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Manic pixie spinster librarian, recovering academic, Sherlockian, #cliqueaunt ⊬ and general geek (fka subtleyfirey on twt) 💙💛🌻 Prov 31:8-9
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network... Larry Ellison's Network Computer failed and got discontinued after 4 years, but the animating idea of you personally not actually owning a computer has stayed strong since then. It ended up inspiring cloud computing and the horror that is Sam Altman
Show PostI’m old enough to remember Sun saying everyone should just have “thin clients”.
Show PostThis isn’t even a new idea. Back before personal computers were a thing there was a business push to do terminals that access remote mainframes instead. Early Internet charged by the minute. That’s back when Silicon Valley was full of commies and hippie libertarians
Show PostWhy wouldn’t the people who turned hotels into a service that pays them, taxis into a service that pays them, delivery into a service that pays them, also turn computers themselves into a service that pays them? The rent seekers want rent! How is that not obvious?
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