well that wasn’t xerox but absolutely yes.

there was already a proposed thing called ipv4+, and it’s completely insane. if you know anything about network infrastructure the entire chain is hilarious.

weeeeell, ish. the big thing with the alto and the star was that the entire system was a live image that could be edited as it ran, and where every object was homogeneous enough to be put into any part of the system.

no, see the important part is to get xerox to be a major player in the graphical minicomputer industry while it was still important, so that the world of guis would all be based on their paradigm with instant editability and deep interconnection.

oops, yeah.

it definitely would not.

yeah the frames are different but that doesn’t matter to 99.9% of people.

oh god, the nightmare that “adding a fifth number” would be

ipv4 is a 32-bit number, which means the total number of possible addresses are 2³² = 4 294 967 296, which is waaaaay less than the amount of computers we have today. ipv6 is a 128-bit number, so the total is 2¹²⁸ = 340 282 366 920 938 463 463 374 607 431 768 211 456, which is more than all the grains of sand on earth.

the only thing i’ve heard people don’t like about ipv6 is that the addresses are longer and have letters in them.

i’d have blocked steve jobs from visiting xerox PARC.

the nordic systems are based on popular sovereignty by proportional representation, which lies in opposition to separation of power.

no, not every democracy. every government performs those roles but they are not all split the same way. the nordic countries are single-branch and he chinese government has many more than three.

No branch of government should be allowed to accumulate too much power.

tell me you’re from the us without telling me you’re from the us. what’s a “branch of government”?

skunk works by ben rich, about his work as chief of the lockheed skunk works during the time they built the sr-71 blackbird and the f-117 nighthawk.

the soul of a new machine by tracy kidder, about the development of the data general eclipse minicomputer.

as long as it’s actually an in-person evaluation rather than an online form.

the annoying thing is that they are still market leaders in their field. it’s a big company.

yeah i’ve been on the other end too. but being forced to take a standardised test should feel humiliating to anyone over thirty.

the most frustrating thing was when they told me they made all their applicants go through the process, from janitors to sales to engineering to c-levels. apparently it made the company “statistically egalitarian”.

i would have done the same. i went through the interview process for an engineering position a few years ago where they required an iq, reading comprehension, and basic arithmetic test. i felt so insulted by their apparent lack of trust in their applicants that i went off in the feedback field, whereupon they cold-called me to ask why i was so frustrated despite apparently being in the 95th percentile of all applicants. not something you want to tell someone applying to an engineering firm…

i mean we already have multiple national payment systems (like vipps, swish, and mobilepay) that are in the process of interlinking with eachother, and there are other eu-sanctioned digital payment systems also rolling out (like tips). wero is very early in its deployment. i would not be surprised if our banks are waiting until a clear winner emerges to jump on the single payment system.