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Illustrates the importance of 'crossing the T' in naval warfare before there were turreted guns. :)

Alexa play 'Nena - 99 Red Balloons'...

I don't think people are 'more concerned' - it's just that the sinking of the Titanic was (and still is) a shocking and compelling story. It was the largest ocean liner in the worl…

Okay but why stop there: why not also hand-wave a new operating system and hardware architecture into existence for it to run on while they're at it? I mean it's only 60 million li…

Objects at the top of the screen are drawn after the mid-screen interrupt. Objects at the bottom of the screen are drawn after the end-screen interrupt. Thus the code and hardware …

It's back in the main exhibit now AFAIK. They completed a 4th hangar some years back and towed it back there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WptDcLKTYSM

I assume you're referring to old people when you say 'vulnerable populations', but the problem is that old people are not always the only ones that get affected during flu pandemic…

He is barely coherent most of the time, but several of his ideas do resonate with people and are easy to understand: 1 - Other countries in the world have taken advantage of the US…

I recently ported an old Pascal game to Free Pascal. I had never really used Pascal before this particular project. Learning the language was interesting, but there's a lot about i…

The 'computed COME FROM' is even more interesting than the regular one due to it's ability to violate causality by coming from a place in the code before it was ever computed. That…

For a while I kinda wanted to buy a used Buick Reatta as a project car because it had the same CRT touchscreen technology. It's extremely cool if you're into the 80s retro futurist…

Cadmium was also widely used in the past as a galvanic coating on iron and steel parts to keep them from rusting. And unfortunately when and if it oxidizes, it can become powdery a…

It's very strange - some people are lucid and mobile up until nearly the end, and others are 'out of it' for a long time. My mother was mostly delirious and bedridden for the entir…

The article seems to contain a lot of hand-wringing about upper class' beliefs allegedly harming lower class families, but I don't see any mention about the main change in the labo…

Relevant xkcd (and personal favorite of mine) since no one else posted it yet: https://xkcd.com/91/ :)

I think an aggravating factor in the software world (that's maybe not as prevalent in other fields), is that developers tend to want to use the latest and newest technologies, even…

Interview from one day ago with the original author of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIoYM_p3HX4 Interesting takeaways: * The game was developed for the company that th…

Oh definitely. Love Galactus.

Earlier this week I signed up for LinkedIn Premium (which is $40 a month after a 30 day trial). Today I attempted to sign in to my account, and was greeted with a notice that I am …

The article seems to allege that Roth IRAs are being used as illegal tax shelters by using them to purchase assets at below-market value. It states: "Thiel paid $0.001 per share — …

Well 'year' can mean two different things though: 'calendar year' or 'solar year'. Your calendar year birthday would be March 1 since one full calendar year has elapsed. But Feb 28…

One of my favorite movie monologues of all time is the speech Slim Pickens' character gives to the crew when he realizes that their mission isn't an exercise. It's so delightfully …