Dan Lynch Has Died (SRI, Arpanet, Internet)
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Re: Dan Lynch Has Died (SRI, Arpanet, Internet)
#12Why are there many people dying the last few days? I am reading hacker news every day, but it feels like there’s at least a death note or two a day currently
If you were in your 30s when the modern internet was born, then you're in your 70s now. The early pioneers and contributors are old now.
I can't imagine myself not being "with it" and having some knowledge about current technology.. Do you think any of the early modern Internet pioneers know about LLMs? (Besides John Nagle)? Or does the brain biologically give up on processing new information?
Re: Dan Lynch Has Died (SRI, Arpanet, Internet)
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you were in your 30s when the modern internet was born, then you're in your 70s now. The early pioneers and contributors are old now.
I can't imagine myself not being "with it" and having some knowledge about current technology.. Do you think any of the early modern Internet pioneers know about LLMs? (Besides John Nagle)? Or does the brain biologically give up on processing new information?
I met and worked with alot of the early internet pioneers and they were some of the most clever and insightful people that I've ever met. I assure you that barring a serious medical condition they all maintain at least a basic awareness about the state of computing.
Re: Dan Lynch Has Died (SRI, Arpanet, Internet)
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you were in your 30s when the modern internet was born, then you're in your 70s now. The early pioneers and contributors are old now.
I can't imagine myself not being "with it" and having some knowledge about current technology.. Do you think any of the early modern Internet pioneers know about LLMs? (Besides John Nagle)? Or does the brain biologically give up on processing new information?
LLMs are a frequent topic of conversation on at least one ex-employees-of-an-internet-pioneer mailing list, yes.
Re: Dan Lynch Has Died (SRI, Arpanet, Internet)
#15Why are there many people dying the last few days? I am reading hacker news every day, but it feels like there’s at least a death note or two a day currently
The number of people dying will increase two score and ten years [2] after a baby boom [1] like the United States post-war baby boom. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boom [2] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2090%3A10...
Re: Dan Lynch Has Died (SRI, Arpanet, Internet)
#16Why are there many people dying the last few days? I am reading hacker news every day, but it feels like there’s at least a death note or two a day currently
The number of people dying will increase two score and ten years [2] after a baby boom [1] like the United States post-war baby boom. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boom [2] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2090%3A10...
How is that bible verse relevant exactly?
Re: Dan Lynch Has Died (SRI, Arpanet, Internet)
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't imagine myself not being "with it" and having some knowledge about current technology.. Do you think any of the early modern Internet pioneers know about LLMs? (Besides John Nagle)? Or does the brain biologically give up on processing new information?
LLMs are a frequent topic of conversation on at least one ex-employees-of-an-internet-pioneer mailing list, yes.
What is the mailing list?
Re: Dan Lynch Has Died (SRI, Arpanet, Internet)
#18Re: Dan Lynch Has Died (SRI, Arpanet, Internet)
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you were in your 30s when the modern internet was born, then you're in your 70s now. The early pioneers and contributors are old now.
I can't imagine myself not being "with it" and having some knowledge about current technology.. Do you think any of the early modern Internet pioneers know about LLMs? (Besides John Nagle)? Or does the brain biologically give up on processing new information?
1. What makes you think any of the Internet pioneers are not "with it" as you put it?
2. What makes you think you know how you'll feel in 50 years? You cannot possibly predict that.
Re: Dan Lynch Has Died (SRI, Arpanet, Internet)
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
The number of people dying will increase two score and ten years [2] after a baby boom [1] like the United States post-war baby boom. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boom [2] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2090%3A10...
How is that bible verse relevant exactly?
To explain threescore years and ten.
A better link would have been https://www.oed.com/dictionary/threescore_adj?tl=true#:~:tex....