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Maybe: https://www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmark... To see a typecaster which works find a Linotype or Monotype.

NeXT also had "click to scroll to here" and Mac OS X added it as an option (which I always enable).

I would give a lot for a version of Squeak which could instantiate standard GUI controls and easily compile to a stand-alone binary or HTML page w/ included JavaScript.

Well, maybe what you want is: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/483/diplomacy

I remember using these when I was young, and being quite disappointed when the local store quit carrying them. Glad to have them back for note-taking and sketching.

Well there was GeoWorks (which AOL used the GUI of to their advantage): https://github.com/bluewaysw/pcgeos

The solution to that would be "locavore": https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-a-locavore-5118259

The thing it makes me wonder is why we need vibe coding to create such an app --- why can't there be a nifty RAD tool for web development like to VB6 which makes this sort of thing…

Supplement w/ geothermal?

I dunno, I kinda stopped tracking BeOS (and derivatives) when I was essentially bodily ejected from a Be user's group meeting/demonstration by asking how the slides were printed (a…

I bought an original 128K Mac, and then used them professionally for decades --- Snow Leopard, 10.6.8, which I view as the most perfect Mac OS ever, was the last version I really l…

The thing is, one needs to consider more than efficiency, but the overall health and appearance of the lawn --- as noted on _Magnum PI_, it is necessary to vary the cutting so that…

Recent example in the news: https://www.sciencealert.com/a-chess-playing-robot-grabs-and...

For the fictional take on that see Ursula K. LeGuin's wonderful novel _The Lathe of Heaven_ --- the PBS movie version is unexpectedly quite good.

The usual response here is, any author can predict the horseless carriage, only a true visionary will predict the traffic jam and road rage.

This is one for windows --- unfortunately, even the best such windows have a markedly lower R-factor than the much less expensive typical door construction. Such refrigerators are …

I do know at least one couple who have two dishwashers and just alternate which is being used for loading dirty dishes and which is being accessed for clean.

Fair point. I find the presence of a microphone sufficiently creepy that that was a non-starter for me, and I didn't pay attention after the initial launch.

One thing which I find striking here is that a modern home and attendant conveniences roughly embodies 10--15 horsepower of effort, or the work of 40 or so full time house staff. T…

Not an issue though, since Fusion 360 has CAM.

I would really like to see a programming system where the positioning of elements is part of the interaction and parameters.

There was at least one program for the Acorn which is unique --- Cerilica's Truism --- it was a DTP application which actually simulated mixing inks and what inks would look like o…

"There is no Royal Road to Geometry".

I view it being stripped down and focused (and _not_ having biometrics) as a feature --- kind of annoyed my Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360s have a fingerprint sensor, and I've rather consci…

Some of the CAM tools, esp. those oriented towards hobbyists will import an SVG --- Vectric Vcarve notably, and (ob. discl., I work for the company) Carbide Create. Ages ago there …