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When you get a new IT job break the biggest computer you see then all the other computers will leave you alone

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Asimov's first Foundation novel has a wonderful scene that I think prefigures the LLM arms race we're going through at the moment. A bunch of characters are using formal mathematical tools to analyse the meaning of verbose and seemingly eloquent political statements:

"That," replied Hardin, "is the interesting thing. The analysis was the most difficult of the three by all odds. When Hoik, after two days of steady work, succeeded in eliminating meaningless statements, vague gibberish, useless qualifications - in short, all the goo and dribble - he found he had nothing left. Everything canceled out."

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@cm @ijk64 @Gammitin I think that was for the keyboard. I had a SparcClassic which I think is similar and it used a db25 serial connector
Here’s a good ref doc too : docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/s

@Gammitin may be easier to get the serial console port going

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Wait WHAT?! A user made a mandelbrot viewer using Hoot, Spritely's Scheme->WASM toolkit! github.com/nanomonkey/hoot-man

It works!

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LIVE! Select #IETF119 sessions are being streamed live—including sessions with discussions and proposals accessible to a broad range of Internet technologists, starting with a deep dive on BGP at 05:00-06:00 UTC on 17 March. Learn more and watch live: ietf.org/live/

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The 12-month running mean global temperature anomaly continues to tick upward...

Graphic from zacklabe.com/climate-change-in

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This is your periodic reminder of the single greatest US #licenseplate plate ever.

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Shel Silverstein doesn’t get nearly enough credit for predicting ChatGPT.

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Happy Pi Day to all of you that use 14.3 to calculate your circles.

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Timelapse of the sun's chromosphere featuring solar spicules—narrow jets stretching up to 6,000 km high and reaching speeds over 100 km/s.

Credit: Luc Rouppe van der Voort, University of Oslo / Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope

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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

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SUPER-SIZED RUBIK'S CUBE!

The Rubik's Cube, invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and architecture teacher Ernő Rubik, never ceases to amaze.
#AureFreePress

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Once I was at a small hostel in Spain, and came down with a nasty cold. I asked at the desk, and they said they had a doctor on staff. He came up to my room, wrote me a prescription, fixed me right up. Later I told the guy at the desk, I was surprised such a small hostel had a doctor on staff. He just smiled and said, "Yes, nobody expects the Spanish inn physician".

(not my joke)

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