Fascinating Story of a Calculating Device Born (in part) in a Concentration Camp
New Atlas tells the story of the Curta mechanical calculator, and it’s designer Hertzsark who had to draw designs as a prisoner at Buchenwald. It’s well worth reading.
New Atlas tells the story of the Curta mechanical calculator, and it’s designer Hertzsark who had to draw designs as a prisoner at Buchenwald. It’s well worth reading.
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Bill Detwiler at TechRepublic takes a look at the Zotac ZBOX Mini-PC. I’m not linking to this because I like this particular item over all other possibilities, but I think it’s about time we start seeing smaller PCs that take up much less space. In many of the offices I work with problems with finding…
… from Dr. Platypus.
Social media and other technology is taking over the way you get information. Learn and take control.
“It doesn’t look like anything else,” said Musk, and he wasn’t wrong. Tesla Cybertruck: Revenge of the nerds makes a smashingly awkward debut Yep. More or less. And yet, I wouldn’t go betting on complete failure. This is Elon Musk, after all.
4 misconceptions about ethics and bias in AI (opensource.com) is well worth reading, whether your designing AI or thinking about its use in society.
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