The Pogi Americano

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Navy Veteran, Retired network engineer, 3rd Degree Knight of Columbus (KoC). Interests: Vintage/Retro Technology, Cars, Catholic Culture, US History, Philippine History, Philippine Culture, Modern Technology, AI, Linux, BSD
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The Rise And Fall Of Free Dial Up Internet

In the early days of the Internet, having a high-speed IP connection in your home or even a small business was, if not impossible, certainly a rarity. Connecting to a computer in those days require…

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Dial-Up Is Still, Just Barely, A Thing

In an era dominated by broadband and wireless cellular networks, it might come as a surprise to many that dial-up internet services still exist in the United States. This persistence is not a mere …

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A Book That Behaved Like the Internet Long Before It Existed | HackerNoon

Before platforms, feeds, and algorithms, hypertext quietly rewired culture. We no longer experience the world as a tidy sequence of causes and effects.

5 AI Ethics Concerns the Experts Are Debating

Just as social media exploded on the scene in the 2010s, artificial intelligence (AI) is having its moment. This technology comes with many benefits but raises many ethical concerns as well.

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Reblog by @seagulls-paradise · 6 images

💬 0  🔁 1  ❤️ 0 · When “Old Ironsides” Came to Mare Island · Thousands wait in line to view the USS Constitution on Mare Island's north waterfront in 1933. There are moments when history doesn’t si…

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · When the Great White Fleet Came to Mare Island · The Great White Fleet lies at anchor in the Mare Island Strait in 1908 There are moments when a navy yard becomes more than a plac…

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Timex Sinclair Fans

Videos about Timex/Sinclair computers, our online user group meetings, interviews and more. Meets on the first Monday and third Sundays of the month. You can sign up to receive meeting notices/reminders here: https://www.timexsinclair.com/about/community/ The Timex/Sinclair Online User Group meetings are hosted by David Anderson. You can contact me via my website, timexsinclair.com. TimexSinclair.com is the definitive website about the Timex/Sinclair computers and community. We have an email list at groups.io: https://groups.io/g/TS2068 And there are several Facebook groups where you can find those of us who are on social media. They are: - Timex/Sinclair Place: https://www.facebook.com/groups/409112846232873 - Timex Sinclair Nostalgia: https://www.facebook.com/groups/322394017781413 - Sinclair Society: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2316141871990927

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Timex/Sinclair Computers – The Authoritative Website for Timex/Sinclair Computers

The Cry of Minneapolis

  Bruce Springsteen touched down in Minnesota on Friday and performed his protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” a response to the killing...

First Strike

The January 1942 raid on Balikpapan was more than just the U.S. Navy’s first sea battle of the Pacific war; it was a lifeline tossed to a fleet’s damaged spirits.

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