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"Doom 2 will not run properly on that weaving."

photo of the rug with complicated pattrrn in browns and beiges beside a colorful die photo of the Pentium witht the same patternComparison of the Pentium weaving with a Pentium die photo from Intel.

Monday, stony Monday posted the excellent The Pentium as a Navajo weaving, about a unique rug design based on Intel's Pentium chip (the P54C, to be exact), painstakingly made using traditional Navajo materials and techniques ... and the fascinating and complex social, cultural, and technological history behind it. (hat tip to grumpybear69 for the title!)

09/03/24
by taz

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