albertkoz

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by albertkoz 5y ago
Local ads websites & facebook groups. More likely to get something cheap. Ebay like sites are usually full of traders, that resell them for profit.
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by albertkoz 5y ago
I bought mine real C64 cheaper than Mini. I live in central Europe and you can grab c64 here with cables etc. for around $40-50.
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by albertkoz 5y ago
Teletext is still popular in the some European countries. e.g. in prisons to send one way messages from families. For small amount of money you can buy an ad in the teletext and most of the prisoners here got access to the tv.
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by albertkoz 5y ago
Thanks! I acquired my first vintage Mac couple months ago (two Macintosh Classic) and I was very surprised with the machines. I think I need to look more into what was possible. Thank you for the ideas, I will definitely look into getting a
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by albertkoz 5y ago
I used to live in the UK for couple of years and I never heard of BBC before I living there. Right now I am hunting for Acorn and BBC and I am planning on flying to the UK just to pick them up. It's funny how these systems were so big,
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by albertkoz 5y ago
I got classic Mac, unfortunately I find it quite boring. I would love to get NeXt but these are really expensive nowadays.
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by albertkoz 5y ago
I got my first computer in the early 90's, so for the very same reason vintage computers fascinate me. I started with C64 as it's cheap and got amazing community around. To this day, couple of brand new games are released every ye
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by albertkoz 5y ago
Amstrad is definitely one of the machines I want to buy at some point. I really like the design.
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Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting?
55 points by albertkoz 5y ago|140 comments
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by albertkoz 5y ago
Next step will be AI to approve the code, because. if someone is producing 5k LOC a day there are people who need to read & approve this code...
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Show HN: Asynchronous Video Messaging for Teams(birdslate.com)
10 points by albertkoz 5y ago|0 comments
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by albertkoz 6y ago
I just bought Macintosh Classic. I want to do some retro programming at some point using old hardware & software.
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Ask HN: Are you using asynchronous video at work?
6 points by albertkoz 6y ago|3 comments
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by albertkoz 6y ago
The thing I miss the most while WFH is the whiteboard conversations. It's nice to be able to drag your colleagues for quick tech discussion and go back to work. Pen is much faster than drawing diagrams online.
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by albertkoz 6y ago
Mildly off-topic but I find that exercising in the morning or during lunch break gives me the biggest efficiency boost ever.
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by albertkoz 7y ago
Same for me... I just have finished the book and found it very very inspiring until I saw the posts here.
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Not Invented Here Syndrome Is Still Lurking Around(medium.com)
8 points by albertkoz 7y ago|0 comments
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Is headphone isolation the best way to be productive?(medium.com)
4 points by albertkoz 7y ago|0 comments
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Microservices Architecture Impacted the Culture of Software Development(medium.com)
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by albertkoz 7y ago
In that case you might get advisors. Many/most of the startups get advisors, people that get some small % of the shares (usually under 2%) to bounce the ideas with. If you let co-founder in you are not only sharing % of the company but
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by albertkoz 7y ago
I think it's quite ironic that even below that short note I can see an ad.
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by albertkoz 8y ago
Antifragile by Nassim Taleb - This book made me rethink a lot of the things in my life.
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Why Do Arrays Start with Index 0(medium.com)
3 points by albertkoz 8y ago|0 comments
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Facebook’s Privacy Crisis and the Return of Personal Home Pages(medium.com)
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Development process in the early days of a startup(medium.com)
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