One end goal of "AI" is to end personal computing so big tech companies can fully be landlords once again; just like back in the era of renting time on timesharing mainframes.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud
Amazon's Jeff Bezos once revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options. Will DRAM prices make it come true?
www.windowscentral.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
One end goal of "AI" is to end personal computing so big tech companies can fully be landlords once again; just like back in the era of renting time on timesharing mainframes.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
i'm sure some 19-year-old DOGE incels jacking directly into the federal mainframes with the same personal laptop he uses to download big titty Skyrim mods was fine and produced no new vulnerabilites
January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
i'm sure some 19-year-old DOGE incels jacking directly into the federal mainframes with the same personal laptop he uses to download big titty Skyrim mods was fine and produced no new vulnerabilites
The perfidy has been ongoing since IBM. My grandfather had a [recorded and archived] story about replacing vacuum tubes in the original mainframes during the first DoD tech demos.
The tech companies have always used greedy and gullible media services to sell the non-existent.
The tech companies have always used greedy and gullible media services to sell the non-existent.
January 7, 2026 at 5:44 AM
The perfidy has been ongoing since IBM. My grandfather had a [recorded and archived] story about replacing vacuum tubes in the original mainframes during the first DoD tech demos.
The tech companies have always used greedy and gullible media services to sell the non-existent.
The tech companies have always used greedy and gullible media services to sell the non-existent.
Best read of 2025, novels:
January 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Best read of 2025, novels:
A few more sci-fi/fantasy reads that I would highly recommend to anyone and are also all quite funny and inventive.
📖 Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
📖 Of Monsters and Mainframes by @barbaratruelove.bsky.social
📖 Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson
📖 Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
📖 Of Monsters and Mainframes by @barbaratruelove.bsky.social
📖 Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson
January 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
A few more sci-fi/fantasy reads that I would highly recommend to anyone and are also all quite funny and inventive.
📖 Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
📖 Of Monsters and Mainframes by @barbaratruelove.bsky.social
📖 Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson
📖 Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
📖 Of Monsters and Mainframes by @barbaratruelove.bsky.social
📖 Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson
In the IT scene of any film when they connect to an IPv4 address with an octet > 255.
I can even forgive skateboarding through mainframes or holographic 3D hacking scenes, but make an IP address accurate
I can even forgive skateboarding through mainframes or holographic 3D hacking scenes, but make an IP address accurate
January 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
In the IT scene of any film when they connect to an IPv4 address with an octet > 255.
I can even forgive skateboarding through mainframes or holographic 3D hacking scenes, but make an IP address accurate
I can even forgive skateboarding through mainframes or holographic 3D hacking scenes, but make an IP address accurate
just finished "of monsters and mainframes" by barbara truelove!
I recommend this book if you like:
- monsters
- sentient spaceships
- queer found family
- enemies to lovers
- slow burn enemies to lovers gay (space)ships
I recommend this book if you like:
- monsters
- sentient spaceships
- queer found family
- enemies to lovers
- slow burn enemies to lovers gay (space)ships
January 4, 2026 at 5:37 AM
just finished "of monsters and mainframes" by barbara truelove!
I recommend this book if you like:
- monsters
- sentient spaceships
- queer found family
- enemies to lovers
- slow burn enemies to lovers gay (space)ships
I recommend this book if you like:
- monsters
- sentient spaceships
- queer found family
- enemies to lovers
- slow burn enemies to lovers gay (space)ships
Bit late to the party, but here are some of my favourite books read in 2025 - all of which are available at proud-geek.co.uk
(There’s a list of book titles and authors in the alt text)
Have you read any of these?
#queerbooks #booksky
(There’s a list of book titles and authors in the alt text)
Have you read any of these?
#queerbooks #booksky
January 4, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Bit late to the party, but here are some of my favourite books read in 2025 - all of which are available at proud-geek.co.uk
(There’s a list of book titles and authors in the alt text)
Have you read any of these?
#queerbooks #booksky
(There’s a list of book titles and authors in the alt text)
Have you read any of these?
#queerbooks #booksky
run magnets through mainframes
set fires to server farms
bring the price of graphics cards back down
restore the water of the earth
enough is enough, this is the year GenAI dies
set fires to server farms
bring the price of graphics cards back down
restore the water of the earth
enough is enough, this is the year GenAI dies
January 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
run magnets through mainframes
set fires to server farms
bring the price of graphics cards back down
restore the water of the earth
enough is enough, this is the year GenAI dies
set fires to server farms
bring the price of graphics cards back down
restore the water of the earth
enough is enough, this is the year GenAI dies
Of Monsters and Mainframes by @barbaratruelove.bsky.social is good clean fun. The core arc is the AI of the spaceship Demeter declares vengeance on Dracula for killing her passengers and things just escalate from there
It’s sweet and quite lovely and very unhuman
It’s sweet and quite lovely and very unhuman
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Of Monsters and Mainframes by @barbaratruelove.bsky.social is good clean fun. The core arc is the AI of the spaceship Demeter declares vengeance on Dracula for killing her passengers and things just escalate from there
It’s sweet and quite lovely and very unhuman
It’s sweet and quite lovely and very unhuman
Okay so two of these are bc I’m reading 2 of my sister’s favourite series (the mirror visitor series and daughter of smoke/bone), and she gave me women’s hotel. I’ve been listening to of monsters and mainframes and LOVE it, eiren caffall wrote a memoir i loved, and the 6th extinction is beautiful
January 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Okay so two of these are bc I’m reading 2 of my sister’s favourite series (the mirror visitor series and daughter of smoke/bone), and she gave me women’s hotel. I’ve been listening to of monsters and mainframes and LOVE it, eiren caffall wrote a memoir i loved, and the 6th extinction is beautiful
My (previously undisclosed) resolution for 2025 was to get back into reading. I was having trouble figuring out what to read so set up StoryGraph for collecting recommendations and made liberal use of borrowing from Libby! 23 books read, only one reread (Lamb)
app.thestorygraph.com/wrap-up/2025...
app.thestorygraph.com/wrap-up/2025...
January 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
My (previously undisclosed) resolution for 2025 was to get back into reading. I was having trouble figuring out what to read so set up StoryGraph for collecting recommendations and made liberal use of borrowing from Libby! 23 books read, only one reread (Lamb)
app.thestorygraph.com/wrap-up/2025...
app.thestorygraph.com/wrap-up/2025...
1988: Computers from Apple
(+IBM Mainframe; Digital VAX; Wang minicomputers; and IBM PC)
(+IBM Mainframe; Digital VAX; Wang minicomputers; and IBM PC)
January 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
1988: Computers from Apple
(+IBM Mainframe; Digital VAX; Wang minicomputers; and IBM PC)
(+IBM Mainframe; Digital VAX; Wang minicomputers; and IBM PC)
And also:
HUNGERSTONE by Kat Dunn
KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE by Kadono Eik
SHROUD by Adrian Tchaikovsky
SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN by Anna Spark Smith
OF MONSTERS AND MAINFRAMES by Barbara Truelove
KATABASIS by R. F. Kuang
HUNGERSTONE by Kat Dunn
KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE by Kadono Eik
SHROUD by Adrian Tchaikovsky
SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN by Anna Spark Smith
OF MONSTERS AND MAINFRAMES by Barbara Truelove
KATABASIS by R. F. Kuang
January 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM
And also:
HUNGERSTONE by Kat Dunn
KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE by Kadono Eik
SHROUD by Adrian Tchaikovsky
SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN by Anna Spark Smith
OF MONSTERS AND MAINFRAMES by Barbara Truelove
KATABASIS by R. F. Kuang
HUNGERSTONE by Kat Dunn
KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE by Kadono Eik
SHROUD by Adrian Tchaikovsky
SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN by Anna Spark Smith
OF MONSTERS AND MAINFRAMES by Barbara Truelove
KATABASIS by R. F. Kuang
December 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
2025 year in books. yay
January 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
2025 year in books. yay
just checked my local Micro Center and they have a 5090 for $3400 lmao
an M3 Mac Studio with 256GB of memory on sale! instead of $6,000 - it’s $5,400!
we’re going back to mainframes and thin clients, baby! no more “personal” computers!
an M3 Mac Studio with 256GB of memory on sale! instead of $6,000 - it’s $5,400!
we’re going back to mainframes and thin clients, baby! no more “personal” computers!
[Newsis] Consumer GPUs to increase in price next year. RTX 5090 to increase from $2000 to $5000
www.resetera.com/threads/13...
www.resetera.com/threads/13...
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
just checked my local Micro Center and they have a 5090 for $3400 lmao
an M3 Mac Studio with 256GB of memory on sale! instead of $6,000 - it’s $5,400!
we’re going back to mainframes and thin clients, baby! no more “personal” computers!
an M3 Mac Studio with 256GB of memory on sale! instead of $6,000 - it’s $5,400!
we’re going back to mainframes and thin clients, baby! no more “personal” computers!
Finally, a western media round up! As always, these didn't necessarily come out in 2025 - 2025 is just when I read them. I'm better at keeping up to date with Manga releases than other types. I intended to have a "Best TV" one but it turns out that I didn't actually watch a lot of TV this year?
December 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Finally, a western media round up! As always, these didn't necessarily come out in 2025 - 2025 is just when I read them. I'm better at keeping up to date with Manga releases than other types. I intended to have a "Best TV" one but it turns out that I didn't actually watch a lot of TV this year?
My Top Queer Books of 2025!
-Seven Recipes for Revolution
-The Chromatic Fantasy
-A Gentleman’s Gentleman
-Tradwife
-Of Monsters & Mainframes
-Coffin Moon
-The Prospects
-The Saint of Heartbreak
-Self Made Boys
-The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️
Full rundown: vm.tiktok.com/ZNR6h64cY/
-Seven Recipes for Revolution
-The Chromatic Fantasy
-A Gentleman’s Gentleman
-Tradwife
-Of Monsters & Mainframes
-Coffin Moon
-The Prospects
-The Saint of Heartbreak
-Self Made Boys
-The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️
Full rundown: vm.tiktok.com/ZNR6h64cY/
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My Top Queer Books of 2025!
-Seven Recipes for Revolution
-The Chromatic Fantasy
-A Gentleman’s Gentleman
-Tradwife
-Of Monsters & Mainframes
-Coffin Moon
-The Prospects
-The Saint of Heartbreak
-Self Made Boys
-The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️
Full rundown: vm.tiktok.com/ZNR6h64cY/
-Seven Recipes for Revolution
-The Chromatic Fantasy
-A Gentleman’s Gentleman
-Tradwife
-Of Monsters & Mainframes
-Coffin Moon
-The Prospects
-The Saint of Heartbreak
-Self Made Boys
-The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️
Full rundown: vm.tiktok.com/ZNR6h64cY/
Haven’t posted on here in forever. My bad 😅 Will try to to better in 2026. In the meantime, here’s a small list with my fav books from this year. 🌈📚💜📚💙
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#transbooks #acebooks #sapphicbooks #lgbtbooks #achilleanbooks
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#transbooks #acebooks #sapphicbooks #lgbtbooks #achilleanbooks
December 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Haven’t posted on here in forever. My bad 😅 Will try to to better in 2026. In the meantime, here’s a small list with my fav books from this year. 🌈📚💜📚💙
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#transbooks #acebooks #sapphicbooks #lgbtbooks #achilleanbooks
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#transbooks #acebooks #sapphicbooks #lgbtbooks #achilleanbooks
- Instants
- MainFrames
- Tempopo
- MainFrames
- Tempopo
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
- Instants
- MainFrames
- Tempopo
- MainFrames
- Tempopo
December 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Dracula
In
Spaaaaace
In
Spaaaaace
December 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Dracula
In
Spaaaaace
In
Spaaaaace
Canadian Medicare was established at a time when mainframes took up whole buldings but okay
My issue is that everyone wants legislation and assumes it will just all work. It won’t. Too many vested interests. Too much need for AI to make it all work, which will scare people and make them question it more.
If you have a written path to get from here to them. Just email it to me
If you have a written path to get from here to them. Just email it to me
December 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Canadian Medicare was established at a time when mainframes took up whole buldings but okay