parallel that is difficult to see from within the dominant paradigm. The competitive politics of electoralism derives from heroic competition, where people (typically men) compete (often violently) for control over a territory or people. Thus the insurrectionary enters into the very same competition as a challenger, not against the system of domination but for control over it. The success of the revolution, then, does not abolish the system of violent domination but changes rather replaces its management.
> Many modern anarchists will be quick to point out the disconnect between ends and means. While authoritarian projects often assert that "the ends justify the means," and Andor implies the same, anti-authoritarian projects assert the ends and the means are not only united but are, in fact, the same.
This is still very much something I'm actively editing, but I'd still love feedback to help me refine it to it's final form. Typo catches and clarifying questions welcome.
#USPol

Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/mexico-moves-to-combat-pollution-following-guardian-investigations

On compute as a commodity “people might be open to a new bespoke pickle vendor. So we're pickling some compute and selling that.”
And
“Our mission is to spread the joy of programming, both in people's personal lives and at work.”
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Boris (@bmann.ca)
On compute as a commodity “people might be open to a new bespoke pickle vendor. So we're pickling some compute and selling that.” And “Our mission is to spread the joy of programming, both in people's personal lives and at work.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]

In my first workshop of the #FF2025 conference! Considering 'Future scenarios: Supporting the AI4LAM Community in Teaching and Learning' https://www.conftool.org/f…

Giants HC John Harbaugh on competing in NFC East: 'We have to build a team to beat the Eagles' https://www.nfl.com/news/giants-hc-john-harbaugh-on-competing-in-nfc-east-we-have-to-build-a-team-to-beat-the-eagles

Dak Prescott oozing confidence ahead of Cowboys-Lions Week 14 clash https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dak-prescott-oozing-confidence-dallas-cowboys-lions-nfl-week-14

Dozens of US universities and colleges have announced new AI departments and programs over the last two years; an AI program is now MIT's second-largest major (Natasha Singer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/technology/college-compute…

College Students Choosing A.I. Majors Over Computer Science
At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major.

Dak Prescott: Cowboys growing confident along three-game win streak, ready for 'hard-fought game' vs. Lions https://www.nfl.com/news/dak-prescott-cowboys-growing-confident-along-three-game-win-streak-ready-for-…