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mepian··on Shutting Down Clear Linux OS
AMD/GF spin-off was backed by Saudi money, who is going to pay this time?
mepian··on Which Lisp? Beginner
I recommend starting with this free book which covers Common Lisp: https://gigamonkeys.com/book/
mepian··on The Unsustainability of Moore's Law
They can't afford to tank their margins like that, investors would be rather unhappy.
mepian··on Parasite Infecting Up to 50% of People Can Decapitate Human Sperm
Quoting the article: "The evidence that Toxoplasma can infiltrate male reproductive organs in animals is compelling, but whether this produces health issues in people remains unclear. […] Studies to date that show defects in the sperm of infected men are too small to draw firm conclusions at this time."
mepian··on France Endorses UN Open Source Principles
Leaking the source code is not forcibly-open-sourcing it, as multiple Windows leaks show.
mepian··on Why Bell Labs Worked
From this blog's About page: "In 2010, our team cofounded the Thiel Fellowship with Peter Thiel..."

Make of that what you will.

mepian··on Data manipulations alleged in study that paved way for Microsoft's quantum chip
It is really desperation, the low-hanging fruit of computing paradigm shifts to fuel the "tech" industry's growth was completely plucked more than a decade ago.
mepian··on Judge rules Apple executive lied under oath, makes criminal contempt referral

  >Maybe it's time to breakup Apple - separate the computer and phone divisions.
Who gets the Apple brand?
mepian··on EU's von der Leyen invites scientists, researchers to make Europe their home
At the same time an EU country is deporting Russian scientists and banning them from the Schengen zone: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/14/sweden-s-security-se...
mepian··on Lip-Bu Tan: Our Path Forward
The previous CEO was saying the same thing, and he was an engineer too.
mepian··on Intel to announce plans this week to cut over 20% of staff
RISC-V is at least a decade away from threatening x86 or high-end Arm.
mepian··on Last Windows update creates C:\inetpub
Yeah, the component was called "Personal Web Server", I poked it recently in 86Box.
mepian··on Obituary for Cyc
Would you actually use this program for real-world applications of theorem proving, e.g. validating an integrated circuit design before spending millions on its manufacturing?
mepian··on Web 3.0 Is MCP, Not Crypto
Web 3.0 was already claimed by the Semantic Web in 2006 or even earlier, come up with your own buzzwords.
mepian··on Ask HN: Do you still use search engines?
I'm using the udm14 extension in Firefox to hide those.
mepian··on Obituary for Cyc
Theorem proving.
mepian··on Ask HN: Do you still use search engines?
Yes, I'm still using Google as I haven't found LLMs useful as a search engine replacement.
mepian··on The End of Sierra as We Knew It, Part 1: The Acquisition
At this point Microsoft owns too many IPs waiting to be revived, I suspect anything from Sierra is far from the top of the list.
mepian··on The End of Sierra as We Knew It, Part 1: The Acquisition
What does Tetris simulate? It's one of the most successful games ever.
mepian··on How Big Is VMS?
How was the Alpha a bad bet? x86-64 didn't exist yet, and the architecture was pretty solid technologically. It died because DEC died, not the other way around.
mepian··on Nintendo unveils Switch 2 ahead of June 5 launch
If it bombs, it will. The Nintendo 3DS set a precedent for this.
mepian··on Nintendo unveils Switch 2 ahead of June 5 launch
90 EUR in Europe. This completely deflated my interest in the Switch 2, I'd rather finish my combined Switch 1 and Steam backlog than support this price creep, considering that Nintendo games practically never get discounted.
mepian··on Brain waves become spoken words in AI breakthrough for paralysis
The actual paper is paywalled, of course.
mepian··on 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy, as CEO Anne Wojcicki Resigns
Yet another notable SPAC flameout?
mepian··on Recommendation for non-DOS/Unix open source OS outside x86/X64
The MIT Lisp machine system: https://tumbleweed.nu/lm-3/

Mezzano, a much more recent OS written in Common Lisp that runs on Arm rather than special hardware: https://github.com/froggey/Mezzano

mepian··on IBM's CEO doesn't think AI will replace programmers anytime soon
"The statements are also a bit of a reversal for Krishna, who said in 2023 that IBM planned to pause hiring on back-office functions that the company anticipated it could replace with AI tech."

I suspect his enthusiasm for AI is going to keep cooling down.

mepian··on Jensen Huang – Nvidia GTC 2025 Keynote
Does that effect exist outside of press releases and stock price manipulation?
mepian··on Jensen Huang – Nvidia GTC 2025 Keynote
Ah yes, a chat bot that is consistently failing to do such advanced tasks as counting letters in words is definitely life-changing, right next to the metaverse and NFTs.
mepian··on Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as its CEO
Tan is much taller apparently.
mepian··on Half-Life 2 and Dishonored art lead Viktor Antonov has died
My favorite spot is the final area of Water Hazard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJpGHDZSSt4
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