One too many words on AT&T's $2,000 Korn shell and other Usenet topics

One too many words on AT&T's $2,000 Korn shell and other Usenet topics | Gábor Nyéki

<- I recently wrote a short piece about the early days of PC Unix. This is what Unix was like before then, in the minicomputer era.

Rebuilding VisiCorp's Visi On UI reveals how Apple defined the GUI era

Rebuilding Visi On reveals how Apple defined the GUI era

: Nina Kalinina takes a deep dive into one of the earliest PC desktops

Nina Kalinina takes a deep dive into one of the earliest PC desktops <- by me on @npub1p4kx...wfhv

FreeBSD 15 trims legacy fat and revamps how OS is built

FreeBSD 15 trims legacy fat and revamps how OS is built

: Project retires 32-bit ports, embraces pkgbase, and modernizes build process

Project retires 32-bit ports, embraces pkgbase, and modernizes build process <- by me on @npub1p4kx...wfhv

Linux 6.18 arrives as the year's final drop and likely next LTS

Version 6.18 of the Linux kernel is here

: Bye-bye bcachefs, but hello there bhyve

Bye-bye bcachefs, but hello there bhyve <- by me on @npub1p4kx...wfhv

LLMs are a failure. A new AI winter is coming.

Taranis

LLMs are a failure. A new AI winter is coming.

Though LLMs had a lot of promise, this has not been demonstrated in practice. The technology is essentially a failure, and a new AI winter is coming.

Though LLMs had a lot of promise, this has not been demonstrated in practice. The technology is essentially a failure, and a new AI winter is coming.

Large language mistake

The Verge

Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be

The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.

Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.

Arm Ltd claims the BBC Micro as the first computer in its history: https://newsroom.arm.com/blog/arm-35-years-technology-innovation ... Bit bold that. MOS Technology would like a word.