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If I'm in the position in future I'd love to do a history degree. I wasn't very interested in anything except computers when I was young.
Recommended, as is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, for the same reason. Also that’s just beautifully written.
Love this, nestled in among the posts about forking httpx and similarity search in DuckDB. It makes me want to watch the BBC adaptation of Richard II again, and listen to The Rest Is History's episodes on the same period.
Fascinating article, and I never realized until now that I drive past the location of Richard II's original burial site every few days. (Apparently he was reburied at Westminster Abbey.)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/king-richard-iii-car-par...
If I'm in the position in future I'd love to do a history degree. I wasn't very interested in anything except computers when I was young.
I’m reading Wolf Hall . It’s amazing how much more history is ‘sinking in’ when told as historical fiction. Recommended, as is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet , for the same reason. Also that’s just beautifully written.
If I'm in the position in future I'd love to do a history degree. I wasn't very interested in anything except computers when I was young.
It's not quite Software Archaeology, but I've run across enough "old code" [1] in my career to keep me happy.
[1] One example is: In 2008 I had to modify code written in 1991 for a long-term Psychology study on rats. It had executed hundreds of times per day for ~17 years at that point. Fun times.
Love this, nestled in among the posts about forking httpx and similarity search in DuckDB. It makes me want to watch the BBC adaptation of Richard II again, and listen to The Rest Is History's episodes on the same period.
Do you mean the Hollow Crown series? It's very very good stuff, prestige production of the Henriad. Some excellent performances by a fine cast. Opening of course with Richard II, Ben Whishaw playing the king.