retr0nerd

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by retr0nerd 4y ago
Which god? Humans have invented several thousands of them over the years.
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by retr0nerd 4y ago
I recently found out that I'm a direct descendant of 3 families of Mayflower passengers. I'd like to join the Mayflower Society, but the process of researching 8 generations of ancestors will take a bit of time. I'm really lo
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by retr0nerd 4y ago
I have these often as well. Had one the other night where I was headed back to bootcamp at 50. Somehow convinced myself in my dream that I could totally do it. I always wake up with severe anxiety and have to look around to make sure I&#x27
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by retr0nerd 4y ago
I feel really badly for anybody starting off today. The technology landscape is terrifying and it's really hard to know what to learn or even where to start. With a C64, you could master that machine inside and out very easily and whil
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by retr0nerd 4y ago
Get ready for another dark age. The destruction of education and medicine in this country means plague doctors will be making a return. Better check with your HMO to make sure your policy covers them.
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T-Mobile had another data breach(tmo.report)
21 points by retr0nerd 5y ago|0 comments
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by retr0nerd 5y ago
I started with their LOGO on Apple ][s back on the early 80s. I reached out to them a while back to let them know the impact they had on my career.
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by retr0nerd 5y ago
I was introduced to LOGO sometime around 1981/82 while I was in elementary school. I loved it. My teacher was just as much of a nerd as I was, so we all learned it together. Had it not been for LOGO, I certainly wouldn't be the ne
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by retr0nerd 6y ago
Cool stuff, man! I also love to dabble in old, long-dead technologies and feel no need to justify it to anybody. I tinker with old 8 and 16 bit Commodore machines writing code and building hardware and it gives me such a thrill because &quo