ChaincoderThis Is What a Personal Surveillance System Actually Looks Like
You stop thinking of it as surveillance. It becomes “the system.” Just part of how things run.
Orion Ussner kidderSo. My good, solid, reliable #Thinkpad T40 has stopped turning on. I suspect the power supply.
I bought it for CDN $300. I bought a new battery and upgraded the SSD for another $200. Getting someone to repair it would probably be another $200.
That would put me a third of the way towards a #Framework laptop, which I could fix myself.
Hm.
ComputersApollo Guidance Computer, computer.
Michael FenichelMeanwhile, #Apple turned 50 this week, some say sparking the greatest (r)evolution in human history....
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2026/04/01/five-times-apple-changed-the-world-in-its-first-50-years/
Happy Golden Anniversary!
But... buyers beware, too! 🍎 📱
> 50 years of Apple: Five moments that changed how we live
Cupertino computer titan celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 1
#technology #AppleComputer #iMac #iPhone #technology #computing #computers #smartphones #SteveJobs #SteveWozniak #RonaldWayne
Manchester Mark 1, English stored-program computer, 1949.
UMAX SuperMac, Taiwanese Macintosh clone.
Popular Science HomepageThe best monitor stands
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Grundy NewBrain, microcomputer.
PickrYou probably know all about Apple's big deal gadgets, but as it turns 50, you mightn't recollect some of the industry's most useful ideas, too. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/5-curiously-clever-apple-ideas-worth-recalling-at-50 #apple #computers #news #phones #aipc #aluminium #anniversaries #apple #applesilicon #ipad #iphone #macbook #macbookair #magnets #magsafe #typec
Blake PattersonHappy 50th, Apple.
#AppleComputerInc #AppleInc #fiftyyears #apple50 #Apple50thAnniversary #Macintosh #AppleII #Lisa #SteveJobs #iPod #iPhone #iPad #Mac #AppleBirthday #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #computers #computinghistory #tech #technews #technology #vintageApple #photo #ByteCellar
