All that is solid melts into code

More computer, rather than more human.

What Happened After a Teacher Ditched Screens

Why one early adopter of computers in classrooms has decided to toss them

Our interfaces have lost their senses

We programmed them by punching cards, plugging in wires, and flipping switches. Programmers walked among banks of switches and cables, physically choreographing their logic. Being on a computer used to be a full-body experience.

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

A mere fifteen years ago, computer nerds were seen as m…

Hold on to Your Hardware

A warning about rising prices, vanishing consumer choice, and a future where owning a computer may matter more than ever as hardware, power, and control drift toward data centers and away from people.

Feeling of Computing

Feeling of Computing is an online community with a welcoming, cooperative, and revolutionary spirit. We are unified in the belief that the computer is tragically less humane than it could be. There’s a world of possibilities that get more beautiful the further away from the norm you go. We’re here to explore this world together, to discuss ideas about theory and practice, and to champion and support our members’ research and development efforts to reimagine the computer.

Silicon Valley über alles

Every day, computers are making people easier to use

“Computers enable fantasies” – On the continued relevance of Weizenbaum’s warnings

“The computer has long been a solution looking for problems—the ultimate technological fix which insulates us from having to look at problems.” – Joseph Weizenbaum (1983)   Trying to kee…

Computer Files Are Going Extinct

Technology services are changing our internet habits

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New research: Portable Computer is a local-first agent for private and cost-effective work.With an on-device 27B model, our harness scores 82.6% on real knowledge work, beating open-source harnesses Pi and Hermes. Our post-trained PPLX 27B reaches 85.4%. pic.twitter.com/Rb6d47clCI— Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) August 25, 2026