Tag: computing
4 posts
Darth Android
"Tech bosses are fundamentally at war with the idea that our digital devices contain general purpose computers. The general-purposeness of computers – the fact that they are all Turing-complete, universal von Neumann machines – has created tech bosses' fortunes, but now that these fortunes have been attained, the tech sector would like to abolish that...
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edafe.de
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Oct 9, 2025
Socket To Me
Why the processor socket, an important part of most desktop computers, lost its upgrade path as computers became smaller and more integrated.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Apr 15, 2023
Camper Van Mainframe
Why the first “portable” computers, produced before integrated circuits, would really stretch the term today. Some portables needed a truck to move.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Aug 12, 2022