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I present to you: the New Computing paradigm (twitter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by froztbyte@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] corbin@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's too young to grok why operating systems exist. (So am I...) To be fair, we're outgrowing the concept in several areas; folks say that Web browsers, unikernels, blockchains, and now apparently LLMs are all replacements for the operating system, because they resemble each other in functionality sometimes.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

well, they're platforms. (hello, i'm facebook, your new OS)

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 1 points 1 year ago

suddenly thinking about how we could've gotten SocialOS if zuckieboi gave neumann a parachute

thank fuck we're not on that timeline branch