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TheByteAttic, 3 days ago to random

And my living room was turned into a studio again! But the quality of my guest required no less: it was an honor to spend a wonderful week with the venerable Federico Faggin, inventor of the microprocessor, MOS silicon gate technology, as well as the Z80, to promote his new book, #Irreducible (https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/essentia-books/our-books/irreducible-consciousness-life-computers-human-nature)

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tek, 8 days ago to random

A friend just pointed out:

"ADHD creates impulse control issues and, consequently, advertising takes advantage of a disability. Ergo, ad blockers are assistive devices and interfering with their operation for commercial gain constitutes a willful violation of the ADA."

Let’s do this.

ElleGray, 8 days ago to random

If I was a university prof and a student's parent contacted me demanding that I change their grade I would get my mom to write back to them & tell them to leave me alone

fen, 9 days ago to random

"Customers just aren't loyal anymore, we struggle with retention" says companies that regularly raise prices for unchanging services and then offer discounts to new customers.

guidol70, 11 days ago to random

@ExtKits

#RunCPM #RC2040 #Pico
RED or GREEN LED usage
Update to RunCPM 6.3
.#UF2 #Binarys
https://github.com/guidol70/RunCPM_RPi_Pico/raw/main/GL20240602_RunCPM_v6_3_RC2040_Binary.zip

heygeorgie, 12 days ago to random

Stop making me download your fucking app just to look at something I should be able to see in a browser

trabern, 13 days ago to random

I just want us all to take a moment and reflect that it has been a couple of women that brought you this at great personal cost.

Of all the things that could bring down Trump, it has been a couple of stubborn women he felt entitled to that did it.

alicemcalicepants, 13 days ago to random

THIS. This is why 'I don't want to put a label on my child' is harmful. If you don't know you're not neurotypical, you end up thinking it's a personal failing that you don't fit in/keep up, and that you're not trying hard enough even though you've been trying hard all your life.

Neurodivergent Kids Flourish When They're Taught How Their Brains Work - Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neurodivergent-kids-flourish-when-theyre-taught-how-their-brains-work/

afewbugs, 14 days ago to random

Today I learned that hi vis workwear kilts exist, and I think it's very important that I inform the Fediverse of this fact.

https://www.blaklader.uk/en/product/19211831-hi-vis-kilt

annaleen, 15 days ago (edited 14 days ago) to random

Who is your commander at the moment?

ElleGray, 15 days ago to random

Omg any day now computers will be able to add

Philsan, 16 days ago to retrogaming

You can now easily load your ROMs on the Atari 2600+ console with Harmony and Concerto multicarts (Harmony firmware). Just rename your ROM "autorom.bin". #Atari2600 #atari #retrogames #retrogaming

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gmh, 17 days ago to random

As seen yesterday in Bethnal Green.

Master-level googly eye placement.

polpo, 17 days ago to random

So this is what happens when you use compressed air to clean toner out of a laser printer drum unit

luigithirty, 17 days ago to random

If you’re a Tandy Model 16 pervert, I’ve just uploaded a dump of TriSoft’s internal development system complete with a whole bunch of CP/M-68K compilers and the source for their CP/M BIOS! All released PD by TriSoft.

https://archive.org/details/cpm_20240527

Julie, 18 days ago to ai

Wow. Yes. #AI

NanoRaptor, 19 days ago to random

maehem, 19 days ago to random

A gentleman named Paul Khoury approached me about getting a retro computer he'd acquired up and running. The computer is a Sun SPARCstation UPN (1997), a prototype for a super small desktop computer that preceded the Mac mini by about 6-7 years. Only about 20 were ever made. I was the designer on the project and had poured my soul into it, so I was proud to help him get it running. I dug out the schematics from storage and gave any advice I could remember and he got it powered on in a few days.

Front view of the Sun Microsystems UPN, super small desktop system. This is a prototype and no more than about 20-30 were ever made. Measured approximately 9 inches long, 7 inches high and about 4 inches wide. Had two SBus slots and a AFX graphics card slot. Two serial ports, Sun Keyboard/Mouse connector, 16-bit audio and external SCSI. On the top were slots for up to two PCMCIA cards, which brought in nascent WiFi capability. There was an internal SCA type hard drive of approximately 200GB. Processor was the Fujitsu turboSPARC-170MHz. Memory was two standard 32MB DRAM cards. Ran Solaris 5.9 operating system.

pixel, 19 days ago to random

LOL

JoeUchill, 20 days ago to random

Can I use gasoline to cook spaghetti faster?

nikki, 19 days ago to random

Q: What do you call someone who presides over a small claims court that deals exclusively with confectionery based cases?

A: Fudge Judy

timixretroplays, 20 days ago to random

Fun language/free market convergence thing: A "right angle" is where two lines intersect at a 90 degree angle, and you can buy "right angle cables", where the plug at one end is rotated to point at a 90 degree angle away from the cable.

But what if you want a cable to go the other way? Well, in that case, you want to search for a "left angle" cable, and it'll point in the opposite direction to a typical "right angle" cable.

There also exist "up angle" and "down angle" adapters, like these.

stefanhoeltgen, 20 days ago to random German

Raúl Rojas reconstructed the (probably) first computer program - from Charles #Babbage in 1837:

https://cacm.acm.org/research/the-first-computer-program/

#ComputerHistory

GrantMeStrength, 20 days ago to random

After years of dithering there is some clarity or what Windows development platforms to use: WinUI/WinAppSdk or good old (but refreshed) WPF. Windows devs rejoice!

Also - used my HHGTTG badge. https://dotnet.social/@windowsdocs/112491313184997654

GossiTheDog, 22 days ago to random

For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

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