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We Must Act Now
A Statement on AI’s Transformation of the Economy Source: We Must Act Now
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Hobbes’ Internet Timeline – the definitive ARPAnet & Internet history
1969 Nodes are stood up as BBN builds each IMP [Honeywell DDP-516 mini computer with 12K of memory]; AT&T provides lines bundled to 50kbps … 1982 DCA and ARPA establish the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP), as the protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, for ARPANET. (:vgc:) … 1991 World-Wide Web (WWW)…
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The Thief of Tales
A wonderful story told as a web comic. https://www.thethiefoftales.com
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AI Economics for Dummies – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
4. Benjamin owns a farm. He employs 100 workers plowing his fields. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10 percent productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000 percent productivity gain. The…
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Your Name in Landsat
The internet still has some very nice pages and tools. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/landsat/outreach/your-name-in-landsat/