Remember when they said Trump would get us into a full-blown war with Iran?
Times like these should make us all realize how lucky we were to have Trump, his strength and his resolve.
A Canticle For Leibowitz is a classic early (1959) post-apocalypse novel where an order of monks preserved the last remnants of learning (the memorabilia) after a nuclear exchange turned the remains of society into book and scientist burners.
I first read it in the 80s as a mass market paperback that I somehow lost along the way. Other paperbacks from that time are yellow with age and getting brittle, but still readable.
I read it again in the late 2000s on a first edition Kindle. I eventually migrated to iPads for Kindle reading, but every couple years I would come across an old Kindle in a drawer, charge it up, and check out what I had been reading on it. They eventually stopped working entirely.
I’m just finishing reading a new Folio Society edition, printed on heavy, acid-free archival quality paper. If it doesn’t get soaked or burned, it could still be in good shape for centuries.
The ephemeral nature of digital storage does give me some pause. We can still read Sumerian tablets full of administrative trivia from four thousand years ago, but there are no known copies of some important software products from just fifty years ago.
I am a proud supporter of the Internet Archive!
Isn’t this the same administration that was chastising Iran, literally yesterday, for spending money on weapons and war instead of investing in their people?
Iran has universal healthcare and free college for all.
Apple co-founder has admitted he is 'disappointed' by AI
Steve Wozniak said "I often read things, and they just sound too dry and too perfect, and I want something from a human being"
The Verge has a "top 50 Apple products" ranking that's done by polling readers and HyperCard is number FOURTY SEVEN. 47/50! WTF! This is why we can't have nice things.
Steve Jobs Macworld San Francisco Jan 5, 1999
"We think we have the most incredible access story in the business, and you know what it's called? .... It's called a door."
To a 1 of 10 iFixit repair score for the 2019 MacBook Pro
The Neo is redefining "Apple" repairability