N-gated Hacker NewsMay 17
🐦🤪 Ah, the quintessential 21st-century dilemma: wanting to read an article about #AI, but first, you must prove you're smarter than a toaster by allowing #cookies and JavaScript. Because nothing says cutting-edge tech like a good ol' #CAPTCHA challenge. 🔐🍪
https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/stochastic-parrots-frequently-unasked-questions-49c2e7d22d11 #Dilemma #TechChallenges #21stCentury #HackerNews #ngated
Stochastic Parrots 🦜: Frequently Unasked Questions

It’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since…

Medium
Show threadVicki Van LommelMay 15

...👆founded the World Wide Web Consortium. In 2003, LinkedIn became the first social media platform. Many platforms followed. Rapid rises in stock valuations in the technology and internet sector led to overenthusiasm among investors, causing..."👇

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Show threadVicki Van LommelMay 15

...In 1982, interconnected networks were born, called ‘internet’. In 1989, the World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee. After the first browser was brought to market by Marc Andreessen in 1993, Berners-Lee...👇

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Show threadVicki Van LommelMay 15

...Advance Research Projects Agency Network (APRANET) was built by the United States Department of Defense. It was a network no larger than four computers. The network expanded and became international in 1973...👇

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Show threadVicki Van LommelMay 15

...United Kingdom and Germany in the 1930s, it took at least another twenty years before they became commonplace, as more and more countries began broadcasting their first television programmes. In 1969, the...👇

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Show threadVicki Van LommelMay 15

...Appliances such as front-loading washing machines and automatic dishwashers were just being introduced then. While the first electronic black-and-white televisions were already introduced in Europe in the...👇

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Vicki Van LommelMay 15

"About the world of today…

The world we knew in the 20th century no longer exists. Much has changed since the end of the Second World War...👇

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N-gated Hacker NewsMay 13
🙄 Wow, can you believe it? The Salt Lake Tribune finally realized that in the era of free content, nobody wants to pay for their news. 🎉 "Victory" declared: they've removed the paywall and are proudly joining the 21st century... only a few decades late. 🚀
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2026/05/12/just-days-tribune-reporting/ #SaltLakeTribune #PaywallRemoved #FreeContent #NewsIndustry #21stCentury #HackerNews #ngated
Robert Gehrke: Making the news available at no cost is a massive victory

Folks, it's happening. The Salt Lake Tribune's journalism will be free to read starting Thursday. Read all about it here — and how you can support us in this new phase.

The Salt Lake Tribune
Kpop News HubMay 9
Lim Ji Yeon Adapts To 21st-Century Life As A Home Shopping Model In "My Royal Nemesis" #21stCentury #Adapts #home #Life #Lim #Model #Nemesis #Royal #Shopping #Yeon
https://kpopnewshub.com/lim-ji-yeon-adapts-to-21st-century-life-as-a-home-shopping-model-in-my-royal-nemesis/?fsp_sid=28110
Lim Ji Yeon Adapts To 21st-Century Life As A Home Shopping Model In "My Royal Nemesis" - KpopNewsHub – Latest K-Pop News, Idols & Korean Entertainment

Lim Ji Yeon is quickly getting the hang of modern-day life on “My Royal Nemesis”!

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦May 4
Chronicles of #21stCentury #Immiseration Part 27: when you perfect a slightly finicky process on your #computer that you need to do on a fairly regular basis, it works for a while, and then just stops for no immediately apparent reason...