Tag: history
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Links van 18 tot 24 december 2025
Open Access We are pleased to share an important milestone for our field. Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made open access. This change reflects the long-standing and growing call across the global computing community for research to be more accessible, more discoverable, and more…
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Links van 14 tot 18 december 2025
The Rise of Computer Games, Part I: Adventure – Creatures of Thought Author’s note: I originally intended for this post to cover adventure games, computer role-playing games, wargames and other simulations, a brief look at the home video game market, and finally the rise of hybrids that fused home video game systems with personal computers.…
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Links van 7 tot 13 december 2025
rePalm – Dmitry.GR Pixter was quite popular, as far as kids' toys go, in USA in the early 2000s. A friend brought it to my attention a year ago as a potential rePalm target. The screen resolution was right and looking inside a "Pixter Color" showed an ARM SoC – a Sharp LH75411. The device…
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Links van 7 december 2025
What is Generative UI? | tambo blog Generative UI is an interface that adapts in real-time to the user’s context. Their natural language input, their past interactions, system data. Instead of a fixed experience everyone must learn, the software learns to fit what each user needs in the moment. ui, ux, generative UI (4218) Ivan…
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Links van 1 tot 6 december 2025
A vector graphics workstation from the 70s – jaeblog jaeblog In my mind, Tektronix is a brand that makes electronics lab equipment like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. Turns out, they made quite a few terminals and a couple of computers! A good friend saw this one for sale local to him, and I poked him…
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Links van 28 november tot 1 december 2025
20 Years of ZBrush… And I'm Blown Away by Nomad Er zijn geen zekerheden meer — "After almost 20 years of using ZBrush, we are giving Nomad a try! This is our first impressions of Nomad after using it for a few weeks. We're covering both the ipad and desktop version of Nomad" 3D, sculpture,…
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Links van 23 tot 28 november 2025
First-ever recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks — School of Medicine University of Louisville <p>Imagine reliving your entire life in the space of seconds. Like a flash of lightning, you are outside of your body, watching memorable moments you lived through. This process, known as “life recall,” can be…
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Links van 20 april 2019 tot 7 mei 2019
Why Is It So Hard to Predict the Future? – The AtlanticCredentialed authorities are comically bad at predicting the future. But reliable forecasting is possible. Untergunther – Restoration of the Pantheon clockThe Untergunther is a French team whose activity is to restore the invisible parts of the heritage in total clandestinity. In November 2005, the…
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Links van 30 maart 2019 tot 6 april 2019
Gracht, kassei, sofa: kinderen weten niet meer wat het is – De Standaard‘Veel toekomstige leerkrachten hebben vandaag moeite met eenvoudige rekensommen en taal’, zegt Anita Wuestenberg, een gepensioneerde onderwijzeres die lange tijd betrokken was bij de lerarenopleiding voor het basisonderwijs. ‘Toen ik vroeg welke jeugdboeken ze kenden, antwoordden ze alleen met boekjes van Studio 100.…
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Links voor 30 oktober 2018
Trolling the Monster in the Heart of the Milky Way – The New York TimesIn a dark, dusty patch of sky in the constellation Sagittarius, a small star, known as S2 or, sometimes, S0-2, cruises on the edge of eternity. Every 16 years, it passes within a cosmic whisker of a mysterious dark object that…
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Links voor 23 augustus 2018
Je mag tegenwoordig niks meer © Wannes Daemen We zijn geen racis ten, we zijn geen vrou wen ha ters. Maar onze gedra gin gen en tra di ties heb ben wel racis ti sche of vrouw on vrien de lij ke kant jes. Als we dat dur ven zien, dan zal er onge twij…
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Links van 26 juni 2018 tot 28 juli 2018
Adobe Flash’s Gaming Legacy — Thousands upon Thousands of Titles — and My Efforts To Save ItAllow me to summarize. In less than two years from the time of this article, hundreds of thousands of games are likely to disappear from the internet, forever. Simply no longer playable. Hundreds of millions of views, likes, 5-star…
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Links van 20 mei 2018 tot 21 mei 2018
Gell-Mann amnesia effect – Wikiwandthe Gell-Mann amnesia effect labels a commonly observed problem in modern media,[2] where one will believe everything they read from a journalist even after they come across an article about something they know well that is completely incorrect Tim Harford — Article — Statistics, Fast and SlowOne way to understand China…
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Links van 16 mei 2018 tot 18 mei 2018
Total set to pull out of Iran gas deal without sanctions waiver – BBC NewsSlecht nieuws: “French energy giant Total is preparing to pull out of a billion dollar gas project in Iran in the face of renewed US sanctions. Total said it will unwind operations by November unless sanctions are waived.” 🙁 3D printed…
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Links van 15 november 2017 tot 8 januari 2018
IBM Design LanguageHeerlijke stijlgids. Trump is making Obama great again – The Boston GlobeBeyond the nation’s shores, there are some places around the world, though not many, where Trump is more popular than Obama. A 2017 Pew Research Center survey polled 37 nations across the world about their opinions of the two presidents, and all…