From what I've read it's a super personal book. I don't really see that as much in English language autobiographies.
11.03.2026 02:56
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From what I've read it's a super personal book. I don't really see that as much in English language autobiographies.
"At certain critical moments in life or career, the craziest decision ends up being the most conservative; And perhaps more than reason, it's instinct that dictates it. This must have been our case. Having nothing left to lose often leads us to the right path."
I've been google translating passages bit by bit, and the book is fascinating and super personal. For example:
I wish there were an English edition of this book...
Had a wonderfully meandering conversation with Sean (@adventofcomp.bsky.social) on #esolangs: INTERCAL-72 (we'd published the original compiler source code last year), the blandening of mainstream langs, and touching on the book (ostensibly the subj of the podcast) www.youtube.com/watch?v=utla...
Ok. I broke out the book. I'm officially doing my yearly assembly language project
Did you know we have the source code for some versions of DOS?
github.com/microsoft/MS...
I'm a simple man. I read a paper that talks about doubly linked lists, I remember some code I write for a doubly linked list, I debug the code for doubly linked lists.... now I forget what I was doing.
If computer science is so hard to understand then why is this graph so clear and strait forward?
The most important part of VCF: running multiplan on a fully expanded ti-99/4a. Finally finished my taxes
A PDP-8 computer in a new-to-me blue & blue color scheme. I learned to program on one with the more typical red-and-gold scheme, and I’ve seen a hideous two+tome green variant, too.
Went to VCF SoCal today and there was a PDP-8 in a new-to-me color scheme. Learned to program on one of these in 1973.
@adventofcomp.bsky.social gave a hilarious talk about INTERCAL, the Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym
It's time!
control panel of the day #HCI
Who is packing for #vcfsocal?
I need to do that soon...
Ok, yeah, this is comprehensive. It even has the OS I wrote in high school! That's... a wild level of completeness.
I didn't know this existed. Very comprehensive family tree of operating systems.
eylenburg.github.io/os_familytre...
I just want to share my boy's beautiful new haircut. That is all.
control panel of the day #HCI
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Total shot on the dark: did anyone ever use OMNIX back in 1979 or 1980? It was a UNIX like for Z80s that was withdrawn from the market shortly after release. Wondering if there is a disk that missed the recall somewhere in the wild.
New episode is a little late, but finally out! Enjoy me waxing about the strange beauty/madness of SNOBOL:
adventofcomputing.libsyn.com/episode-175-...
ALSO! I can recommend Stibitz's autobiography. It was just republished so it's actually accessible now. But for some reason the ebook only opens in the kindle app, not on an actual kindle :/
www.amazon.com/Zeroth-Gener...
Just finished recording the next episode. It's already out on Patreon. This time we're talking Stibitz and the Bell Model I.
Oh man! I remember this one! There was also a game where you had to drive around busytown without hitting trash cans.
I need to update this chart. I think I can make it more unhinged now.
Was just reminded about Konrad Zuse's autobiography. This is your reminder to read The Computer - My Life. The English translation is really good!
Also, for some reason it's always that one plate of Babbage. I keep seeing it in slightly different sizes in so many different books.
It seems like all old computer books are dedicated to one of these nerds.
I also just learned that you can buy ebooks on Amazon that won't load onto a kindle... Having a weird digital day