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In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon

A simple proposal on a 1982 electronic bulletin board helped sarcasm flourish online.

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Harvey SandstromSep 1, 2024
I knew of Admiral Grace Hopper, I had never heard her speak. Not only was she a commanding public speaker she had a good sense of humor. Apparently a presentation of hers from well over 40 years ago has only just been uploaded by none other than the NSA. (edit: don't be dismayed by the first bit of dry subject, keep with it or skip to minute 18 where it livens up significantly) #computerscience #computersciencehistory #womenintech
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Tristan LouisJun 11, 2023

Incredible project by @textfiles

If you are doing research about the early days of consumer computing, Jason is scanning and uploading essential material for you: a large collection of Computer Shopper issues. See his post at
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5543

Please boost so this info reaches the right people

#computerhistory #computersciencehistory #history #scanning #computershopper

Preparing for the Incoming Computer Shopper Tsunami

There’s no way for me to know where your awareness starts with all this, so let’s just start at the beginning. Computer Shopper was a hell of a magazine. I wrote a whole essay about it,…

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dodothedev May 30, 2023

My wife is at the gym. As it's only an hour long class, wait to take her back home. While I wait, I read. Today, continuing Chapter 4 of "Where Wizards Stay Up Late: the origins of the internet" by Katie Hafner. A fascinating book.

#BooksOfMastodon #InternetHistory #computerScienceHistory #KatieHafner #whereWizardsStayUpLate

Matthias MProveJan 15, 2023

Joseph #Weizenbaum in Sendungen des RIAS 1985 + 87 :: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/weizenbaum-100.html

#computerScienceHistory #hiforum

Zum 100. Geburtstag von Joseph Weizenbaum - Die Macht der Computer

Er entwarf das erste Computer-Sprach-Programm namens ELIZA. Doch dann war Joseph Weizenbaum entsetzt darüber, wie ernst viele Menschen dieses relativ einfache Programm nahmen, und wurde zum Kritiker der gedankenlosen Computergläubigkeit.

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