"Six years ago, this was the site of a booming NFT market.
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"Six years ago, this was the site of a booming NFT market. Today it's an AI startup losing $1 billion per week. And a year from now, it will hopefully host a ritual sacrifice of techbros to the Roman God Pluto as punishment for their greed."
"For the Computer Chronicles, I'm Wendy Woods."
Didn't expect this to blow up, thanks, Mastodon!
On a serious note, Wendy wasn't just the longtime news reporter for "Computer Chronicles." She was also the editor of Newsbytes News Network, one of the first online services covering the tech industry. Thanks to @savetz, you can now view and search the entire Newsbytes archive from 1983-2002:
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Didn't expect this to blow up, thanks, Mastodon!
On a serious note, Wendy wasn't just the longtime news reporter for "Computer Chronicles." She was also the editor of Newsbytes News Network, one of the first online services covering the tech industry. Thanks to @savetz, you can now view and search the entire Newsbytes archive from 1983-2002:
@computerchronicles an interview with Wendy Woods is forthcoming on ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
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"Six years ago, this was the site of a booming NFT market. Today it's an AI startup losing $1 billion per week. And a year from now, it will hopefully host a ritual sacrifice of techbros to the Roman God Pluto as punishment for their greed."
"For the Computer Chronicles, I'm Wendy Woods."
@computerchronicles
Its 2028, the great sacrifice pit opens and the chorus chants:
SAM ALTMAN! INTO THE FIRE!
DARIO AMODEI! INTO THE FIRE!
SUNDAR PICHAI! INTO THE FIRE!



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"Six years ago, this was the site of a booming NFT market. Today it's an AI startup losing $1 billion per week. And a year from now, it will hopefully host a ritual sacrifice of techbros to the Roman God Pluto as punishment for their greed."
"For the Computer Chronicles, I'm Wendy Woods."
@computerchronicles@mastodon.social
hey buddy, want to buy a b-tree node?
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"Six years ago, this was the site of a booming NFT market. Today it's an AI startup losing $1 billion per week. And a year from now, it will hopefully host a ritual sacrifice of techbros to the Roman God Pluto as punishment for their greed."
"For the Computer Chronicles, I'm Wendy Woods."
@computerchronicles That's right Wendy. And for The Computer Chronicles, I'm Stewart Cheifet, until next week.
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"Six years ago, this was the site of a booming NFT market. Today it's an AI startup losing $1 billion per week. And a year from now, it will hopefully host a ritual sacrifice of techbros to the Roman God Pluto as punishment for their greed."
"For the Computer Chronicles, I'm Wendy Woods."
@computerchronicles "I bought 8GW worth of gas turbine generators for $37 at the bankruptcy auction"
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@computerchronicles
Its 2028, the great sacrifice pit opens and the chorus chants:
SAM ALTMAN! INTO THE FIRE!
DARIO AMODEI! INTO THE FIRE!
SUNDAR PICHAI! INTO THE FIRE!



@t3tr4 @computerchronicles there is one missing. But we can use one of his rockets to ignite.
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@pewnack Heh. This is actually footage from a community college that was testing a new touchscreen based computer system for class registration.
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"Six years ago, this was the site of a booming NFT market. Today it's an AI startup losing $1 billion per week. And a year from now, it will hopefully host a ritual sacrifice of techbros to the Roman God Pluto as punishment for their greed."
"For the Computer Chronicles, I'm Wendy Woods."
@computerchronicles Now that you mention it, tech started to turn to shit right around when Pluto lost its status as a planet...


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@computerchronicles "I bought 8GW worth of gas turbine generators for $37 at the bankruptcy auction"
@johnefrancis @computerchronicles Unfortunately they are only worth the scrap value because the global gas supply has collapsed
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"Six years ago, this was the site of a booming NFT market. Today it's an AI startup losing $1 billion per week. And a year from now, it will hopefully host a ritual sacrifice of techbros to the Roman God Pluto as punishment for their greed."
"For the Computer Chronicles, I'm Wendy Woods."
@computerchronicles Can we trade the souls of techbros to get Stewart Chiefet back? I’m game
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