Jo Christian OterhalsWhy I think bipolar people shouldn’t run to burn energy when manic but to burn lethargy when…I recently saw someone say he was an “indoor person” but wanted arguments for why he should become an “outdoor person.” As ridiculous as…6 min read·Dec 14, 2023--1--1
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…7 min read·Dec 7, 2023----
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…10 min read·Jan 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…12 min read·May 3, 2022--4--4
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…6 min read·Jan 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…3 min read·May 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…6 min read·Dec 29, 2020----