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by Z-T-T 6y ago
The multi-million UK games industry was established in the early/mid 80s not by a "demo scene" or by the BBC, but almost entirely on the back of popular Sinclair home computers (ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum), by people programm
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by Z-T-T 6y ago
> I was born ‘89 and in the midlands of the UK, so I missed these programmes In the real world, outside of BBC fantasies about its own importance, no kid in the 80s (ie, an inconsequential number) became computer literate a) at school or
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by Z-T-T 7y ago
Thousands of people own .su domains (I'm not one of them, FWIW). That's the reason for its actual existence at this point.
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by Z-T-T 7y ago
AFAIK IDNs are still possible under .su, but may depend on the registrar (non-Russian resellers may not do it). If you mean what Russian words are available under .su, probably most, for example Ленин (Lenin) and Кремль (Kremlin), though КГ
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by Z-T-T 7y ago
And the hammer and sickle logo. For Soviet-nostalgia buffs looking for a domain, although most obvious choices like CCCP, KGB, Lenin, Stalin and even Gorbachev and perestroika are registered under .su, GLASNOST.SU is available.
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by Z-T-T 7y ago
> I don't think any other settlement on earth is so blessed. AFAIK you can buy them anywhere, but Moscow-related (and other major Russian cities) extensions include: .RU .SU .MOSCOW .МОСКВА .РУС (Rus) .РФ (Russian Federation) And w
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by Z-T-T 7y ago
As in take it home? That's amazing. They had at least one BBC at my middle school in the early/mid 80s, and we once or maybe twice got to play Frak on it. That was it. :/
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by Z-T-T 7y ago
Your personal experience is very interesting but it's misleading to claim the BBC Micro was "given to kids" or "gifted to schoolchildren", as if the BBC or its Micro inspired a generation of British computer enthusi
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by Z-T-T 7y ago
I can't see anywhere in that article any mention of what Facebook users think about online privacy, let alone that they don't care.
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by Z-T-T 7y ago
> this whole narrative about online/digital privacy was seize on by traditional media to bash tech companies while driving traffic to their properties. It also gives some academics and "experts" an outlet to promote their