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Alan Kay on the context and catalysts of personal computing
Alan Kay is a prolific computer scientist often referred to as the “father of personal computers." He's best known for his work on object-oriented programming languages, windowing graphical user interface design (also known as GUIs) and for leading the team that developed Smalltalk.
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on: 2021-10-17
Facebook moderators break their NDAs to expose desperate working conditions
Content warning: This story contains descriptions of violent acts against people and animals, accounts of sexual harassment and post-traumatic stress disorder, and other potentially disturbing content. Keith Utley loved to help.
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on: 2019-06-19
More games should be truly honest about death
I never intended to make videogames about my brother. He died in May last year, standing in the crowded lobby of the Manchester Arena, at the hands of the radicalised young man who’d walked into the building and detonated a homemade explosive.
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on: 2018-12-29