Jo Christian OterhalsGoodbye, VBScript. You changed the world for all the wrong reasons.Microsoft is retiring what may be the least loved version of Basic ever. But today's Internet wouldn’t have become what it is hadn’t it…Dec 7, 20232Dec 7, 20232
Jo Christian OterhalsChatGPT exposes a capability abyss that open source can't closeAs impressive as ChatGPT is, it raises a big red flag. Chillingly, the outcome of The Turing Test —that a machine must be considered…Jan 10, 2023Jan 10, 2023
Jo Christian OterhalsBASIC and the ROMs that changed the world (and then disappeared)Once upon a time, Now was the future. For me, Now started on my eleventh birthday in 1983. That day I got an 8-bit 64 Kb Japanese computer…May 3, 20224May 3, 20224
Jo Christian OterhalsWhy does a 5431 character story about Atari’s 2 KB game Pong need 3.08Not too long ago, someone on Twitter shared a story about the creation of Atari’s classic video game Pong — The Lies that Powered the…Jan 22, 2022Jan 22, 2022
Jo Christian OterhalsTim Cook and the slow-burning revolutionIt’s almost 10 years since Tim Cook took the reins at Apple. A lot has happened since. But many still talk about him as if he’s just taken…May 14, 2021May 14, 2021
Jo Christian OterhalsWhat did we learn from an astronomer’s hacker hunt in the 80's? Apparently, not too muchC omputer security has seen its share of mind-boggling news lately. None more mind boggling than the news about how alleged Russian…Dec 29, 2020Dec 29, 2020
