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Archive for January 30th, 2023

40th Lisa anniversary last week: download Apple Lisa OS Software version 3.1 source code files

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/01/30

I missed this because there is no RSS feed for [Wayback/Archive] Art of Code – CHM* (there is an email [Wayback/Archive] Art of Code Subscription, but [Wayback/Archive] Email is so last century • The Register).

Anyway: the Apple Lisa turned 40 last week and to celebrate that, the Lisa OS Software got released to the public through the Computer History Museum. That is: after you accept the [Wayback/Archive] Download Apple Lisa source code files: APPLE ACADEMIC LICENSE AGREEMENT Lisa OS Software version 3.1, or just download [Wayback] d1yx3ys82bpsa0.cloudfront.net/source/lisa-source.zip.

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The big-4 eavesdropping myth explained

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/01/30

Interesting Dutch thread about the myth that Google, FaceBook, Apple and Amazon are eavesdropping on us in order to send advertisements.

[WayBack] Thread by @danielverlaan: De vraag die ik altijd gesteld krijg: “Luisteren Google en Facebook ons af? Ik had het gisteren over een vakantie naar Portugal, en nu krijg…

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[Archive.is] Daniël Verlaan on Twitter: “De vraag die ik altijd gesteld krijg: “Luisteren Google en Facebook ons af? Ik had het gisteren over een vakantie naar Portugal, en nu krijg ik er allemaal advertenties over!” Dit is een hardnekkig gerucht waar geen bewijs voor is. Hoe werkt het dan? Een draadje.”

Related: [WayBack] Virtual assistant: voice interaction – Wikipedia

–jeroen

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