It's busy at the intersection of #broadband #fiber #energy #datacenter and #ai -
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/ai-data-center-openai-gas-nuclear-renewable-utility.html
Pete
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The Public Domain ReviewAfter complaints about Timothy Dexter's A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (1797) being entirely devoid of punctuation, in future editions the eccentric businessman supplied a supplemental page so that people “may peper and solt as they please”: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dexter-pickle
Congratulations to @oldbookillustrations on the Boing Boing mention!
https://boingboing.net/2025/07/26/online-archive-of-illustrations-from-old-books.html
Let's talk about how we got to where we are in #broadband for Holland, Michigan.
March 27, 2025
Consider this your invitation to the first ILSR Community Broadband Film Fest! Slated for March 27 from 4 to 4:45pm ET, the livestream event will show the world premiere of “Building Fiberhoods in Holland” – a mini eight minute documentary on how the city of Holland, Michigan came to build a
So, I'm an old guy who played D&D from the original boxed set and really liked Tunnels and Trolls #ttrpg. What's the RPG game of choice for oldies who liked simple, easy-to-pick-up RPGs like Tunnels and Trolls?
I know - easy question that's difficult to answer, but I'd love to hear the #ttrpg community's input!
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I had a dream of being a #broadband #fiber optic field tech. AI said it looked something like this. I remember it being darker and scarier.
Thomas Schäfer
Project GutenbergAustrian-born American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr died #OTD in 2000.
Lamarr wanted to aid the Allied forces during World War II. She shared her concept for using “frequency hopping” with the U.S. Navy and codeveloped a patent with Antheil 1941. Today, her innovation helped make possible a wide range of wireless communications technologies, including Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth.
Below, U.S. patent 2,292,387 granted on August 11, 1942, under her legal name Hedy Kiesler Markey.
