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Wait - I saw a link to a Slack chat workspace. Do they have something for Slackware Linux as well?

MAGiE: Your MAGnetic Interactive Explorer A simple puzzle game: a cassette-futuristic story, heavily inspired by Nell’s adventures at Castle Turing in Neal Stephenson’s “The Diamon…

https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Pre... > able to retrieve the footage contained on two 1’ APEX tapes I'm no expert, but I think they meant 1-inch AMPEX tap…

I checked, and my pages-based site was down, but it is back up now.

The logo on the shirt looks like Incredible Universe

But what if it only appears uncontrolled?

Oh! That reminds me of an idea I had once for a “kid-powered computer”. Here is a sketch that I made to illustrate how a disk-drive works: https://flic.kr/p/an8kAA

I’ve had at least one job where the employment agreement actually mentions intellectual-property exceptions. So, I just brought that up with the recruiter/HR person and they whippe…

Well that’s just the point: implementation is not worth fifty thousand dollars, but the solution to a business problem probably is. “Consult”ing with problem-havers and working out…

But compare the NeXT Station to the current Mac Pro. This is a similar product with similar use cases and price tag. The current Mac Pro gets a 9/10 repairability score on iFixit[1…

Oh! So I can install the app and it can just open the files that already sync through Git/Working Copy? I’ll just have to plunk down my nine dollars! Speaking of plunking down mone…

I recently paid for Working Copy and use it for mobile access to Org and Markdown files. How does this app work worth it?

Aren’t political or religious groups protected?

But the site is not a law-enforcement official. Also, a person’s health-care information is quite private.

But Walmart wouldn’t let a vendor set up a kiosk in the middle of the store and accept payments with a Square reader on a phone, would they?

That document (DA 18-980) talks about "importing two-way VHF/UHF radios... used primarily for short-distance, two-way voice communications." In other words: cheap walkie-talkies th…

I still think Windows Phone was good. Perhaps they should have marketed it as a Zune phone.

Like a goofy person “hamming it up” Amateur radio operators can seem undisciplined compared to professional or military operators.

Just downloaded it and tried it out. For the instructions it has, you can tap a part and it lights up the bounding box for that piece in the original image.

1. It’s totally easy to miss things when reading: certainly little delightful details, or even whole ideas or plot points. 2. It’s not like there are millions of great books out th…

1. researching ways to break encryption is only productive if people are allowed to use the stronger encryption that comes from that research. 2. FBI isn’t arguing for new ways to …

Right. And my reaction has been to mostly stay away from Facebook and Twitter. But I’m not the one rioting.

Indeed. Those of us with stable housing take a lot of things for granted. “I’ll just shower at the gym.” Turns a shower from a 20-minute operation to more than an hour. Food storag…

I think you’re right, but given the topic of the article, I had assumed “ports of call”.