I underestimated innovation!

"--DID YOU SAY A BILLION??"

"--Yes, I said a billion..."

"--Whew! For a moment there, I thought you said a million"

...somewhere in my basement. Is it coming back too? Should I fish it out?

#nostalgia_aint_what_it_used_to_be

...when, PACE Turing, you won't be able to tell apart an AI "friend" from a human friend.

Used Skype a lot, right from the start. Happy with it. Then MS bought it...and I promptly uninstalled it. I knew they were going to screw it up.

...is what I'm using right now to post this. It is kinda slow in booting, and responding, but considering the >7 windows it is a win. Of course I have Linux machines available for real work! :)

No more commenting on /. Cool.

HEY :-(

#username_checks_out

... :)

>> meant as sarcasm

Or a host of AIs and LLMs now including it in their training!

First time I heard someome say "SCSI drive" I thought, scuzzy?! why doesn't he get a good one

News at 11

Isaac Asimov said he realized he couldn't grok (heh heh) integral calculus.

I didn't have a copy handy, and paying some company for my own work seemed faintly ridiculous. I used Sci-hub.

As for piracy sites, I would use one to download something and try it. If I like it, I'll buy a legal copy to use. If not, delete. This limits the exposure of credit card info, and the alternative of subscribing and then navigating the intentionally tricky process of unsubscribing is not too appetizing either!

Will Pointyhair fire Wally?! :-(