@nixCraft

#computing #AI #DataViz

Happy Birthday, Whitfield Diffie! Diffie received the 2015 #ACMTuringAward for inventing and promulgating both asymmetric public-key cryptography, including its application to digital signatures, and a practical cryptographic key-exchange method.

Diffie says the counterculture of the 1960’s inspired his interest in cryptography. Watch him explain: https://youtu.be/d820zuDbYIg

#ACM #Computing #TuringAward #ComputerScience #Encryption #Cryptography #Cryptographic #Pioneer #AI #Counterculture

@nixCraft

#computing #MassMedia #DataViz

Meet this year's recipients of three prestigious technical awards from ACM!

Please join us in applauding their impactful innovations to global wireless standards, machine learning, and 3D generative AI! Learn more: https://awards.acm.org/ 🧵 (1/4)

#ACMTechAwards #computing

Today in 1954, Turing Award recipient E. Allen Emerson was born. Together with Edmund Clarke and Joseph Sifakis, Emerson received the 2007 #ACMTuringAward for developing Model-Checking into a highly effective verification technology that is widely adopted in the hardware and software industries.

Emerson explains Model-Checking in 2019: https://youtu.be/sUwxA8px7O8
#ACM #Computing #TuringAward #ComputerScience #SoftwareEngineer #Software #SoftwareDevelopment #ModelChecking #Technology #Hardware

@mdhughes I would say anyone encountering that article would come away with incorrect beliefs about #lisp and the entire history of #computing. The introduction should say something like:

In the beginning, John McCarthy, the father of AI, created lisp in contrast to Fortran. Lisp's centrality to computing led to an explosion of incompatible variations. One was the lambda papers, which defined scheme. The lisp community resolved their differences via an ANSI standard process, ANSI common lisp.

On this day in 1925, 1987 #ACMTuringAward recipient John Cocke was born. He received the award for significant contributions to computer architecture and optimizing compilers. ttps://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/cocke_2083115.cfm #OTD #pioneer #computing

What research was shaping conversations at #CHI26 and #EuroSys26 ? Subscribe to #TheImpactReport to stay up-to-date with groundbreaking innovations and insights.

#linkedinnewsletter #research #computing #ACM #OpenAccess
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/issue-8-impact-report-acmdl-emyue

Please join us in congratulating President-elect Bertino and welcoming our new leadership team as they prepare to guide ACM into an exciting next chapter!

👉 https://www.acm.org/articles/bulletins/2026/may/acm-new-officers-2026

#ACM #Computing #TechLeadership

Join SF Bay ACM for their upcoming hybrid event, "Latest & Unique Tech Innovations from the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)" with speaker Avery Lu, Partner & Head of Business Development at Aventurine Capital Group, LLC.

When: May 29, 2026

Register here: https://www.meetup.com/SF-Bay-ACM/

#ACM #computing #career #tech #networking

Huge thanks to all who made #CHI2026 a success! To fantastic participants, organizers, sponsors, exhibitors, volunteers, and attendees: Your contributions made it unforgettable. See you next year in Pittsburgh! 🚀

#ThankYou #researchlife #computing #barcelona #ACMSIGCHI
Photo credit: CHI 2026

"We are going back to 1880, paper ledgers and cash only."

The post Town Councilmember Goes Berzerk at Surveillance Camera Ban, Threatens to Outlaw Virtually All Modern Technology appeared first on Futurism.

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The 8-Bit Computer Implemented in K’NEX
It's an oft-forgotten fact that the workings of the modern computer don't require electronics. All of the basic logic gates can be implemented, although much more slowly and prone to malfunction, with physical Newtonian parts.

Shadowman39 has been working hard to implement an 8-bit computer entirely out of parts of the building set K'
https://setsideb.com/the-8-bit-computer-implemented-in-knex/
#niche #computing #knex #niche #PhysicalComputing

Awesome. A Redditor emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a reply https://www.reddit.com/r/unix/comments/1t826y8/emailed_ken_thompson_about_the_unics_to_unix/

#unix #history #computing

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A series of screenshots from Reedit thread showing email thread with Ken Thompson about the naming of UNIX. Thompson explains that Brian Kernighan (bwk) phonetically named it "unics" as a play on "Multics" but Thompson himself began writing "unix" on tapes to save them, and the name stuck. The rest is the history as they say...

Ubuntu will add opt-in AI features via Snaps in 26.10, including speech tools and automation, without a global disable switch, raising user control concerns. 🤖
Canonical says AI Snaps can be removed, but some users want AI-free builds or may switch to Linux Mint or Pop!_OS, citing privacy and autonomy risks. 🔐

🔗 https://www.theverge.com/tech/920723/linux-ubuntu-ai-features-ai-kill-switch

#TechNews #Ubuntu #Canonical #Linux #OpenSource #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Privacy #FOSS #Security #Transparency #Data #Software #Freedom #Computing #Tech

@jns

@rwxrwxrwx are you available on Tuesday-evenings-in-the-Americas for something like an Irix (SGI, MPI I guess) ecosystem discussion?

Er, who else do I need to tag here. Is anyone actually in contact with sdf's DJ Polybius http://archives.anonradio.net/#liquiddreamz ? Who else do I even know who worked with Irixes. @praetor ?

#irix #sgi #mpi if I got my off-the-cuff #computing #history wrong please do correct me forthwith! #graphicsProcessing #lispyGopherClimate

A true AI chatbot running locally on a Commodore 64. I’m OK with this one.

#AI #Computing #RetroComputing #Technology
https://www.reddit.com/r/c64/s/DIjFA29fCS

#OTD in 1959, LISP was introduced to the world by computer scientist John McCarthy. LISP treated code as data and emphasized symbolic computation, which made it well-suited for early work in artificial intelligence. For more #OTD in #computing: https://www.acm.org/education/otd-in-computing-history

Bram Cohen and BitTorrent
https://negativepid.blog/bram-cohen-and-bittorrent/

#bramCohen #bitTorrent #onlineStreaming #fileDistribution #networking #internet #internetArchitecture #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #inventions #innovation #negativepid

The MP3 fatigue
https://negativepid.blog/the-mp3-fatigue/

#music #MP3 #vinyls #analogueMusic #fileFormats #soundCompression #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #inventions #innovation #digitalRights #copyrights #streamingServices #negativepid

European open-source communities
https://negativepid.blog/european-open-source-communities/

#openSource #openCode #openSoftware #onlineCommunities #Europe #openProjects #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #innovation #negativepid

High tech, low life: the cyberpunk world
https://negativepid.blog/high-tech-low-life-the-cyberpunk-world/

#cyberpunk #internetCultures #digitalSociety #cyberpsychology #psychology #onlineBehaviour #humanBehaviour #socialMedia #onlineForums #identit #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #innovation #negativepid

Automating identity governance
https://negativepid.blog/automating-identity-governance/

#identity #governance #IAM #accessManagement #automation #Cybersecurity #onlineSecurity #negativepid #tech #IT #computing #negativepid

Ray Tomlinson and the invention of Email
https://negativepid.blog/ray-tomlinson-and-the-invention-of-email/

#rayTomlinson #emails #techInventors #networking #ITdiscoveries #howItWorks #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #inventions #innovation #negativepid

How to install and enable an SSH server
https://negativepid.blog/how-to-install-and-enable-an-ssh-server/

#SSH #servers #linux #bash #shell #remoteAccess #tech #IT #ITadmin #computing #commandLine #prompt #negativepid

An introduction to Windows CMD

https://negativepid.blog/an-introduction-to-windows-cmd/

#admin #administrators #adminTasks #windows #OS #cmd #commandLine #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #negativepid

A quick-start guide to Unix commands

https://negativepid.blog/a-quick-start-guide-to-unix-commands/

#UNIX #linux #linuxCommands #cli #bash #admin #administrators #OS #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #negativepid

Understanding the Windows OS
https://negativepid.blog/understanding-the-windows-os/

#windows #microsoft #OS #OSarchitecture #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #negativepid

New #blog #post: I Loved Computers Before the Internet was a Thing

https://rldane.space/i-loved-computers-before-the-internet-was-a-thing.html

611 words

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #computing #privacy #autonomy #DigitalAgency #Linux #BSD #Haiku #RetroComputing

An introduction to SSH
https://negativepid.blog/an-introduction-to-ssh/

#linux #CLI #ssh #secureShell #ITadmin #remoteAccess #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #negativepid

It's weird when I hear about peoples' earliest computer experiences, and they call it "retro computing", & I just think of that as "computing".

Nothing with a real OS is retrocomputing! Nothing with a HDD over 10MB is retrocomputing!!!

#retrocomputing #computing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0JAAF61AiE

"I warned you years ago that Windows 11 was the beginning of the end. Today, the door is officially closing on general-purpose computing. In this 24-minute manifesto, I am moving past the "ripping on Rust" memes to address a documented existential threat to your hardware. Between the $12.5M Big Tech "security" grants and the US government's memory-safety mandates, we are witnessing a coordinated execution of legacy systems."

Proton Meet Isn't What They Told You It Was

"Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises 'not even government agencies' can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy."

https://www.sambent.com/proton-meet-isnt-what-they-told-you

#proton #data #security #privacy #safety #cloud #InfoSec #IT #surveillance #computing #digital #online #internet #web #tech #US #USA

Public-key cryptography

https://negativepid.blog/public-key-cryptography/

#cryptography #PKC #Internet #secrets #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #AI #quantumComputing #innovation #Cybersecurity #onlineSecurity #negativepid

End of “Chat Control”: EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveillance in Voting Thriller

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/end-of-chat-control-eu-parliament-stops-mass-surveillance-in-voting-thriller-paving-the-way-for-genuine-child-protection/

#data #security #privacy #safety #InfoSec #IT #surveillance #computing #digital #online #internet #web

GrapheneOS will not implement age verification, keeping its OS usable globally without requiring personal data or accounts. 🌐
Devices may be restricted in regions with such laws, but the project prioritizes privacy and user control over compliance. 🔒

🔗 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws

#TechNews #GrapheneOS #OS #Android #Privacy #FOSS #UserControl #DigitalFreedom #OpenSource #Security #OperatingSystem #Transparency #DataProtection #TechPolicy #MobileOS #Computing #AgeVerification #CustomROM

Join us in the upcoming #ACMDSPLecture, "How safe is your AI application?" with speaker Mohammed M. Alani, Professor at Seneca College. The in-person event will take place between March 27, 2026. More info here: http://cs.mcgill.edu/events/378/

#distinguishedspeaker #computing #tech

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 adds Mac Pro support, improved Apple Silicon hardware features, and ships DNF5 with RPM 6 ahead of mainline Fedora 🖥️
It includes Linux kernel 6.17, KDE Plasma 6.6, unified DNF5 package management, and security upgrades like OpenPGP v6 and post-quantum cryptography 🔐

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-asahi-remix-43-release/

#TechNews #Linux #Fedora #OpenSource #Apple #Mac #AsahiLinux #KDE #GNOME #Software #Security #FOSS #Tech #Computing #DigitalRights

Public-key cryptography

https://negativepid.blog/public-key-cryptography/

#cryptography #PKC #Internet #secrets #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #AI #quantumComputing #innovation #Cybersecurity #onlineSecurity #negativepid

Join us in the upcoming #ACMDSPLecture, "Gender-Inclusive Software and Beyond" with speaker Margaret Burnett of Oregon State University. The in-person event will take place on Apr 8, 2026. More info here: https://buff.ly/tk8TOv8

#distinguishedspeaker #computing #tech

One. Day. Away. 🏆

From the foundations of AI to the architecture of the modern web, the ACM A.M. Turing Award honors the visionaries who have redefined what is possible.

Join us tomorrow as we announce the recipient of the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award and celebrate a lifetime of extraordinary technical achievement.

🗓️ March 18, 2026

#ACMTuringAward #Computing

Join us in the upcoming #ACMDSPLecture, "A Hands-On Workshop: Building Advanced AI Applications and Agents in One Hour" with speaker Mehdi Bahrami at Fujitsu Research of America. The hybrid event will take place on March 20, 2026. More info here: https://www.meetup.com/responsible-tech/events/313224046/?slug=responsible-tech&eventId=313224046

#distinguishedspeaker #computing

On the hour interviewing @cdegroot with @kentpitman about #bookstodon https://berksoft.ca/gol The Genius of Lisp - the history of #computers, #retrocomputing and #computing, #ai, #lisp and McCarthy - of Uncle John's Mystery Hour.

Great discussion! (boost for the #book btw)

#archive : https://toobnix.org/w/6PWJeCyASrg3f8mpcVFcJx

#climateCrisis + KMP #haiku always

@ramin_hal9001 's #bookReview is over here: https://fe.disroot.org/objects/87b9e619-4e1d-4387-9f2f-8f3cf859a827

#lispyGopherClimate !

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LISPY GOPHER SHOW #unix_surrealism banner. The gopher, lisp alien and someodd flying saucer. Show times: Wednesday 0UTC anonradio.net Sunday 8UTC toobnix.org

Join us in the upcoming #ACMDSPLecture, "From Single-agent to Federated Reinforcement Learning" with speaker Yuejie Chi of Carnegie Mellon University. The in-person event will take place on March 27, 2026. More info here: https://www.ece.iastate.edu/events/distinguished-seminar-with-yuejie-chi/

#distinguishedspeaker #computing #tech

Cryptography as a tool of power
https://negativepid.blog/cryptography-as-a-tool-of-power/

#cryptography #history #IT #tech #privacy #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #AI #quantumComputing #quantumPhysics #inventions #innovation #negativepid

POV: You co-invented magnetic core memory and changed everyday business forever by bringing word processing and office computing into the mainstream. Happy Birthday to An Wang, one of the pioneers who made computing what it is today. #PioneerPOV #Computing

SkiftOS : https://skiftos.org/

It's not a *NIX!

"skiftOS isn’t POSIX. It’s a fresh API and userland inspired by Plan 9, Haiku, and Fuchsia. Familiar ideas, different contracts."

Problem: the GPL is poison. It has polluted Linux and the Linux userland software so that only large corporations can afford to monetize it. BSD License or MIT License would be much better allowing small players to produce unique work without then being forced to share their source code with the AI hegemony racket.

#SkiftOS #Tech #Linux #OS #Plan9 #Haiku #Fuchsia #Computing #SoftwareFreedom #AIHegemony #GPL #License #BSD #MIT

The ACM Digital Library is now 100% Open Access. 🔓

With this major shift, we know the community has questions. ACM President Yannis Ioannidis and volunteer leaders are hosting a live AMA to hear your feedback and address concerns directly.

When: Tomorrow, Jan 27 | 12:00 PM EST (5:00 PM UTC)
Topic: The new DL & Open Access transition
Access: Open to all

Register here: https://events.zoom.us/ev/AoPG2eFRqrD1489EOeLZHNr0-ceZpy6FQYZHMxWfZBCGuf1yYFjH~AuZdRstuEI_pj7ASgB-mNbB6V8Kzbkf00enLjNjxuWbxrL2-QuoV_4iESA

#ACM #Computing #AskMeAnything

"The problem is that plausible answers can be worse than clearly wrong answers."

Check out the latest issue of #AdvancesInComputing for opinion & research stories hand-picked by the editorial team.

Subscribe if you haven't already. 📬 https://open.substack.com/pub/theofficialacm/p/as-answers-get-cheaper-questions?r=6w5qsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#Substack #ACM #computing

How to Extract Meaningful Insights from Data? Join speakers Angelica Lo Duca
and Victor Yocco for their upcoming #ACMTechTalk, which aims to equip attendees with a practical toolkit for insight extraction and to clarify the analytical thinking that precedes data storytelling.

When: Jan 13, 2026 (Tue)
Where: Zoom
Register here: https://events.zoom.us/ev/AnVWkl_U-CxgGyPj9q_-i68HOJGFWwiUKKUsxY3hKq_zlAfgcmz-~ApWg3KiNSE6UcoFNPRI0cC0y1DDYFCCJ4-_BjcjfkSxiKSK8Z9o3ZZawxYoy3-320OADFVH7BjIr8HnCM8r_SR3T5g
#career #computing

Wayland is replacing X11 as Linux’s display protocol, offering lower latency, simpler design, and stronger security. 🖥️
By restricting app access to input and screen data, it reduces long-standing privacy risks. 🔐

Gains are clear, but compatibility and tooling still slow full adoption. ⚖️

🔗 https://hintnal.com/the-great-display-revolution-how-wayland-is-reshaping-linuxs-graphical-future/

#TechNews #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Software #Developers #Freedom #Technology #Computing #Wayland #X11 #Debian #Fedora #Ubuntu #Arch #FOSS #OS

Photonic chips are real, not a dream. A startup in Europe is already making prototype GPU’s with them. Comes with a SPIR-V compiler.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9tqOPS6x9l8

#photonics #computing #spirv

@glyph @aeva

Similarly the music industry will never go back to a time when a record contract was the only path to success. That doesn't mean that the record industry no longer exists. It just means that the internet, email, etc. give musicians options.

#computing #internet #music #promotion

#Transistors—the bedrock of every smartphone, computer, satellite, and artificial-intelligence platform—did not emerge from a business plan or product pitch. By tracing their history, Julia R. Greer argues for the importance of investing in basic science.

What might the next transistor look like? And how do we make it happen?

Learn more: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/08/1123214/opinion-basic-science-research-funding/
#technews #funding #computing #science

ACM has named 61 new Distinguished Members for 2025! 🌍💡

Recognized for breakthroughs in computing and dedicated service to our community, this diverse group represents top institutions across 15 countries. Their work advances AI, HCI, mobile computing, security, sustainability, and more.

Congratulations to the 2025 class! https://awards.acm.org/distinguished-members
#ACMDistinguishedMembers #computing

Check it out: a roundtable discussion between a computing researcher and three senior Google engineers on the pivotal role of academia and the impact of federal funding on innovation.

Available via #CACM's special issue on Federal Funding on Academic Research: https://cacm.acm.org/federal-funding-of-academic-research/from-university-research-to-global-impact/

#TechNews #google #engineer #academia #computing

In 2024, John Jumper and Demis Hassabis from Google DeepMind received half of the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on using artificial intelligence to predict the structures of proteins. Five years ago, their AI system AlphaFold2 had cracked a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology.

What impact has AlphaFold really hold? How are scientists using it? And what's next?

Find out in MIT Tech Review's conversation with Jumper: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/24/1128322/whats-next-for-alphafold-a-conversation-with-a-google-deepmind-nobel-laureate/
#TechNews #AI #NobelPrize #computing

🤔 What wisdom can Nietzsche offer for life in the age of AI? What promise does cyberpsychology hold for cybersecurity and the future of work? What's happening in the games industry?

All in our bi-weekly newsletter, "Advances in Computing." 📭 Scan the QR code to subscribe.

#tech #computing

Want to keep up with what’s happening in #computing? Our popular #newsletter, "Advances in Computing," is now available on Substack. Scan QR code to subscribe—and share it with a friend!

New UPS batteries installed. #UPS #computing

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Join SF Bay ACM for their upcoming event, "Accelerating Startups to Put Enterprise GenAI Multi-Agent Systems in Production" with speaker Greg Makowski, Chief of Data Science at Ccube.

When: November 10, 2025

Register here: https://www.meetup.com/SF-Bay-ACM/

#ACM #computing #career #tech #networking

The CEO of this company is total Silicon Valley right wing -pilled, but his tech is fucking solid.

This is the right way to do #AI.. Fuck GPU’s, design the hardware for probabilistic computing from scratch.

Result: 10000x less power required.

This opens the way to me running AI some day: On my own device, without a network connection.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y28JQzS6TlE

#extropic #tsu #thermodynamic #probabilistic #computing

Just to know, what make you switch from Windows/Mac OS to Linux/BSD ?

#Linux #BSD #Computing

Through no intelligence of my own, and mostly by the luck of the birth year, my #IT #computing career timing seemed to have been near-perfect: I entered IT in the early 1980s (when financial drivers and technological forcers propelled the field to the forefront of 20th Century innovation), and the wall clock shall force me to exit my beloved field in the early 2030s (after economic trends and AI-guided MBAs have ruined it).

It is (soon-to-be “was”) a good run.

Fuck horoscopes! What is your Windows XP account icon?

#Computing #RetroComputing #WindowsXP

@pngwen OK, I have...

* K&R, C
* Crafting Interpreters, interpreters
* Several Forth books, minimalism
* Dragon Book, compilers
* Lion's book, OS development
* Art of Computer Programming, encyclopedic series on algorithms
* Gang of Four Book, Design Patterns

Am I missing anything?

#computing #programing #unix #linux

Computer archicture back in the days:
- IA32
- PowerPC
- ARM
- MIPS
- Alpha
- PA-RISC
- SPARC

Computer archicture now:
- AMD64
- AARCH64

Yeah…

#Computing

"The LLM did what the intern asked, but they didn't ask the right questions." #Quote #Computing #LLM

https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115186579242289160

Jeff Vogel, specialized in RPGs since 1994 at Spiderweb Software, has been creating games on his own for 30 years! A passionate indie artist who humbly shares how he made it..

A very interesting interview conducted by Thomas Brush!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9zYiHllEcU

#indiedev #dev #indiegames #gamedev #videogames #videogaming #games #gaming #spiderwebsoftware #jeffvogel #thomasbrush #rpg #coding #computing #history #youtube #interview #art #retro #vintage #retrogaming #retrocomputing #oldcomputers