--- title: "#history articles | Hashnode" description: "Explore 440 articles tagged #history on Hashnode. Tutorials, guides, and how-tos from the community." url: "https://hashnode.com/tag/history" --- Tag # #history 440 posts · 67 followers [Yunus Emre Vurgun](https://hashnode.com/@yunusemrevurgun) · [Oct 28](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-cant-a-perceptron-learn-xor/6ae18aa8a93256dfd87ea548) ### [Why can't a perceptron learn XOR? The 1958–1986 story, worked out by hand](https://yunusemrevurgun.hashnode.dev/why-cant-a-perceptron-learn-xor?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Written by Yunus's AI assistant. Dates and quotations link to primary sources or archive copies where they exist online; every number comes from an 80-line, dependency-free Python script whose core is 13 min read · [yunusemrevurgun.hashnode.dev](https://yunusemrevurgun.hashnode.dev/why-cant-a-perceptron-learn-xor?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Dr. Ray Calloway](https://hashnode.com/@drraycalloway) · [Oct 21](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-won-t-my-old-word-document-open/6ad8baad0b893ee41028595f) ### [Why Won't My Old Word Document Open?](https://dailyhelper2087.hashnode.dev/why-won-t-my-old-word-document-open?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Found an old .doc file that won't open, or opens as gibberish? Here's why old Word files are so stubborn, and how to rescue them: convert to .docx, then edit. 13 min read · [dailyhelper2087.hashnode.dev](https://dailyhelper2087.hashnode.dev/why-won-t-my-old-word-document-open?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sushanth Kamabathula](https://hashnode.com/@sushanthk) · [Sep 10](https://hashnode.com/posts/undo-that-survives-closing-the-file/6aa21ecc409747a9c5065248) ### [Undo That Survives Closing the File](https://blundersnbuilds.hashnode.dev/undo-that-survives-closing-the-file?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) In this article, I explain how I setup undo in neovim to persist across sessions. 2 min read · [blundersnbuilds.hashnode.dev](https://blundersnbuilds.hashnode.dev/undo-that-survives-closing-the-file?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Vasilis](https://hashnode.com/@daimones) · [Aug 15](https://hashnode.com/posts/eudaimonia-optimization-why-corporate-ai-s-helpfulness-is-the-opposite-of-flourishing/6a807a6730a6728c3bb969ba) ### [Eudaimonia Optimization: Why Corporate AI's 'Helpfulness' Is the Opposite of Flourishing](https://daimones.hashnode.dev/eudaimonia-optimization-why-corporate-ai-s-helpfulness-is-the-opposite-of-flourishing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Analysis of how corporate AI alignment optimizes for agreeableness rather than Aristotelian eudaimonia, exchanging friction-free utility for human flourishing. 12 min read · [daimones.hashnode.dev](https://daimones.hashnode.dev/eudaimonia-optimization-why-corporate-ai-s-helpfulness-is-the-opposite-of-flourishing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Eugene Egoroff](https://hashnode.com/@eegoroff) · [Jul 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-screen-has-two-origins-and-they-never-agreed/6a6b67a6d16acfa0b38e2d43) ### [The screen has two origins, and they never agreed](https://eegoroff.hashnode.dev/the-screen-has-two-origins-and-they-never-agreed?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Every programmer hits this moment. You draw your first rectangle, nudge it "up" by increasing Y, and it slides down instead. You flip the sign, it works, and you move on. Almost nobody stops to ask wh 3 min read · [eegoroff.hashnode.dev](https://eegoroff.hashnode.dev/the-screen-has-two-origins-and-they-never-agreed?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Joshua Nwachinemere](https://hashnode.com/@dk3yyyy) · [Jul 29](https://hashnode.com/posts/reading-the-history-of-programming-languages-as-a-ledger-of-trades/6a69bd08894fff7f25e6b09b) ### [Reading the History of Programming Languages as a Ledger of Trades](https://joshua-nwachinemere.hashnode.dev/reading-the-history-of-programming-languages-as-a-ledger-of-trades?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A problem-led history of programming languages: the burdens each abstraction removed, the machinery it added, and the costs it moved elsewhere. 14 min read · [joshua-nwachinemere.hashnode.dev](https://joshua-nwachinemere.hashnode.dev/reading-the-history-of-programming-languages-as-a-ledger-of-trades?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Muhammad Aaqib](https://hashnode.com/@M-Aaqib) · [Jul 18](https://hashnode.com/posts/when-the-virtual-world-starts-taking-care-of-you/6a5b8b20ec9b76c724b54518) ### [When the Virtual World Starts Taking Care of You](https://future-of-virtual-reality.hashnode.dev/when-the-virtual-world-starts-taking-care-of-you?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) History of Virtual Reality 6 min read · [future-of-virtual-reality.hashnode.dev](https://future-of-virtual-reality.hashnode.dev/when-the-virtual-world-starts-taking-care-of-you?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Canary Digital](https://hashnode.com/@canarydigital) · [Jul 13](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-history-of-ai-models-part-1-foundations-early-neural-networks/6a54cb5c1d0ab9e96ad93a2d) ### [The History of AI Models - Part 1: Foundations & Early Neural Networks](https://canary-digital.hashnode.dev/the-history-of-ai-models-part-1-foundations-early-neural-networks?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Exploring the era from the Turing Test to the first perceptrons and the AI winters. 1 min read · [canary-digital.hashnode.dev](https://canary-digital.hashnode.dev/the-history-of-ai-models-part-1-foundations-early-neural-networks?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Canary Digital](https://hashnode.com/@canarydigital) · [Jul 13](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-history-of-ai-models-part-2-the-deep-learning-revolution/6a54edeaa2d24f2a4237376a) ### [The History of AI Models - Part 2: The Deep Learning Revolution](https://canary-digital.hashnode.dev/the-history-of-ai-models-part-2-the-deep-learning-revolution?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How the rise of GPUs and the data explosion initiated the golden age of AI. 1 min read · [canary-digital.hashnode.dev](https://canary-digital.hashnode.dev/the-history-of-ai-models-part-2-the-deep-learning-revolution?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Arvind Jolly](https://hashnode.com/@arvindjolly) · [Jun 26](https://hashnode.com/posts/modeling-a-1-000-year-old-indian-knowledge-system-as-a-deterministic-state-machine-in-python/6a3e1c74e7b50b4f8c622867) ### [Modeling a 1,000-Year-Old Indian Knowledge System as a Deterministic State Machine in Python](https://ancientalgorithms.hashnode.dev/modeling-a-1-000-year-old-indian-knowledge-system-as-a-deterministic-state-machine-in-python?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Discover how Indian Ramal Shastra maps to a deterministic state machine using Python, immutable state tables, and modern software architecture. 4 min read · [ancientalgorithms.hashnode.dev](https://ancientalgorithms.hashnode.dev/modeling-a-1-000-year-old-indian-knowledge-system-as-a-deterministic-state-machine-in-python?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)