lalabert

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by lalabert 1y ago
I have the edition that came with the ‘Unix Barf Bag’. All very unfair really as those humble beginnings have kept many of us gainfully employed!!
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by lalabert 2y ago
Tommy Flowers ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Flowers ) knew a thing or two about valves (and how reliable they were if not switched off!). We have him (amongst many others) to thank for the success of Bletchley Pa
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by lalabert 2y ago
“So please, what ever happens, please don’t give up.” Love that - thank you!
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by lalabert 3y ago
Old thread now - but I just got this book and it's made my day! I'm of that vintage where my first coding was on a friends Nascom I (not mentioned in the book) but I really cut my teeth on the school's commodore Pet! I reme
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by lalabert 3y ago
Apollo 8 was the greatest of all the Apollo missions. The greatest leap into the unknown with the greatest number of unknowns! For me, Borman and his crewmates never quite got the kudos they deserved. A true loss.
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TrueNAS 13.0 Is Released(truenas.com)
1 points by lalabert 4y ago|0 comments
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by lalabert 5y ago
As someone who started coding just before the zx80 arrived I fully appreciate the difference he made! I was reading ETI (if you don’t know what the stands for you are too young :) that had adverts for the MK14 which was the predecessor to
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by lalabert 6y ago
Cats don’t!
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by lalabert 6y ago
Love it :). Similar to http://imissmybar.com/ ! As a Brit with 12 pubs within 60 mins of country walking - I need this!
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by lalabert 6y ago
Awesome piece of work! Well done
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by lalabert 7y ago
Errrr exactly ... and I’d love to see the emails from folks going ... don’t do this!
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Telescope captures most detailed pictures yet of the sun(theguardian.com)
91 points by lalabert 7y ago|4 comments
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by lalabert 7y ago
Great summary! This is an awesome piece work. Do a "simple" thing extremely well! Well done
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by lalabert 7y ago
Definitely agree! Irrespective of motive it would raise questions about integrity! You don’t want to be going there!!
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by lalabert 7y ago
Ignorant Brit here! Is there an English version available? Agree on the comment re this being one of the most important documents of the 20th century.