Some Links
- How Alan Turing wanted to base EDSAC’s memory on BOOZE
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If Alan Turing had been in charge of the EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) project in the late 1940s, the first computer memory might not have been based on mercury - but on a good gin.
- Kickstop: how a sleazebag slipped through Kickstarter’s cracks
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The PUA world applies algorithms, testing and feedback, and gamification to human interaction, turning women into not just sexual objects but essentially treating that cisgendered biological configuration as a Turing-complete machine in which specifying the right sequence of inputs results in access to specific ports and protocols.
- Sky Deutschland campaign will pipe ads straight into train passengers’ skulls
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The BBC and others report that Sky Deutschland and advertising company BBDO have tested a concept that would pipe messages directly into the heads of people who try to rest or sleep against train windows. When a commuter leans against the window, he or she will hear a message that nobody else can, asking if they’re bored and want to download Sky’s mobile app.
- The Criterion Collection: Lena Dunham’s Top 10
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I always say Agnès Varda was to the French New Wave as Eve is to the Ruff Ryders: a ride-or-die bitch, respected by a pack of tough gentlemen.
- Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split
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Ken and Dennis leaked their OS into the equivalent of home because an RK05 disk pack on the PDP-11 was too small.