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Steve Jobs Next Computer: His Forgotten Exile Years

Hacker News Top · 2d ago Cached

An interview with author Geoffrey Cain about his book 'Steve Jobs in Exile,' which examines Jobs' overlooked years at NeXT Computer (1985-1997) and how that period shaped Apple's later success.

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23 years ago this Matrix scene took $40M and almost a year to make. Today some kid with AI could try it over a weekend.

Reddit r/artificial · 2026-05-09

The article highlights the drastic shift in production capabilities, contrasting the massive resources needed for The Matrix 23 years ago with the potential for AI to replicate such scenes quickly today.

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The Boring Part of Bell Labs (2025)

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-08 Cached

A retrospective interview with a former Bell Labs employee discussing the applied division's mundane but critical work, contrasting it with the famous research achievements at Murray Hill.

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Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-08 Cached

AOL shuts down its innovative Nullsoft division in 2004, marking the end of an era for founder Justin Frankel and tools like Winamp and Gnutella.

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Bliss (Photograph)

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-08 Cached

Bliss is the iconic default wallpaper for Microsoft Windows XP, originally photographed by Charles O'Rear in 1996 in Northern California.

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