Musée de l'#informatique unique en Belgique ! Aux sources du #numérique, des machines qui comptent.
Namur, Belgique
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Gérer les limites en génie logiciel, notamment les enjeux juridiques, éthiques... et environnementaux car le logiciel tourne sur de l'infra
Software is a most malleable substance, a fungible substrate for making imagination manifest in the physical world.
While human innovation knows no bounds, there are limits to what we can and cannot do in computing.
First, there are the laws of physics. We cannot transmit information faster than the speed of light; thermodynamics constrains the design of integrated circuits; computational speed and storage density have energy considerations.
Next, algorithms. While we might have a theoretical framework for some process, turning that into an effective algorithm requires discovery; Fast Fourier Transform, the Viterbi algorithm, and transformers are all such examples.
Architecture is the next barrier. Assembling a system at scale is far more than the operation of its parts.
Organizations are where the human elements of computing begin to dominate. A simple person working alone can do remarkable things, but to build an enduring system of global reach demands a team.
Economics: many things are possible, but not all things are viable, because they cost money, and in the end, those with the money will require a return on their investment, else they will take their money elsewhere.
Finally there are the legal, ethical, and moral elements. Not everything that can be done, should be done.
It is these latter topics that are clear and present problems for @OpenAI, @AnthropicAI, and @grok.
How will this unfold?
Time will tell.
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The Commodore PET 2001 was released in 1977 and, along with the Apple II and TRS-80, forms the "1977 trinity" of pioneering personal computers. Now, thanks to Ian, our volunteer technical restorer, we have a fully working PET for visitors to try a range of software!
#Commodore
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Happy 25th Birthday Wayback Machine!
On October 24, 2001, The Internet Archive organization launched a free digital archive of websites for the general public called the Wayback Machine.
The oldest pages stored in the archive date back to 1996.
ALT Internet Archive website in 2001
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#FOSDEM 2027 is coming!
fosdem.org/2027/news/accepte…
Ce samedi 24 octobre démo de la machine Enigma lors de la journée de fêtes des 10 ans du musée 🎉
Aussi plein d'autres activités: rétrogaming, cosplay, démo machines à cartes perforées, visite des réserves...
Ne ratez pas cette journée unique ! 🤩
La fête des 10 ans du musée approche rapidement: ce samedi 24/10 🤩🎊🎈Voici une video teaser du programme ⬇️
youtu.be/x1gqhjci0tI
Merci @tarodius pour la réalisation
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In 1990 Andreas Kromke (the author of KAOS TOS, the heavily modified and performance-tuned TOS for the ST range) looked at TOS and said: one program at a time? No, thanks. Mag!X was born, later MagiC: a real multitasking OS for the Atari ST, with several GEM apps running side by side in their own windows, and still happy with software written for TOS.
It was a commercial product for years. Then Kromke did something few authors do: he opened the complete sources under the GPLv3. And this year he shipped MagiC 6.30 for Atari computers. In 2026. On a 68000. Respect.
Normally MagiC boots from disk: TOS starts first, then a loader pulls the kernel into RAM. We thought that was a waste of perfectly good RAM, so we built the MagiC ROM Builder. It turns MagiC 6.30 into a 256 KB ROM image that boots in place of TOS, plus the boot floppy or hard disk files for its desktop. Everything happens in your browser, nothing to install.
Flash it with the SidecarTridge TOS Emulator on an STE or Mega STE, or on an ST or Mega ST with the 256KB Decoder. No TOS needed, around 240 KB more free RAM, and it boots straight into a multitasking desktop.
Build your ROM:
magic.sidecartridge.com/
MagiC sources by Andreas Kromke:
gitlab.com/AndreasK/Atari-Ma…
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Why did playing the original Quake (1996) over the internet feel like swimming in glue until QuakeWorld arrived?
Because Quake sent your movement inputs to the server and waited for the response before showing your character move. On dial-up, that could mean hundreds of milliseconds of delay.
John Carmack rewrote the netcode so your client could simulate your movement immediately (Client-Side Prediction) and correct it when authoritative updates arrived from the server.
That basic architecture still powers many modern multiplayer shooters, nearly 30 years later.
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Great tribute to Margaret Hamilton (RIP) by @midudev
margarethamilton.dev/en/
😢 Décès de Margaret Hamilton conceptrice du logiciel de vol des missions Apollo et fondatrice de l'ingénierie du logiciel. Tous les informaticiens sont orphelins ce soir 😢
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I have very few heroes... but Margaret Hamilton is one of them.
news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-h…
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[Prix Nobel 🥇] #rediff Le Belge Francis Halzen reçoit le prix Nobel de physique 2026 ! Il est récompensé pour sa contribution décisive à l'observatoire de neutrinos IceCube et à la découverte des neutrinos de haute énergie d’origine astrophysique.
dailyscience.be/19/05/2021/l…
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Steve Jobs passed away 15 years ago today, on October 5th, 2011.
This is what Apple's website looked like on that day.
Where were you when you heard the news, and how did you react? Looking back, did you think Apple would ever become what it is today?
Ulysse 31 débutait il y a 45 ans ! On découvrait aussi Shirka l'ordinateur/IA 🤖 de l'Odysseus dont le nom vient de Circée, la magicienne 🪄qui transforme les compagnons d'Ulysse en porcs dans l'oeuvre originale 🐷
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56k.rip - Expérimentez le web comme en 1996 kbn.im/4hKhZrd
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Some software disappears simply because nobody thought to save it. Old games and programs can vanish even when they once made headlines, leaving only scattered disks and memories behind. 💾
Journalist Josh Renaud recounts the effort to recover obscure software and preserve it through the Internet Archive. 🖥️
📚 Renaud’s "Recovering Lost Software" appears in the pages of VANISHING CULTURE from the Internet Archive.
📖 Download & read, FREE:
archive.org/details/vanishin…
#BookTwitter
ALT Teal tile with a bold greenish-black headline: How much classic video game history is already gone for good? Below, beside a vertical bar that dissolves into pixels, is a quote: “The industry has done a poor job stewarding its heritage and history ... a recent study shows classic games are in critical danger of being lost.” Attributed to Josh Renaud, Journalist. The Vanishing Culture logo is at bottom right.
ALT Orange tile with a quote in bold greenish-black text: “Only 13 percent of all classic games released between 1960 and 2009 are currently commercially available.” Below, a caption reads: Survey of the video game reissue market in the United States (2023). A horizontal bar dissolves into pixels at left. Attributed to Josh Renaud, Journalist. The Vanishing Culture logo is at bottom right.
ALT Gray tile with a quote in bold greenish-black text: “The commercial unavailability of so many classic games leaves few viable options for playing them today.” Below is a screenshot of the 1985 title screen of Mom and Me by Kirschen, with a four-panel comic of a gray-haired woman in a green sweater and a menu: Talk to Terri, Talk to someone else, Quit. Attributed to Josh Renaud, Journalist. Vanishing Culture logo.
ALT Book cover titled “Vanishing Culture” on a teal background. Pixel-art style graphics show a VHS tape, open book, film reel, chain link, and vinyl record dissolving into digital fragments. At the bottom, a cursor icon points to the word “SAVE,” alongside an archive-style building icon, evoking digital preservation.
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Fiche de lecture : From Markup to Markdown (Jim Hall)
Des gens croient que la seule façon d'écrire est d'utiliser un logiciel de traitement de textes graphique. Mais il existe une autre méthode, ancienne mais toujours valable, les langages de marquage.
bortzmeyer.org/from-markup-t…
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Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2?
blog.adafruit.com/2026/09/28…
