KC8ZKF

5 ms·

1.
by KC8ZKF 6y ago
I’m just playing. It will probably be idle before too long. The Linux box was used in anger for a couple of years.
2.
by KC8ZKF 6y ago
Five or six years ago, I bought a lot of three ThinkPad R40 Celerons sold for parts, hoping to get one useable machine. I did, ending up with a rather pedestrian LXDE Linux laptop. Just this week I got a second one running with a whopping 2
3.
by KC8ZKF 6y ago
The English word “apron” comes from the French “napron.” “A napron” became “an apron.”
4.
A 1973 IBM Selectric typeball recorded dancers' body movements(ibm.com)
62 points by KC8ZKF 6y ago|23 comments
5.
by KC8ZKF 6y ago
Also, Florian was an inspiration for David Bowie’s “V-2 Schneider” from the “Heroes” album. https://youtu.be/fWkCMD7woV0
6.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office vs. Booking.com(oyez.org)
2 points by KC8ZKF 6y ago|0 comments
7.
by KC8ZKF 6y ago
Plenty of exceptions though. e.g. KDKA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and WACO Waco, Texas.
8.
by KC8ZKF 6y ago
LM358 op-amp?
9.
by KC8ZKF 6y ago
Point spreads negate common sense and understanding. Remember touts sell you who to bet on, not who is going to win.
10.
by KC8ZKF 6y ago
If you’re trying to avoid the paywall, note that the NYT has removed the paywall on Coronavirus related articles. Including this one.
11.
Bald Eagle Nest Livestream(clevelandmetroparks.com)
2 points by KC8ZKF 6y ago|0 comments
12.
by KC8ZKF 6y ago
Maybe this isolation we’re going through will give me time to upgrade. -73-
13.
by KC8ZKF 6y ago
Try 63/37 tin/lead instead of 60/40. 63/37 alloy is eutectic, meaning its melting and solidifying temperature is the same (183C). 60/40 has a semisolid state around its melting point (~=190C).
14.
Hackenbush. Two-player game invented by John Conway(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by KC8ZKF 7y ago|0 comments
15.
The Counter-Culture and Its Apologists:2 – Consciousness III (1970)(commentarymagazine.com)
3 points by KC8ZKF 7y ago|0 comments
16.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
17.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
What did rms use? GDB?
18.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
Germany declared war on the United States.
19.
List of things named after John von Neumann(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by KC8ZKF 7y ago|0 comments
20.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
Ya. It’s almost enough to give the researchers the benefit of the doubt. Nah.
21.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
IBM? AT&T, more likely. Unix had an 8 character limit long after people knew better.
22.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
Everybody hates a tourist.
23.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
The cartel disbanded in 1939. Were the bulbs labeled and classified by power consumption before then?
24.
Assembly language vs. machine code [video] Ben Eater(youtube.com)
2 points by KC8ZKF 7y ago|0 comments
25.
Dulce Et Decorum Est(poetryfoundation.org)
2 points by KC8ZKF 7y ago|0 comments
26.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
Or "stage right" and "stage left."
27.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
Also, if you look at it as bottom as front, the description doesn't match. The left side is slightly forward to the right, contrary to the article.
28.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
“Uber for fires.” You’ll be richer than Crassus.
29.
by KC8ZKF 7y ago
It was sold as the Timex Sinclair in the USA. I was planning on buying one, but ended up with a used VIC-20 instead.
30.
Penn Jillette’s Surprising Success as a Computer Columnist(tedium.co)
54 points by KC8ZKF 7y ago|25 comments

More ›