It was not until the appearance of cyberpunk in the 1980s that SF began to grapple in a broadly meaningful way with the reality of computers as something other than giant mainframes tended by crewcut IBM nerds. Paul Di Filippo 1980sappearancebegin share on social
Bitcoin is not an actual physical coin, and if computers are shut down, you can't buy or sell them. That's why nothing will ever replace gold and silver coins themselves, and all investors should have them at home or in a safe deposit box. Mark Skousen actualbitcoinbox share on social
The form of computers has never been important, with speed and performance being the only things that mattered. Jonathan Ive computerformimportant Change image and share on social
I think we are at the very beginning of high changes, not only in terms of digital film, but in the way the movies will be screened, whether they'll be screened on phones, on computers - on everything. Michel Hazanavicius begincomputerdigital share on social
Every ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want to invade people's privacy. But more importantly they want to take control of computers, they want to hack them, they want to steal information. Darrell Issa attackcomputercontrol share on social
Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions. Jaron Lanier canaryclasscoalmine Change image and share on social
Computers are great tools, but they need to be applied to the physical world. Tony Fadell applycomputergreat Change image and share on social
Your computer needn't be the first thing your see in the morning and the last thing you see at night. Simon Mainwaring computermorningneedn Change image and share on social
Machine learning is the science of getting computers to learn without being explicitly programmed. Sebastian Thrun computerexplicitlylearn Change image and share on social
Regardless of how it's done, transaction costs will continue to plummet as computers get more powerful. Low transaction costs are a wonderful thing if you're in the transaction business. They're wonderful for consumers too, making it cheaper and easier to buy things and creating new things to buy. Nathan Myhrvold businessbuycheap share on social