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Just the other day I heard about the heroic effort[0] to restore communication with Voyager 2 after they inadvertently changed the antenna to point in the wrong direction due to so…

One of the best shows I have ever watched. It evokes the early history (though fictional) of the personal computing revolution. The character of Cameron Howe resonated with me grea…

First person I thought about when I read the title. If you haven't already, I would highly recommend this book[1] on Seymour Cray. An amazing read. 1. https://www.amazon.com/Superm…

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The best non-fiction book I have ever read is 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb'[1] by Richard Rhodes. Fantastic early history of the people that eventually comprise the Manhattan Pro…

The show was talking about chip packaging companies to create the end usable chips from the silicon produced. Just for the construction work alone, they mentioned that the pipefitt…

I believe the new term for Phoenix, AZ and other major cities in AZ is "Silicon Desert". You can see a map of the many companies in the high tech space in AZ at the following site.…

I have been listening to Kai Ryssdal's Marketplace on NPR/KQED the last few days on my commute home from work. The topic for the last several days was on the CHIPS And Science Act …

Early in my career I once optimized an inherited 10,000+ line C program to less than 500 lines. It was a C program making SQL calls into a Sybase database. No, not because I had so…

Interesting timing. Just watching 'Tokyo Vice'[1] on Amazon Prime now. There was an episode or two where Jake is chasing down a Yakusa Fan Magazine author to get intel on Tozawa. A…

I started out my computing journey on the ZX81 learning little BASIC programs. I graduated to a full color MSX Spectravideo [1] afterwards. I loved making little graphics programs …

I wonder if anyone recalls the little worker robots in the 1972 movie "Silent Running". [1] I don't know what it was about those fellows but I felt emotionally attached to them. It…

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Its still alive! Even though NASA would likely have restablished connection with Voyager 2 sometime in October during the next pre-scheduled alignment window there would be an elem…

OT wrt. Shakespeare, but David Suchet's portrayal of Agatha Christie's Poirot is one of my favorite shows. What a wonderful classy portrayal of the character! I enjoy it more with …

If you don't mind, can you clarify what is the fast front-end framework that you mentioned above?

For those new to MicroPython or to the ESP8266 line of microprocessors here is a talk that I gave at a PyCaribbean conference in 2017. [1] Its a bit long winded but I tried to touc…

Couldn't agree more! When I am forced to use a Windows environment I find myself reaching out to these evergreen tools in many situations and is frustrated by having to find workar…

A very good choice Karsteski, probably one of the best online CS programs out there. Wishing you the best in getting in. I have embarked on another MOOC catering to a business degr…

Have you tried some of the old "Graphics Gems" series books yet? [1], [2], [3] They are not CS fundamentals but will help you out with the necessary concepts, math and algorithms f…

Indeed! I am sure I missed quite a few high speed systems. India is in the shape of a diamond, where the most populous cities would be at the four points of the diamond aligned Nor…

The Indian Railways is definitely an interesting organization. Doing a cursory glance at a Wikipedia entry, some of the stats: 1. Established in 1832 2. 3rd largest railway network…