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Parallel computing with 64,000 processors, in 1986: The Connection Machine CM-1(1986) (www.youtube.com)

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Created by a company called Thinking Machines, and intended for AI applications... how far we've come 😆 .

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You know anybody who can network 8 connection machines and debug 2 million lines of code for what I bid for this job? Because if he can I'd like to see him try.

How far we've come, indeed. Lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

i'm really sorry to hear about your money problems, dennis, but they really are your problems

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

A while ago I read this really good essay about working with Richard Feynman on the Connection Machine: https://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine/