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An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

Ars Technica

Authors re-creation of Bob Taylors office with three teletypes. Each one was connected to a different mainframe computer. They all worked slightly differently, and it was frustrating to remember multiple procedures to log in and retrieve information.

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Analyzing the history of Tableau innovation

Tableau

I am proud to announce that my History of Tableau Innovation viz is now published to Tableau Public. In this blog post, I'll describe my analysis of Tableau's history to drive analytics innovation—in particular, I've identified six key innovation vectors through reflecting on the top innovations across Tableau releases. Release v1.0

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How to cancel your Amazon account

Engadget

Whatever the reason, Amazon gives you two main options: you can cancel your Prime membership to stop the monthly (or yearly) payments, or you can go all in and delete your entire Amazon account including your order history, personal data and access to services like Kindle and Prime Video.

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A NASA rover just exposed something on Mars that eluded orbiters

Mashable Tech

"The discovery of abundant siderite in Gale Crater represents both a surprising and important breakthrough in our understanding of the geologic and atmospheric evolution of Mars," said Benjamin Tutolo, lead author of the paper, in a statement. billion years ago."

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NASA Signs Contract for Elon Musk's Starship, Even Though It's Never Launched Without Exploding

Futurism

Even Jared Isaacman, who's expected to be sworn in as NASA's next administrator soon, has a long history with SpaceX. His space company has made moves to take over key positions at the agency , highlighting Musk's glaring conflict of interest.

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Leveraging AI for Personalized Member Engagement 

.orgSource

Heres how it enhances engagement: Member Segmentation and Targeting : AI can analyze member behavior to segment them into groups based on interests, engagement history, and more. She is the founder and CEO of.orgSource and a co-author of two books on digital transformation and disruption.

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How people secured their secrets before encyption

Fast Company Tech

” Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter , by Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith, with the Unlocking History Research Group [Photo: MIT Press] Together, the pair began studying what they came to call letterlocking, reconstructing through close analysis and modeling the many ways historic letters were folded and secured.

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