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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 5d

Suddenly I see (#PostmodernJukebox) Sit down and listen ;-)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kjx...

Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall ('70s Simon & Garfunkel Style Cover) ft. Ashley Campbell & Peedy Chavis

YouTube video by PostmodernJukebox

www.youtube.com

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 8d

Meet the female codebreakers of Bletchley Park

Deciphering enemy code during the second world war was arguably the first role for women in tech

by Suzanne Bearne (from the archives)

www.theguardian.com/careers/2018...

#womenInStem

A Mark 2 Colossus computer. The ten Colossi were the world's first (semi-) programmable electronic computers, the first having been built in 1943.

Unknown author - This file is from the collections of The National Archives (United Kingdom), catalogued under document record FO850/234.

A Colossus Mark 2 codebreaking computer being operated by Dorothy Du Boisson (left) and Elsie Booker (right), 1943

The image shows a Mark 2 Colossus computer, one of the ten machines built during World War II for British codebreaking efforts. Two women, Dorothy Du Boisson (left) and Elsie Booker (right), operate the large electronic computer, which occupies an entire room. The machine is composed of panels filled with switches, dials, cables, and vacuum tubes, representing the first (semi-) programmable electronic computers in history, built in 1943 to help decipher encrypted German communications at Bletchley Park.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park#/media/File:Colossus.jpg

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Emile `iMIl' Heitor @imil.net · 8d

Modern Linux Tools ikrima.dev/dev-notes/li... from Hacker News via #[email protected] / gcu.info/gruik/

Modern Linux Tools - Gamedev Guide

Programming notes for Unreal Engine, Houdini, Game Development, Math, & Graphics

ikrima.dev

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 9d

- A performance fix for TCP LRO on some network interfaces
- A build fix for the published pkgbase-repo.tar files
- ahci no longer fails to attach if MSI-X BARs cannot be allocated

release notes www.freebsd.org/releases/15....

read more at
lists.freebsd.org/archives/fre...
#FreeBSD

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Release Notes

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.

www.freebsd.org

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 9d

#FreeBSD 15.0-BETA1 Now Available

A summary of changes since ALPHA5 includes:

- OpenZFS upgraded to 2.4.0 rc2
- Various fixes to "no-root" release building
- Various fixes to the process for building OCI container images
- Various fixes to the process for building VM and cloud images

Continue...

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 13d

Icon-based interface similar to that of the Apple Macintosh. Its integrated MIDI support also established it as a platform for music production, giving the ST a presence in studios well into the 1990s.
Via @unix-byte.bsky.social

Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 13d

The 1040ST was the first mass-market computer to include one megabyte of RAM, a 16/32-bit Motorola 68000 CPU, and a graphical interface derived from Digital Research’s GEM, which provided a windowed.

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 13d

When the #Atari 1040ST appeared in 1986, BYTE featured it on the cover with the headline: “A megabyte of memory for $999.”

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Dr. Travis Langley @drtravislangley.bsky.social · 15d

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 16d

The #QNX Operating System

www.abortretry.fail/p/the-qnx-op...

The QNX Operating System

Quantum Software and the microkernel UNIX

www.abortretry.fail

Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 17d

Xerox Star was the first personal computer to feature a GUI, desktop icons, and a mouse. David Smith, one of the principal designers, wrote: “Every user’s initial view of the Star is the Desktop, which resembles the top of an office desk, together with surrounding furniture.” @unix-byte.bsky.social

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 17d

In the 1980s, during the Cold War, US restricted computer exports to the Soviet Union. The Soviets nevertheless cloned VAX/VMS. In response, DEC etched onto the #VAX chip in Russian: "VAX... when you care enough to steal the very best" Via @unix-byte.bsky.social

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 19d

Layers was AT&T’s proprietary windowing system, shipped with the #UNIX PC (PC 7300), predating the widespread adoption of X11. Layers acted like a graphical multiplexer—a distant ancestor of tmux or screen—but ran directly on a bitmap display with rudimentary window management. Via @unix-byte.bsky.

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 19d

In 1985, AT&T introduced the #UNIX PC (known as the PC 7300). It featured a Motorola 68010 CPU running at 10 MHz and ran UNIX System V. Its built-in monochrome green monitor had a resolution of 720×348. The system sold for $5,500 ($16,500 in today’s dollars) Via @unix-byte.bsky.social

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PSConfEU @psconf.eu · Aug 4

😴 A Lazy Coder's Guide to Exploiting Class Features – @james-oneill.bsky.social (#PSConfEU 2025)

💡 Extend objects without writing full classes
💡 Improve IntelliSense & output formatting
💡 Smarter code, less boilerplate

#PowerShell #Automation #CodingTips

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 20d

"Unix was a very small.So it was very beneficial to a lot of people, especially at universities, because it was very hard to teach computing from an IBM end-user point of view. That was the origin of the so-called #Unix culture." Ken Thompson, 1999 IEEE Computer interview
Via @unix-byte.bsky.social

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 21d

MicroTimes' Interview with Doug and Larry Michels from Santa Cruz Operation (1987) #UNIX #Xenix #SCO
computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/microtimes...

MicroTimes' Interview with Doug and Larry Michels from Santa Cruz Operation (1987)

They talk about XENIX and more.

computeradsfromthepast.substack.com

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Emile `iMIl' Heitor @imil.net · 24d

NetBSD pkgsrc 2025Q3 www.unitedbsd.com/d/1577-netbs... from NetBSD Planet via #[email protected] / gcu.info/gruik/

NetBSD pkgsrc 2025Q3

pkgsrc 2025Q3 is now available for NetBSD, this includes binary packages. I have updated my NetBSD 10.1 packages using 2025Q3 from binary pkgs without any i...

www.unitedbsd.com

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Marc-André Moreau @awakecoding.com · 24d

New blog post! 📰 Visual Studio build logs are useless 😤 — but MSBuild Binary Logs reveal everything VS hides. Learn how to capture .binlog files, expose analyzers & generators slowing you down, and finally fix slow builds! ⚡💻👇 awakecoding.com/posts/msbuil...

MSBuild Binary Logs Reveal What Visual Studio Hides

Visual Studio build logs are noisy and useless for real insight. MSBuild binary logs reveal what the IDE hides: where time is spent, which analyzers drag, and why projects rebuild. Learn how to captur...

awakecoding.com

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 24d

GitHub - BalajeS/WSL-For-FreeBSD: Experimental project to adapt the #WSL2 open-source components to run on #FreeBSD

github.com/BalajeS/WSL-...

GitHub - BalajeS/WSL-For-FreeBSD: Experimental project to adapt the WSL2 open-source components to run on FreeBSD

Experimental project to adapt the WSL2 open-source components to run on FreeBSD - BalajeS/WSL-For-FreeBSD

github.com

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 25d

One of the first reviews of #Linux appeared in BYTE from Sep 1994. It was a Linux distribution packaged and sold by Fintronic USA
Via @unix-byte.bsky.social

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Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 27d

Before BYTE became the go-to magazine for computer enthusiasts, there was Creative Computing. Published from 1974 to 1985, it was one of the first popular magazines dedicated to computer hobbyists.
Via @unix-byte.bsky.social

Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · 29d

#FreeBSD-ALPHA3 released
lists.freebsd.org/archives/fre...

FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA3 Now Available

lists.freebsd.org

Manu TooManySecrets @sotomonte.net · Sep 18

BYTE, in November 1984, reviewed the Agat computer (АГАТ КОМПЬЮТЕР)—Russia's first microcomputer—in unflattering terms. Nevertheless, for many years the Agat remained a popular computer in Soviet schools. Image by Sergei Frolov, leningrad.su/museum/
Via @unix-byte.bsky.social

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Meteored España @es.meteored.com · Sep 18

🔴 Lluvias torrenciales, pedrisco y mucha actividad eléctrica en 4 comunidades este domingo.

⚠️ Avisa Samuel Biener.

Lluvias torrenciales, pedrisco y mucha actividad eléctrica en 4 comunidades este domingo, avisa Samuel Biener

Una vaguada traerá un cambio de tiempo radical a España este fin de semana: se esperan lluvias muy fuertes o torrenciales en varias comunidades.

f.mtr.cool

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