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Steven T. Hatton: Top-posting is so Microsoftish (2002)

Top-posting, that is, posting ones reply above the quoted text, is a symbol of darkness. It represents evil. To knowingly violate the traditional standard of internet decorum is to willingly partake in the darkness. I therefore must declare that, heretofore, all who top-post with full knowledge of the above recounted history will be declared 'Windoze Users' and shall be shunned by all who honor the good and noble traditions which created the Internet.

Wikipedia: TOFU

Collectors Weekly: Mechanical Movements of the Cold War: How the Soviets Revolutionized Wristwatches

Atlas Obscura: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant

Cory Doctorow: Pluralistic: Even if you think AI search could be good, it won't be good

The Guardian: ‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds

Overbite Project: Why is Gopher Still Relevant?

Spektrum: Künstliche Intelligenz: Ein neuer KI-Ansatz könnte die Schwächen bisheriger KI-Modelle beheben

Aktuelle KI-Modelle zeigen trotz ihrer Leistungen große Schwächen: Sie sind nicht nachvollziehbar und brauchen enorme Ressourcen. Ein neuer KI-Ansatz könnte das ändern.

Gizmodo: NASA's Proposed Plasma Rocket Would Get Us to Mars in 2 Months

Cows Are Just an Environmental Disaster

The environmental data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that climate technology is increasingly catching up to the world’s enormous need for clean energy and with a few changes, a more sustainable future is in sight.

Heise Online: ARD und ZDF wollen ihren Streaming-Code als Open Source anbieten

Digital Cosmonaut: Superfest – The (almost) unbreakable East German Glass

New Atlas: Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

Not only is sodium somewhere between 500 to 1,000 times more abundant than lithium on the planet we call Earth, sourcing it doesn't necessitate the same type of earth-scarring extraction. Even moving beyond the sodium vs lithium surname comparison, Natron says its sodium-ion batteries are made entirely from abundantly available commodity materials that also include aluminum, iron and manganese.

Cybersecurity Dive: At Microsoft, years of security debt come crashing down

Critics say negligence, misguided investments and hubris have left the enterprise giant on its back foot.

Everything Curl

Everything curl is an extensive guide for all things curl. The project, the command-line tool, the library, how everything started and how it came to be the useful tool it is today.

Reuters: Austria calls for rapid regulation as it hosts meeting on 'killer robots'

Physics World: Europe plans to build 100-qubit quantum computer by 2026

Researchers at the Dutch quantum institute QuTech in Delft have announced plans to build Europe’s first 100-quantum bit (qubit) quantum computer. When complete in 2026, the device will be made publicly available, providing scientists with a tool for quantum calculations and simulations.