When a technology is new, there is usually a “Cambrian Explosion” in which people and companies try to use it in many different ways. Then the technology matures, only a few use cases remain and the rest is forgotten.

So in the 1980s, when devices with microprocessors were the first time cheap enough for everyone, there were “typewriters” that actually were plotters (https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2143) and could be used to write text as well as to draw diagrams.

(Learned via https://aperiodical.com/2025/12/double-maths-first-thing-issue-43)

#Retrocomputing #Typewriters #Plotters

Der Anteil von professionellen Firmen beim Sammeln von #Unterschriften für Initiativen ist grösser als bisher bekannt. Ein Test zeigt, wie Unterschriften mit Hilfe eines #Plotters gefälscht werden könnten. Die Einführung von #eCollecting bietet die Chance zur sicheren und vertrauenswürdigen Sammlung von Unterschriften. Es müssen aber #Anforderungen an den Datenschutz, die Datensparsamkeit, die Transparenz und Freiwilligkeit eingehalten werden.

https://www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch/2025/04/04/zivilgesellschaft-muss-in-die-ausgestaltung-von-e-collecting-zwingend-eingebunden-werden-unterschriften-bschiss/

Moin!
Ich habe jetzt mal das #Unboxing des #Plotters in meinen nagelneuen #Peertube Account geladen:
https://stream.litera.tools/w/43cGpMwNNCXJD7F5K2KABw

Das Ding stand 8 Jahre ang ungeöffnet in meinem Keller. #SilhouetteCameo3

#Plotter vs #pantser We’re getting ready for the blowhard, pushy board Helene to show up uninvited at our house tomorrow, and I’ve been feeling a little agitated about it. So today, I wrote an unexpected tornado (yeah, because hurricanes give warning and tornadoes don’t always) into my book. #Plotters, can you do that? No, I didn’t think so…

#AmWritingFiction #CozyMystery

It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Sports #Olympics2024 #TargetShooting #Writing #Olympics #WritersCommunity #Writers #PlottersAndPantsers #Plotters #Pantsers #Athletics #Turkey #WritersOfMastodon

Vera Molnár, Computer Art Legend Who Drew with #Plotters and #algorithms Dies at 99

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vera-molnar-computer-art-dead-1234688785/

#VeraMolnár #ComputerArt #ContemporaryArt