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3 mother tongues. 5-ish home countries. Do NOT allow near production code. DO allow access to demo boxen.
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The morning #HurricaneHelene hit Asheville members of our co-op sat in the dark, listening to the howling wind and crack of trees falling. When we emerged to take stock a cardboard sign on our door read “Community meeting here, Saturday at 2. Let’s talk about how we can take care of each other.” 1/?
October 5, 2024 at 10:08 PM
The morning #HurricaneHelene hit Asheville members of our co-op sat in the dark, listening to the howling wind and crack of trees falling. When we emerged to take stock a cardboard sign on our door read “Community meeting here, Saturday at 2. Let’s talk about how we can take care of each other.” 1/?
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Fun fact: this means the sun will finally set on the British Empire.
Once handed to Mauritius there will be a point in the day in which all remaining British colonial possessions (and Britain itself) will be in darkness.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Once handed to Mauritius there will be a point in the day in which all remaining British colonial possessions (and Britain itself) will be in darkness.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Fun fact: this means the sun will finally set on the British Empire.
Once handed to Mauritius there will be a point in the day in which all remaining British colonial possessions (and Britain itself) will be in darkness.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Once handed to Mauritius there will be a point in the day in which all remaining British colonial possessions (and Britain itself) will be in darkness.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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You may have heard of vantablack, the blackest substance invented. Well, Trader Joe’s is now selling the whitest substance ever invented
September 14, 2024 at 10:35 PM
You may have heard of vantablack, the blackest substance invented. Well, Trader Joe’s is now selling the whitest substance ever invented
openbenches.org indicates that the UK has about 10x as many memorial benches as the rest of the planet. Late symptom of colonialism or #bias of the #dataset? 😉
OpenBenches Welcome!
openbenches.org
September 7, 2024 at 8:46 AM
openbenches.org indicates that the UK has about 10x as many memorial benches as the rest of the planet. Late symptom of colonialism or #bias of the #dataset? 😉
Started thinking about Bill's 3Jane (=third clone of Jane) in Neuromancer. Haven't read it for 40 years. Loading up on the trilogy in Kindle! Cozy read for Thanksgiving. Photo of Bill at our Lynchburg, VA, house soon after he wrote it...
November 21, 2023 at 6:29 AM
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Still love Stross's great idea for near-light-speed travel: send lifebox models of people in tiny nanocomputers pushed by light sail. New take: have the people be "gummies". Soft red glowing shrunk versions of selves. Add smeel, or water, to reocnstitute! technovelgy.com/ct/content.a...
November 19, 2023 at 4:54 AM
Still love Stross's great idea for near-light-speed travel: send lifebox models of people in tiny nanocomputers pushed by light sail. New take: have the people be "gummies". Soft red glowing shrunk versions of selves. Add smeel, or water, to reocnstitute! technovelgy.com/ct/content.a...
youtu.be/amwoBb30YRk?... @breakintoprogram.bsky.social
AgonTV: News - MOS/VDP 1.04 FINALLY drops + Tour de Games!! WUMPUS!
COMPLETE AND UTTER SELF-OWN when it comes to "compatibility/versions/etc" - only realized much later - Mastodon: https://oldbytes.space/@LuzrBum- Homepage h...
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November 16, 2023 at 8:26 PM
youtu.be/amwoBb30YRk?... @breakintoprogram.bsky.social
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A whistle-stop tour of Retro Festival 2023 at
The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge
last weekend. Based solely on my memory of events, which may not be entirely accurate as there was a lot to take in.
www.breakintoprogram.co.uk/musings/retr...
The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge
last weekend. Based solely on my memory of events, which may not be entirely accurate as there was a lot to take in.
www.breakintoprogram.co.uk/musings/retr...
November 10, 2023 at 8:55 AM
A whistle-stop tour of Retro Festival 2023 at
The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge
last weekend. Based solely on my memory of events, which may not be entirely accurate as there was a lot to take in.
www.breakintoprogram.co.uk/musings/retr...
The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge
last weekend. Based solely on my memory of events, which may not be entirely accurate as there was a lot to take in.
www.breakintoprogram.co.uk/musings/retr...
November 1, 2023 at 12:02 PM
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There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.
-- Bertrand Meyer
-- Bertrand Meyer
October 2, 2023 at 1:02 PM
There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.
-- Bertrand Meyer
-- Bertrand Meyer
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Yooooooooooo
Go into "settings," "thread preferences," and select "threaded mode". MUCH nicer
Go into "settings," "thread preferences," and select "threaded mode". MUCH nicer
September 27, 2023 at 2:15 AM
Yooooooooooo
Go into "settings," "thread preferences," and select "threaded mode". MUCH nicer
Go into "settings," "thread preferences," and select "threaded mode". MUCH nicer
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Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.
-- Eric Raymond
-- Eric Raymond
September 23, 2023 at 12:15 PM
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.
-- Eric Raymond
-- Eric Raymond
August 29, 2023 at 3:56 PM
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Don't forget, you can read lots of my books for free online. www.rudyrucker.com/blog/rudy-ru...
August 28, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Don't forget, you can read lots of my books for free online. www.rudyrucker.com/blog/rudy-ru...
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with a Modern, New Electronic Soundtrack (1927)
https://horche.demkontinuum.de/display/2196d4ee-3364-d410-4d76-a79871026389
https://horche.demkontinuum.de/display/2196d4ee-3364-d410-4d76-a79871026389
August 12, 2023 at 3:58 PM
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with a Modern, New Electronic Soundtrack (1927)
https://horche.demkontinuum.de/display/2196d4ee-3364-d410-4d76-a79871026389
https://horche.demkontinuum.de/display/2196d4ee-3364-d410-4d76-a79871026389
