Billiard Lentil

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“ I wonder if a time will come when we recognise that the private sector just will not deliver certain forms of digital technology.” @parismarx on alternatives to Silicon Valley’s behemoths.

MicroTimes (1985): "[They] met a couple of years ago at a party ... They became good friends before they started in partnership to produce software." <https://theprintshop.club/2024/07/26/the-people-behind-the-print-shop/>

@LaineNooney, "The Apple II Age" (2023): yeah I interviewed them personally. They were a gay couple. "Both had relocated to the Bay Area ... to explore their nascent identity in what was then a vibrant locus for the gay liberation movement in the United States."

Happy Pride! 🌈

#AppleII #retrocomputing #PrideMonth

people keep saying "don't get left behind" by not using LLM coding tools, buddy if you're sitting there hitting a magic button over and over again until the computer sort of does what you want I've got bad news about who's getting left behind
You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
Turns out that was on purpose

google is discontinuing support for first-generation nest thermostats.

it is time for lawmakers to implement a »support-or-open-source« regulation. it is ok to not want to support »obsolete« technologies forever, but it should be mandatory to make it open source when and if you stop the support.

What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark?

For decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an ideologically-driven purge of government websites.

By Morgan Sung, Maya Cueva, Chris Egusa

https://www.kqed.org/news/12031980/what-happens-if-the-internet-archive-goes-dark

#digital_history #publicdomain

What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark?

For decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an ideologically-driven purge of government websites. But the Archive itself faces an existential threat. In this episode, Close All Tabs Senior Editor Chris Egusa joins Morgan to discuss his visit to the Internet Archive and its colorful founder Brewster Kahle, the legal battles that could shut it down perma

KQED
Invisiclues.org: new Infocom fan site with a bunch of great details, including interactive status bar, playable Infocomics, a deep article archive, and very good 404 page https://www.invisiclues.org/
The Complete Infocom Archive

The complete archive of Infocom game artifacts and history, including game information, Invisiclues, historical articles, and more! All presented in an entertaining, nostalgic way.

InvisiClues.org

The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?

https://www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-and-the-rights-war-on-wikipedia/

#Wikipedia #ElonMusk #USpolitics #USpol

Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia

The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.

Citation Needed