Ranjit Mathew
@rmathew4bs.bsky.social
Rewatched “Micro-Men” (youtu.be/XXBxV6-zamM), the BBC’s own dramatic retelling of the birth of Acorn Computers and the BBC Micro:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Men
Only now did I notice the cameo by Sophie Wilson. 🤦🏽♂️
#MicroMen #BBC #BBCMicro #Sinclair #UK #Cambridge #Acorn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Men
Only now did I notice the cameo by Sophie Wilson. 🤦🏽♂️
#MicroMen #BBC #BBCMicro #Sinclair #UK #Cambridge #Acorn
Micro Men - 720p (2009)
YouTube video by gimpymoo
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Rewatched “Micro-Men” (youtu.be/XXBxV6-zamM), the BBC’s own dramatic retelling of the birth of Acorn Computers and the BBC Micro:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Men
Only now did I notice the cameo by Sophie Wilson. 🤦🏽♂️
#MicroMen #BBC #BBCMicro #Sinclair #UK #Cambridge #Acorn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Men
Only now did I notice the cameo by Sophie Wilson. 🤦🏽♂️
#MicroMen #BBC #BBCMicro #Sinclair #UK #Cambridge #Acorn
The follow-up talk by another legend in #BBCMicro and #ARM mythology, Steve Furber, is also available now:
“From Little Acorns…”, The Centre For Computing History (youtu.be/eeQn_AJqX54).
#Acorn #ComputerHistory #CPU #RetroComputing #Beeb
“From Little Acorns…”, The Centre For Computing History (youtu.be/eeQn_AJqX54).
#Acorn #ComputerHistory #CPU #RetroComputing #Beeb
"From little Acorns..." - Steve Furber - ARM at 40 anniversary, Talk 5
YouTube video by The Centre for Computing History
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The follow-up talk by another legend in #BBCMicro and #ARM mythology, Steve Furber, is also available now:
“From Little Acorns…”, The Centre For Computing History (youtu.be/eeQn_AJqX54).
#Acorn #ComputerHistory #CPU #RetroComputing #Beeb
“From Little Acorns…”, The Centre For Computing History (youtu.be/eeQn_AJqX54).
#Acorn #ComputerHistory #CPU #RetroComputing #Beeb
Very impressive:
“InvisiCaps: The Fil-C Capability Model”, Filip Pizlo (fil-c.org/invisicaps).
See Also: “Fil's Unbelievable Garbage Collector”, Filip Pizlo (fil-c.org/fugc).
#C #FilC #MemorySafety #Programming #GarbageCollection #GC #InvisiCaps #FUGC
“InvisiCaps: The Fil-C Capability Model”, Filip Pizlo (fil-c.org/invisicaps).
See Also: “Fil's Unbelievable Garbage Collector”, Filip Pizlo (fil-c.org/fugc).
#C #FilC #MemorySafety #Programming #GarbageCollection #GC #InvisiCaps #FUGC
InvisiCaps: The Fil-C Capability Model
fil-c.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Very impressive:
“InvisiCaps: The Fil-C Capability Model”, Filip Pizlo (fil-c.org/invisicaps).
See Also: “Fil's Unbelievable Garbage Collector”, Filip Pizlo (fil-c.org/fugc).
#C #FilC #MemorySafety #Programming #GarbageCollection #GC #InvisiCaps #FUGC
“InvisiCaps: The Fil-C Capability Model”, Filip Pizlo (fil-c.org/invisicaps).
See Also: “Fil's Unbelievable Garbage Collector”, Filip Pizlo (fil-c.org/fugc).
#C #FilC #MemorySafety #Programming #GarbageCollection #GC #InvisiCaps #FUGC
“Show HN: Resurrecting The Dillo Browser” [2024], Rodrigo Arias, Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3884...).
#Dillo #Internet #Browser #Web #Lean #DilloBrowser #WWW
#Dillo #Internet #Browser #Web #Lean #DilloBrowser #WWW
Show HN: Resurrecting the Dillo browser | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“Show HN: Resurrecting The Dillo Browser” [2024], Rodrigo Arias, Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3884...).
#Dillo #Internet #Browser #Web #Lean #DilloBrowser #WWW
#Dillo #Internet #Browser #Web #Lean #DilloBrowser #WWW
Ooh! DJB seems to be impressed (enough) by #FilC to try it out extensively 🧐:
“Notes By djb On Using Fil-C”, DJ Bernstein (cr.yp.to/2025/fil-c.h...).
On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4578...
On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/zc73xh/not...
#C #Programming #Linux #Debian #Benchmarks
“Notes By djb On Using Fil-C”, DJ Bernstein (cr.yp.to/2025/fil-c.h...).
On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4578...
On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/zc73xh/not...
#C #Programming #Linux #Debian #Benchmarks
I've started accumulating miscellaneous notes on this page regarding usage of Fil-C. My selfish objective here is to protect various machines that I manage by switching them over to code compiled with Fil-C, but maybe you'll find something useful here too.
cr.yp.to
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Ooh! DJB seems to be impressed (enough) by #FilC to try it out extensively 🧐:
“Notes By djb On Using Fil-C”, DJ Bernstein (cr.yp.to/2025/fil-c.h...).
On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4578...
On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/zc73xh/not...
#C #Programming #Linux #Debian #Benchmarks
“Notes By djb On Using Fil-C”, DJ Bernstein (cr.yp.to/2025/fil-c.h...).
On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4578...
On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/zc73xh/not...
#C #Programming #Linux #Debian #Benchmarks
“A Note On Fil-C”, Graydon Hoare (graydon2.dreamwidth.org/320265.html or web.archive.org/web/20251107... if it 403s 😒).
On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/ywvatn/not...
On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4584...
#FilC #Rust #MemorySafety #Programming #C #ProgrammingLanguages
On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/ywvatn/not...
On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4584...
#FilC #Rust #MemorySafety #Programming #C #ProgrammingLanguages
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graydon2.dreamwidth.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“A Note On Fil-C”, Graydon Hoare (graydon2.dreamwidth.org/320265.html or web.archive.org/web/20251107... if it 403s 😒).
On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/ywvatn/not...
On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4584...
#FilC #Rust #MemorySafety #Programming #C #ProgrammingLanguages
On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/ywvatn/not...
On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4584...
#FilC #Rust #MemorySafety #Programming #C #ProgrammingLanguages