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textfiles, 2 months ago to random

I Am No Longer Attending Vintage Computer Festivals

http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5587

textfiles, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

When a pile of coalitions go "this new bill is awesome" and not a single one is any science or tech group, be a tad suspicious. But I was telling AI folks "ingredient lists" were coming in 2022.

https://schiff.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-schiff-introduces-groundbreaking-bill-to-create-ai-transparency-between-creators-and-companies

textfiles, 2 months ago to random

Come on, give us a made up fourth amendment breaking right, we promise to get it exactly right and only use a universal shutdown power to cut off any entity's income and communication for (our) good. Pretty please.

https://www.engadget.com/the-motion-picture-association-will-work-with-congress-to-start-blocking-piracy-sites-in-the-us-062111261.html

textfiles, 2 months ago to random

I'm looking to hustle a bit for April - if you're looking for a dynamic (paid) speaker for a remote (or in-person?) event, ping me at talks@textfiles.com.

txgx42, 2 months ago to random

Mail's here... I bought a big pile of (mostly) edu-ware

textfiles, 2 months ago to random

Every time I hear about another group trying to reverse engineer a now dead or killed Nintendo infrastructure system, I want to ask them to remember to take a selfie with the judge for me

textfiles, 2 months ago to random

"Do you fear the day when everything about you erased from the earth?"

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1buslqu/comment/kymv5ue/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

textfiles, 2 months ago to random

When I am digitizing VHS tapes and one is a massive moon/mars conspiracy video from 1994 trying to indicate Aliens from Mars are watching us from the moon in sexy sexy 480i

textfiles, 2 months ago to random

My last 4 times I've mentioned my podcast, I got zero signups for its Patreon. Let's go for five.

(It's OK, people are pretty generous as it is, that's helped a lot.)

https://patreon.com/textfiles

textfiles, 2 months ago to random

Here's back and streaming: https://twitch.tv/textfiles

textfiles, 2 months ago to random

Late last year, the ledgers of a Shul were discussed as potential digitization. They might be held for a while due to privacy, but they're critical history in Massachusetts, representing many years and much family and organizational history.

To cut through the red tape, I have taken the $1500 responsibility to get them scanned, as a private individual.

If you're someone who wants to contribute a bit in this direction, mail jason@textfiles.com.

(Image is of an unrelated ledger.)

britpunk80, 2 months ago to random

Little file format mystery: does anybody know of any email clients in use in 1997 that saved email messages with a .ema extension? Plain text structure, 'from:', 'to:', 'subj:', 'cc:', 'date:' fields seen in examples...