Curt(is) Burton

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Technology Ultra, Manchester United Ultra, Archaeology Aware. #Tadpool junkie. Bight eyed kid of '75 that's seen it all.

#nowPlaying this first track is time capsule

wireless internet – #arpanet

https://arpanet.bandcamp.com/album/wireless-internet #electro

Wireless Internet, by Arpanet

9 track album

Arpanet
“You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

Meta illegally downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna’s Archive, and Z-Library to train their AI

In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded just 70GB of JSTOR articles

0.0875% of what Meta took

He faced $1M in fines and 35 years in jail. The pressure from the US government caused Aaron to take his own life in 2013

If corporations are people than what fate does Meta deserve?

(VIDEO: Standing ovation for the Aaron Swartz statue unveiling at the Internet Archive)

RIP Jimmy Carter. He lived a full life, only four years of which were in the White House.

He made the most of them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/12/29/jimmy-carter-president-dead/

Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says

The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.

The Washington Post

How did I miss this? OTOY's Star Trek short "Unification" is great blend of the original series history. Takes place immediately after the events of Generations. Features William Shatner back as reflectful Captain Kirk and Robin Curtis as Saavik. #startrek

https://home.otoy.com/unification

So that's where my files are stored!

Found someone's podcast list from November 23, 2008, Man do I miss this era of podcasts, it was like going to College, I learned soo much.

#Podcast #TechPeople #TechPodcast

So has anyone ever heard or used Socialthing ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialthing

#Socialthing

Socialthing - Wikipedia

TIL that One World Trade [aka Freedom Tower] opened up 10 years ago today!
Ken Thompson, creator of the Unix operating system, and Dennis Ritchie, creator of the C programming language. Bell Labs, 1973.