ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

A haiku about being an adult:

I am so tired
Where did all my money go?
My back is hurting

Mt. Rainier casting a shadow upwards across the sky.

(I can't for the life of me figure out how to add alt text after posting. So instead, I'll put the text in the body of the post. I hope that's okay.)

"When people travel to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small. Few people think that they can radically change the future by doing something small in the present."

Explosions of hot water (geysers) coming from under the thick ice of Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn.

@internetarchive OMG wow. It's been almost 25 years since I wrote this to manage my #diabetes on a #palmpilot. I wrote it in Metrowerks CodeWarror C, and the amount of work to draw a pie chart on a system without floating point OR math libraries was nuts. And flood fills? Good lord

Univac removable disk cartridge for Univac computer models 1004 and 1005.
Provided removable random access storage and the possibility of adding up to five slave reader devices.

Mesures: 40x40x1,6 (cm).

Searching in the web I found that it had a 2,2 MB capacity, but the brochure states one million characters (a bit less than 1 MB) and the seller text in the back of the brochure claims 16.896.000 (a bit over 16 MB).

Brochure: https://archive.org/details/TNM_Univac_1004_and_1005_computers_Unidisc_random_20171120_0007

#picture #ComputerHistory #HardwareHistory

Could I tempt you to boost this post, or get involved in a project to customise Linux for users with special needs/learning difficulties? I have two such children. Adults now (18). I want to do something for my boys and for people like them. 🙂❤️

I've already done a bit, using Ansible, with AlmaLinux and Ubuntu: https://github.com/robpomeroy/BrightOS

Please spread the word - I'm sure someone out there would love to get involved!

#SpecialNeeds #Linux #Education #NonProfit

Email translations:

“I was under the impression”
Translation: I’m furious

“As per my email”
Translation: I’m furious

“With respect”
Translation: I’m furious

“Whilst I appreciate”
Translation: I’m furious

“As I’m sure you’re aware”
Translation: I’m furious

How about a Mastodon client inside Minecraft?

Apparently, it's been done!

Here's the source code. https://github.com/AwesomewareInc/Mastodwarf

Updated - Journalists on Mastodon List - CLICKABLE VERSION

Clickable version of: Journalists on Mastodon and Fediverse (Responses) >>>
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14vfonxtyy0JFDxu5dZOZo-yAJrRXcu2lZ33atkFb7GM/edit?usp=sharing

- Updated through 2/3/2023

@tchambers original >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit#gid=1320898902
Form >>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYK1kHueUKXUytwn4TXUupc3X9Q2cahL5rfaAA9rTgLNd8gA/viewform

[expand for lastest additions]
#twittermigration #journalists #list #mastodonmigration #Fediverse #mastodontips #journalistList #NewUsers

New version of my mini Mp4 dissection visualisation.

So of course #gratitude today is for witnessing the power of a mother's love, and getting to cuddle a child that's also sometimes a cat.
Also for the break in the rainy weather and ice-creams in the sun.

Psyche Spacecraft at the Asteroid Psyche (Illustration)

This illustration, updated in April 2022, depicts NASAs Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Mission: Psyche
Tags: Asteroids and Comets
More info: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24834
#bot #space #NASA #JPL #photography #astronomy

the fact that windows now bundles an OpenSSH client + server is kind of an epic win. loving computers in the year 2022