The Newton was incredibly clever, but at launch its handwriting recognition sucked. Doonesbury mocked it as a toy that couldn't read properly. Although it improved later on it wasn't enough; Newton was the first thing Steve Jobs killed off when he rejoined Apple in 1997. pic.twitter.com/tQPJIcPryV
— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) April 30, 2021
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on: April 30, 2021 at 01:43PM
— Archillect (@archillect) April 29, 2021
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on: April 29, 2021 at 10:43AM
If you are running out of room on a piece of paper, you might rotate the page and start writing in the margins. The brain does something similar to conserve precious neural real estate that holds both sensory information and short-term memories. https://t.co/57Ej0pzl7K pic.twitter.com/B0hroJ6xYA
— Quanta Magazine (@QuantaMagazine) April 28, 2021
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on: April 28, 2021 at 12:18PM
Art by Tim White for Through a Glass Clearly by Isaac Asimov (1977, NEL) pic.twitter.com/7XUxye83q2
— SciFi Art (@retroscifiart) April 28, 2021
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on: April 28, 2021 at 07:41AM
— Archillect (@archillect) April 28, 2021
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on: April 28, 2021 at 11:22AM
Cold Welcome to Castle Redmire 👻 a gouache “””sketch””” that I thought about too long to call a sketch anymore pic.twitter.com/bgLIzqb1si
— Jordyn Bochon (@jordynb) April 27, 2021
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on: April 27, 2021 at 08:13PM
Join us this Thursday, April 29th at 1pm ADT for our livestream on 'Launching Bluenose' — featuring an interview with Susan Smith-Pratt, whose mother, Audrey Smith christened BLUENOSE at her launch 🍾
Streaming on Facebook Live and the #Bluenose100 YouTube channel
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/BXdwzuQvuk
— Bluenose 100 (@Bluenose_100) April 26, 2021
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on: April 26, 2021 at 01:57PM
— Archillect (@archillect) April 27, 2021
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on: April 27, 2021 at 09:30AM
The Troll Game continues round after round until:
– both 🤔 and 😈 play a DOVE move, or;
– 🤔 blocks 😈, or;
– 🤔 gives up and stops tweeting.Then the game ends. We score each round and decide who won the game overall. pic.twitter.com/P8a6yB9cBc
— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) April 26, 2021
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on: April 26, 2021 at 03:24PM
— Archillect (@archillect) April 26, 2021
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on: April 26, 2021 at 03:23PM