Microsoft is adding version control and 7Zip and Tar to Explorer!

FINALLY!

While integrating 7Zip file compression into Explorer was no big deal, it'll be nice to have it there from the beginning. The Tar support will also be useful. But the version control, that's going to be very useful for casual developers who don't want to mess with installing Git or similar repo controls.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24161785/microsoft-windows-file-explorer-version-control-7z-tar

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/21/2238246/microsoft-is-making-file-explorer-more-powerful-with-version-control-and-7z-compression

The /. discussion has a lot of talk about Total Commander, Double Commander, and Directory Opus.

RIP: Another two computer pioneers, Gordon Bell and Robert Denard

Gordon Bell passed away. He was an early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation and a key creator of the PDP-1 mini-computer, which launched an amazing series of computers. He also was the "namesake of the ACM's prestigious Gordon Bell Prize, created to spur innovations in parallel processing"

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/gordon-bell-an-architect-of-our-digital-age-dies-at-age-89/

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/05/21/2058226/gordon-bell-an-architect-of-our-digital-age-dies-at-age-89


Robert Denard was quite a clever bloke. He figured out how to pair a transistor with a capacitor to store a bit of rewriteable memory.

Prior to Denard's discovery, memory was stored in magnetic cores. It was a bulky and balky process that was pretty low density. What Denard did pioneered the development of the internet in our pockets.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/robert-dennard-father-of-dram-is-deceased-also-known-for-his-foundational-dennard-scaling-theory

https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/05/17/1812210/robert-dennard-inventor-of-dram-dies-at-91