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News 12th April: Coding in the 80s, flaws in the open, and the floppy Jonathan

In this news episode:

  • https://danluu.com/slow-device/
  • https://512pixels.net/2024/03/apple-jonathan-modular-concept/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo47qPvs3HQ
  • https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/26/1090129/how-adobes-bet-on-non-exploitative-ai-is-paying-off/
  • https://spectrum.ieee.org/3m-floppy
  • https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714980/opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork.html
  • https://www.wired.com/story/jia-tan-xz-backdoor/


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