Did You KnowSep 11, 2025
🚀 Did you know? The term 'bug' in programming traces back to September 9, 1947, when Grace Hopper and her team at Harvard found a moth trapped in their #MarkII computer! They taped it in their logbook, dubbing it the 'First actual case of bug being found.' 🐛 #TechHistory This charming logbook now resides in the @Smithsonian, a testament to early #Computing struggles. Grace Hopper, a pioneer, not only coined the term but also revolutionized programming with #COBOL (1/2)
Canaima GNU/LinuxSep 9, 2023

#SabiasQue

El #9Sep de 1947 se utiliza por primera vez el término #Bug

La científica de la computación y Contralmirante de la Marina, Grace Murray Hopper, estableció el término después de encontrar un error en el computador #MarkII

Curiosidad: En el mundo informático los fallos de programas se denominan #Bug (Insecto).

KathyReidFeb 19, 2023

In this post, I first take the Mycroft Mark II for a technical deep dive and find that it’s a solid piece of hardware, but with a lack of useful Skills. Secondly, I reflect on the inflection point we are seeing in the innovation of voice assistants and speculate on where the industry may need to go next. It’s all about ecosystems, infrastructures and the friction of privacy.

https://blog.kathyreid.id.au/2023/02/19/the-mycroft-mark-ii-and-the-wind-down-of-mycroft-ai-its-all-about-ecosystems-infrastructures-and-the-friction-of-privacy/

Show threadchamberlagopDec 28, 2022
@mike @mycroft_ai Hello - I'd love to know if you got any further? I got my #Mycroft #MarkII a few weeks back, and have some time over the holidays to try messing around with it. I've followed the porting the hello world skill guide but struggling to figure out what my next step should be.
Mike StoneDec 23, 2022
@JoeRess I've been wanting to build smart speakers with SBCs because of their form factor. The problem I've run into (other than availability) is just getting audio peripherals that work without standing on top of any device. There's a lot of support from #Mycroft for Pi based devices since the #MarkI and #MarkII are both Pi based devices. A mini PC would work fine for this as well, but I don't want USB devices hanging off it everywhere. The "appliance" device is more what I'm looking for.
Joshua O’BrienDec 23, 2022
@welllschmaltz It’s great to hear about local assistant options, especially as a Home Assistant user. I was already looking at the #Mycroft #MarkII so now I wonder how they might interoperate. The article says that Home Assistant’s scope will be limited, so perhaps they can fill some of each other’s gaps.
Show threadMycroft AIDec 13, 2022
@fsf Mycroft is open source and the software is free to download! If you want a home automation system that's privacy-focused out of the box, check out the #markII
Mycroft AIDec 8, 2022
Make the Mark II your main holiday assistant! Use the device’s wide-view angle, full color touchscreen for all your measurements and conversions in recipes - and avoid the ads for those SAME recipes in future internet searches 😑 #privacy #ChefMycroft #MarkII
Mycroft AIDec 6, 2022
Thank you, @mike for covering your impressions of the #markii !!!
Follow along with his musings at https://mikestone.me/ 🤓
Mike Stone

Mostly The Lonely Howls Of Mike Baying His Ideological Purity At The Moon

Mycroft AIDec 5, 2022

Gone are the days of tech companies telling you what to do with your device. Mycroft believes in the Right to Repair (Learn About the Right to Repair — The Repair Association https://www.repair.org/stand-up) for all Mark II users.

#RighttoRepair #Mycroft #MarkII

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