rbanffy
โจย Seasoned software developer, proficient in Python, Java. Less proficient in Ruby and Lisp. A bit rusty in C and C++. Learning Erlang very slowly. Also a computer collector and restorer, lover of 8-bit computers, mainframes and interesting Unix workstations.
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Musk vs. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all
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Thatโs really neat.
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It was a Unix. I believe the distinctive feature is not what it did, but what it didnโt - crash often.
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It was a fascinating idea - programs were hidden behind a document template metaphor. It was not as neat as Windows โNewโ menu and its templates folder.
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The Star was quite inconvenient to work with - and worked with removable media via an import/export metaphor. Also, it had very little of the direct manipulation of desktop objects the Lisa introduced. It knew no drag, only point and click. Ironically, we can say that drag-less UI was a drag.