Paul Allen has died
Many here have noted his many large-scale philanthropic efforts, which are fantastic, and often benefit our whole species.<p>But my personal favorite, even if it doesn't benefit large swaths of humanity in the same way as a cell research insitute:<p><a href="https://livingcomputers.org/" rel="nofollow">https://livingcomputers.org/</a><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Computers:_Museum_%2B_Labs" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Computers:_Museum_%2B_L...</a><p>It's a computer museum, but they work. They're turned on, and you can use them! You can program them; you can even get an account to access ancient computers over the internet (via telnet).<p>For example, look at the cool as hell control panel and general design of this thing! <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Sigma_9" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Sigma_9</a> -- light bulbs add something to computers that LEDs don't. :)<p>If nothing else, it makes us nerds happy. Thanks, Paul.