Human folly for 02025-11-07

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• Hey Elon its time to cease de Grok (groq.com):

  #trademark dispute with #xAI over the #Grok name by #Groq

• Detail (lexology.com):

  #xAI couldn’t register the #Grok name in February because of #Groq and #Grokstream

• Uspto hits Elon musks Grok trademark with another wave of refusals (gerbenlaw.com):

  #xAI got the #Grok trademark refused again in June because of #Groq and other trademarks.

• Interview with Nebula nominated SF (thingofthings.substack.com):

  #interview about weird science fiction including Bluegrass Dreams Aren’t for Free, Steerswoman, Biting the Sun, Timelike Curves, Spacelike Curves, is Ozy the mpreg writer?, Beauty and the Beast, etc.

• The God thoth and the invention of writing (anthologialitt.com):

  discussion of the myths around the invention of writing in #Egypt, including quotes from Plato. #history

• (tablam.org):

  "TablaM" is a programming language based on the #relational-model

• TablaM (github.com):

  #TablaM repo on GitHub; MPL 2.0 license

• A computing Legend speaks (computerhistory.org):

  on Ken Thompson’s #oral-history #interview with the #CHM

• Msg00495 (gcc.gnu.org):

  #GCC discussion on how the #C preprocessor should work, quoting Dave Prosser #toread

• Spi06J (spinellis.gr):

  #Diomidis Spinellis explaining how the #C preprocessor should work. #toread

• Cpp (spinellis.gr):

  #PDF by #Diomidis Spinellis explaining how the #C preprocessor should work. #toread

• (spinellis.gr):

  #Diomidis Spinellis promising to explain how the #C preprocessor should work on his blog.

• Colossus (supercomputer) (en.wikipedia.org):

  #xAI is building an #AI supercomputer called "Colossus"

• Ancient Greek philosopher was exiled claiming moon was rock not God (smithsonianmag.com):

  #History of Greek #philosophy and in particular how #Anaxagoras got banished

• Why arent smart people happier (theseedsofscience.pub):

  claims that #IQ measures the ability to solve well-defined problems, but that most of the problems that matter most to happiness are not well-defined

• Knk7H (archive.ph):

  archive of https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/business/dealbook/peter-thiel-tech-billionaire-reveals-secret-war-with-gawker.html on #Thiel funding the #Gawker case that bankrupted them in 02016. #history