So whenever there’s a new tech innovation, there are two instances of it.

The first is the actual tech innovation, that often finds a specific use in a few industries, then just becomes part of how things are.

The second is the venture capitalist innovation. It has nothing to do with the technical stuff (as long as the tech is complex enough to impress the average 5th grader). It’s more a concept or an idea, and a lot of big promises of unending potential. And as soon as the potential is there, stock prices go up. And that’s the only point.

The second one blows up big, then deflates quietly when the next thing takes everyone’s attention away. The actual tech innovation usually just finds its niche and quietly chugs away.

Any time anybody talks about a “tech revolution” or some similar word vomit, they’re presenting the second thing. Currently we’re on “AI” (i.e. LLMs), which will become a niche novelty when the next big thing comes along (I give it a few more years).

BE NOT AFRAID, SQUIDWARD

To be fair, we skinbags do ruin everything.

Godot

What is this, the Spanish Inquisition? Can’t a guy engage in some casual taxidermy without getting the third degree?

I have lots of things. Don’t worry about it.

Yeah, the Manchester Baby was the first stored-program computer. As others have noticed, you can go down the rabbit hole a long way, depending on what you define as a computer. Fascinating stuff.

Yeah, the whole history is fascinating. I also like to remind my college students that computer science/engineering is one of the rare branches of science/engineering that was founded at least in equal part by women, if not more (again, an arguable point, but undeniable that there is a larger influence from women compared to other scientific disciplines).

Yeah, there were plenty of precursors (hence the MB was arguably the first). But the Manchester Baby was the first stored-program general purpose computer. Gotta pick a point somewhere.

Alan Turing was the father of computer science, but didn’t invent the first computer. Arguably the first computer was called the Manchester Baby and was created by folks at the University of Manchester.

Alan Turing was an absolute boss, though. Huge respect.

Please don’t disparage the good name of CTC. Those are my favorite, and I can confirm I have bones.

Use something like Bitwarden, and record your master password and/or backup codes in an envelope.

“The father plans to follow up next weekend with several days shooting animals for his own amusement.”

The lite version of this is used in plenty of games. Undertale and Pokémon Rocket Edition are two that come to mind.

For some reason, people using the contraction “everyday” as a noun drives me insane. “Everyday” is an adjective (e.g., an everyday activity), “every day” is the noun (e.g., I do this activity every day).

It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t.

No, crabhorse shoes didn’t come until at least 5 years later.

No idea when shoecrab horses came about, though.

And don’t even get me started on horseshoe crabs. Older than plants, those ones.

Sharks are also older than trees, flowers, Saturn’s rings, and the Atlantic ocean.

You’ve clearly learned nothing from the Blacks.