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Something very interesting happened to me yesterday. I'd been having conversations with ChatGPT about OpenClaw, nothing remarkable or extraordinary. Then I started a new conversati…

A true pioneer. And a radio ham.

Also don't miss https://wizardzines.com/

Looks interesting, but the license is a show-stopper for me. I can't expose my employer to that kind of risk. I poured a lot of time and effort into learning Akka and has to throw …

Yes. The current Flipper app store has an app that spams from a library of known codes until you tell it to stop LadyAda of Adafruit got her start with such a device.

> Sorry, but I cannot get past the fact that so many Americans openly refer to undocumented migrants as "illegals". > It's because their presence in our country is not legal. In fa…

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> I implemented a threaded interpreter [0] on it where the source was spread over 3 floppies. To assemble it I ran the 3 floppies through a small basic program that stripped all th…

> Back in the day I got to go to a demo and presentation about the machine. > > An interesting thing about the design was that it had a 5” screen, but it could only show about 50 c…

"Regional international governing body" I remember when regions were smaller than nations...

The cost factor of international complications along with the impossibility of meeting every country's speech restrictions simultaneously may be why Elon is reducing Twitter's offs…

The abort engine burn apparently used up the solid fuel engine, so the capsule landing wasn't gentle either. Looked like it dug a substantial hole.

It seems to be written for an audience which doesn’t know the first thing about science. Because it's written by people who don't know the first thing about science.

I just use Librarything

Drivel. Intro is global warming alarmism.

Political screed not up to AOs usual standards.

Paywall.

The same reason Facebook and Linkedin do the same thing. They get more access to your personal data.

"Learn to code."

Real 1980s programmer: sits down at IBM 3278 mainframe terminal, edits resume into text file containing DCF/Script markup. Prints mailing copies on IBM 3800 laser printer using typ…

Somebody got paid to find out if water in plastic bottles has plastic in it.

Kinda like Hillary having Huma print classified info from Weiner's laptop.

There actually are people who worked on 1970's mainframes who understand modern software tech. This author isn't one of them.

Better not tell SF; they'll want you to pay SF taxes.