peterrenshaw, “One day in 1979, while logged in to San Diego State University’s principal computer from his home, #VernorVinge found himself chatting to another user via the #TALK program, both using implausible names and trying to figure out each other’s true name. “Afterwards, I realised that I had just lived a #ScienceFiction story – at least by the standards of my childhood,””
#Obit / #TheSingularity / #singularity / #ComputerScience <https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/29/vernor-vinge-obituary>