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Occupies a finite portion of the observable universe. Roughly 4000 Mol. Likes writing computer software. Likes reading, but is considering getting a second "I'm going to read this soon" shelf.

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Then removed from my country of origin, cleaned up quite impressively and filed away.

27.11.2025 08:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is very bad.

The last show I watched was the BBC's "Civilizations: Rise and Fall". So I will be saved by a team of archaeologists, in about 1700 years.

27.11.2025 08:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

Anybody who'd like to try ELIZA out might want to know that there is a very similar program built into GNU Emacs (start it with M-x doctor).

www.gnu.org/software/emacs

27.11.2025 08:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Program for a Simulation of a Communication Net - 300000161 - CHM This is the source code listing copy of the program used in Leonard Kleinrock's research in computer networking which supported his MIT PhD thesis "Message Delay in Communication Nets with Storage." T...

Professor Kleinrock has donated the source code listing to the Computer History Museum. As of today, it is now available at www.computerhistory.org/collections/...

I hope that some day soon we will be able to run it again: tx-2.github.io

22.09.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Prof. Leonard Kleinrock pioneered the application of queuing theory to modelling message switching networks in his (Ph.D. thesis and) book, "Communication Nets: Stochastic Message Flow and Delay". This was based on a simulation program which he wrote on the MIT Lincoln Laboratory TX-2 computer.

22.09.2025 16:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries seriesβ€”the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptationβ€”and help support World Central Kitchen.

The humble bundles don't often overlap with my interests, but I have to say, I have a lot of affection for this series in particular.

Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR (pay what you want and help charity) share.google/taXLFyfl4dnW...

#murderbot #sf #sanctuarymoon

28.08.2025 07:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In the UK, S&H stamps were pink because Green Shield Stamps beat S&H to the trademark.

06.08.2025 17:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Imitated in the UK as "Green Shield Stamps", widely adopted. In 1977, the UK chain Tesco stopped participating in the stamps to cut costs. Terry Leahy proposed a loyalty card at Tesco in 1993, but execs were nervous. Leahy was successful and so the modern data-mining-driven loyalty card was born.

06.08.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Given the above, corecore turned out to be pretty disappointing.

25.07.2025 17:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon: ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next: the evolution of the Speccy computer, now expanded into the world of the Sinclair QL, C64 and... More!

Coming in a few hours: Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 on Kickstarter!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

17.07.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A nice-looking venue, where was it?

16.07.2025 08:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not an expert, but I was under the impression that the laws to prevent this are already in place, and they didn't help.

15.07.2025 08:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Repairs and Refurbs, Mutant Caterpillar Games Ltd Retro Store

I have a Saga 1 keyboard, it was a big improvement. I recently got mine refurbished by these folks: www.mutant-caterpillar.co.uk/shop/index.p...

Restoring it was a giant pain for them; Ian described the pain, but there's not enough space in a comment to quote his description of the, er, saga.

12.07.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think I dare read such a book. Since probably half the books I read after it will make me emit tutting and sighing noises.

11.07.2025 21:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0