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by zu03776 4y ago
It looks like in double-size mode, every other character is dropped. The manual text hints at the result. "Something strange? Well, just for fun, press CLEAR then type STUERBPORAIYSIES. Now press SHIFT ->. Surprised?"
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Rash of parts thefts is leaving Freightliner trucks inoperable(freightwaves.com)
138 points by zu03776 4y ago|168 comments
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by zu03776 5y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20210522204453/https://ajc.com/n...
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by zu03776 5y ago
Odesta Helix and Double Helix were graphical programming databases. The early versions for the Macintosh were... interesting to design databases with. QSA Toolworks continues to sell versions of Helix today. https://www.qsatoolwo
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by zu03776 6y ago
Has anyone investigated how this protection works? That is, deliberately create an eBay account, log into eBay using a remote tool, and trigger the fraud detection? My curiosity is piqued, but I don't have an account to offer up. I&#x2
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by zu03776 7y ago
Took longer to find one than I expected: https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3060655&cid=41058673 from a discussion of using a sandbox for spambots in 2012. The beginning of it reads as follows: "Your post advo
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by zu03776 7y ago
20 D2 FF for JSR $FFD2, which was the C-64 subroutine to output a character to the screen. Or use 4C, to JMP instead for tail-call optimization. I have a laminated copy, wallet-sized 6520 opcode page from an Apple II programming manual, jus
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by zu03776 7y ago
The longbox CD package format meant that retailers could use their existing LP storage bins to sell CDs as well during the transition period. The CD jewel case was visible above the shelves below it. As retailers installed dedicated CD she
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by zu03776 7y ago
While tracker-blocking in today's sense would have made no sense, there certainly was ad-blocking and cookie-blocking before the 2000s. AdSubtract advertised it's ability to block doubleclick.com cookies in March of 2000: https:&
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by zu03776 9y ago
So instead of losing 2.9% + 0.35 on donor and 5% on recipient, why not lose 16.5% instead? #winning From the FAQ at https://flattr.com/faq#23 : We take 7.5% of received revenues (to keep Flattr running, develop further and
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by zu03776 9y ago
Money laundering. Also works with dry cleaning.
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by zu03776 9y ago
There was very little OS needed. Most of the keyboard and joystick reads were single memory locations, there was no ROM support for graphics or sound, and most games bootstrapped in a fast loader anyway (later for copy protection as well).
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by zu03776 9y ago
Wasn't the same said of BSD at one time?
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by zu03776 9y ago
The first fifth of the linked resolution addresses what is customer personal information (protocols, ports, IP addresses, MAC addresses, contained information, etc.) Paragraph 106 mandates that the information released should not be able to