Tootfinder

Another banger by J. B. Crawford in his "Computers Are Bad" series, this time going through computer history from PLATO to Lotus Notes. PLATO is probably the most influential computer system almost nobody knows about (unlike, say, Mother of All Demos).
https://computer.rip/2026-03-14-lotusn

LotusNotes

We talk endlessly about what AI can and cannot do. We talk very little about the assumptions built into the question itself. This dialogue follows a philosopher and an AI practitioner.
https://ocrampal.com/from-plato-to-gradient-descent-the-frame-we-forgot-w…

From Plato to Gradient Descent: The Frame We Forgot We Chose
Practitioner: I’ll be honest—I find the "philosophy of AI" a bit indulgent. We aren’t guessing anymore. We’re building systems that work. GPT, AlphaFold, Sora... these aren't accidents. We’ve clearly cracked the code on how intelligence functions. Philosopher: I don’t doubt the results. But results

millennial: iykyk
plato: NOT SO FAST
#philosophy #joke

Plato Understood Why Masking Would Turn ICE Agents Into Devils (Paul Rosenzweig/The UnPopulist)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/plato-understood-why-masking-would
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p53#a260208p53

millennial: iykyk
plato: NOT SO FAST

What are #exoplanets and how do researchers find them? Learn more in our kids’ lecture on Astronomy Day, March 28th, at 3 PM. Including hands-on fun! In German.
More info here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/astronomietag2026

Ni SSD ni discos convencionales: así es la nueva bestia de 40 TB que utiliza lšseres
Ni SSD ni discos convencionales: así es la nueva bestia de 40 TB que utiliza lšseres https://share.google/hX2ccOYa6TMEOjjks

Uncontrolled power will turn even saints into savages. And we can all
be counted on to live down to our lowest impulses.
-- Parmen, "Plato's Stepchildren", stardate 5784.3

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Leonard Bernstein, Jaap van Zweden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly:
🎵 Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'
#LeonardBernstein #JaapvanZweden #RoyalConcertgebouwOrchestra #RiccardoChailly