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The DEC PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1) is a landmark in computing history, introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1959. As one of the first minicomputers, the PDP-1 played a pivotal role in shaping interactive computing, fostering innovation in software development, and laying the groundwork for future technological advancements. It is known for being the most important computer in the creation of hacker culture at MIT, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, and elsewhere. The PDP-1 also was the original hardware for one of the first video games, Steve Russell's 1962 game Spacewar!

In the late 1950s, computers were primarily large, expensive mainframes used by governments, research institutions, and corporations. Among these, the PDP-1 and PDP-4 stand out as early milestones in the evolution of minicomputers — compact, affordable systems that brought computing power closer to engineers, scientists, and even hobbyists.

[ PDP-1 running Spacewar!, MIT, 1962 ]

On 25 December 2021, NASA, together with ESA and CSA launched a 6 tone device into a halo orbit around the second lagrange point (L2), for conducting infrared astronomy. That is approximately 1,500,000 km beyond the orbit of Earth.

The cost was $10B, about $9B more than the initially planned $1 billion budget. But it seems that humanity was more than happy to pay that amount for something that can generate a weekly background for our desktops.

Their first self-titled album ‘Gunship’, was released in 2015 and is good no doubt! Their follow up, Dark All Day, released in October 2018 is really something special that you must listen to. The band are using a large collection of synthesizers including: Roland Juno 106, DSI Prophet 12, DSI Prophet 6, MOOG Minimoog, MOOG Mother 32.

The permanent band members are: Alex Westaway, Dan Haigh, and Alex Gingell. Their albums usually would include quite a few collaborators like: Charlie Simpson, John Carpenter, Tim Cappello, Richard K. Morgan, and others.

SingularityNET is a full-stack AI solution powered by a decentralized protocol and the first and only decentralized platform allowing AIs to cooperate and coordinate at scale, removing one of the major limiting factors to AI growth today — the lack of interoperability — which severely restricts the ability to leverage the strengths and capabilities of individual AIs.

If you’re not familiar with Dr. Ben Goertzel is a cognitive scientist, artificial intelligence researcher. He is also CEO and founder of SingularityNET, leader of the OpenCog Foundation, and the AGI Society, he also coined the term ‘Artificial General Intelligence’ or AGI.

Today when developers are thinking about programs with graphical interfaces, they tend to go with technologies that are JavaScript based like Vue and React. For simple people it’s just plain old server-side rendering with Python or PHP behind the scenes. And serious people who don’t default to web technologies would probably choose GTK3 or Qt.

All this is fine, and each technology has its use-cases where it shines (well, ... except React). However, I offer you to consider another option; building your UI application entirely in the terminal. You won’t need to compromise on user experience, in fact, for some use-cases you might find that the terminal makes much more sense!

In the wake of the "Deep Learning Revolution" of 2012, the world of artificial intelligence had blossomed like a data-driven garden, cultivated by the technological seeds sown by visionaries and researchers. This era was marked by a renaissance of algorithmic thought, where the once dormant technique of backpropagation was revived, breathing new life into machines, teaching them to learn from their digital environment as if they were students of the world itself.

The "Tox21 Data Challenge" stood as a beacon of this new age, a proving ground where the might of AI was tested against the complexities of toxicology. Here, the challenge was not unlike the ancient alchemists' quest to understand the essence of matter, using computational alchemy to predict the toxicity of chemicals without the need for traditional, time-consuming experiments. This event was akin to a digital oracle, revealing how neural networks could decipher the cryptic language of chemistry, setting a new standard for scientific inquiry far beyond the tech realms.

Yet, within this era of enlightenment lurked the shadow of control, embodied by a government and fraudulent corporations whose hunger for data was as vast. They turned tools of connection and knowledge into instruments of surveillance; And be exposed by Snowden who pulled back the curtain on this deep state of affairs, revealing not just the extent of governmental oversight but also the tech industry’s role in this Orwellian nightmare. The global response was a surge towards digital fortresses and open-sourcing everything of importance for humanity, with encrypted whispers and privacy-focused technologies becoming the new shields in an ongoing battle for autonomy in an interconnected world.

Marcin Rubinkowski has a lot of skulls under his belt. He's been working in the movie and game industry for 12 years. Even if you put aside the fact that he did the concept art for the amazing Netflix series 'Love Death + Robots', that won multiple awards in several categories, still a lot remains.

Marcin drew concept art for several clients, some of them you might know: Bungie, Nintendo, Sega, Disney, Blur. Oh yeah, also a game called Destiny2. He also shared his wisdom of digital art in two books: Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 8, and Master the Art of Speed Painting: Digital Painting Techniques.

This image of the G261.9+5.5 supernova remnant, discovered back in 1964 by a CSIRO scientist, was generated by a brand new supercomputer, Setonix, based on the Cray EX platform. It is located at the Pawsey Centre, an Australian government-supported high-performance computing facility in Perth. The supernova is located somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 light years away from Earth.

The enormous amount of data was collected by the ASKAP (Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder) telescope, and transferred to the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre using a high-speed optical fiber link. The size, shape, and structure of the remnant revealed in the image should help scientists study the remnant and its surrounding medium in unprecedented detail.