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Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Wow that was... Extremely weird. Is this supposed to be some kind of tribute?

I think the idea is to use the idea of future robot dictatorship as a spurn to learning DIY transistor manufacture.

Didn't read the whole thing but definitely cyberpunk

Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Wow that was... Extremely weird. Is this supposed to be some kind of tribute?

Weird article. Author isn't technical enough to get how Jeri thinks. I've met her. She sees the physical world in terms of first principles, like Feynman. She built a short range radar from a satellite downlink dish by turning one of the transistors around. I would never have thought you could use a transistor from a low-noise amp to produce enough power to emit a usable signal. I'd be thinking "small-signal transistor" vs "power transistor". But it's an amp, it's got gain, it's fast enough, and she made it work.

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I have a bit more positive look on the future: Jan-2038 is just before my retirement. I can make some money with old computer knowledge while the post-post millennial generation does not even know what the inside of an old operating system looks like.

Your old computer knowledge will be about the same worth as what income that can be generated today having extensive knowledge of Multi-User Dungeon forum software.

Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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I have a bit more positive look on the future: Jan-2038 is just before my retirement. I can make some money with old computer knowledge while the post-post millennial generation does not even know what the inside of an old operating system looks like.

Your old computer knowledge will be about the same worth as what income that can be generated today having extensive knowledge of Multi-User Dungeon forum software.

The world does not run on MUDs. The world does run on 30 year old OSes.
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