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The Essential Vannevar Bush

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His “As We May Think” article, for the July 1945 issue of The Atlantic magazine, envisioned a desktop computer and a “web” of “associative trails” that no less than the founders of Google cite as the inspiration for today’s information science and the Internet. He can dive under water and come up dry.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Audio Magazine/Internet Archive /Scotch As Smithsonian Magazine notes , the formulation he developed, combining cabinetmaker’s glue with glycerin, proved to be just the right level of easy-to-remove adhesive that it became an out-and-out phenomenon. In the mid-1950s, 3M advertised its Scotch audio reel-to-reel tape.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

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The example I used at the time was, I think it was a Google program labeling an image of people playing Frisbee in the park. So it’s a lot better than just a 10-word Google search. We see a person do something, and we know what else they can do, and we can make a judgement quickly. Or 60,000 tokens. More context. Brooks: Absolutely.

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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Printable version Send to a friend Share Clip Contact us larger | smaller Email Close Recipients email address Your first name Your surname Add a note (optional) Your IP address will be logged Share Close Digg reddit Google Bookmarks Yahoo! Free P&P at the Guardian bookshop Sweet Water and Bitter £20.00 My Web del.icio.us

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Many EV groups online for more info or google EV clubs or EV racing and follow the website’s links. Editor After a year as an editor at large for National Geographic magazine, Tom returned to The New York Times in July 2008 to help expand the papers coverage of sustainable energy development and green business.

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