ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

@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

How about a Mastodon CLI client for Linux and BSD distros?

Here's toot! -- for terminal emulators.

Features:

* Posting, replying, deleting, favouriting, reblogging & pinning statuses
* Support for media uploads, spoiler text, sensitive content
* Search by account or hash tag
* Following, muting and blocking accounts
* Simple switching between multiple Mastodon accounts

The curses UI looks pretty good!

https://toot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Hi all,

I'm a postdoc in #computerscience at the University of #Vienna, working in #algorithms.

I am interested in the design, analysis, and experimental evaluation of algorithms and especially in #AlgorithmEngineering , which means that I am studying how algorithms perform in practice and how to make them better and/or faster in real-world scenarios. I particularly like dynamic algorithms, which can also deal with changes in the data and don't have to recompute from scratch.

#introduction

A cryptobro DMed me to ask if I wanted to join his mailing list.

I spent slightly too long making this to send in reply.

You think Mastodon clients for Windows 95 and Classic Mac OS are cool?

Feast your eyes on DOStodon -- the Mastodon client for DOS! https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon

50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR TWITTER

You just pin your last tweet, Pete,
Request your archive, Clive,
You don’t need a blue tick, Vic,
Just get yourself free.

Hop on the tusk, Gus,
You don’t need to delete much,
Except your DMs, Jen,
And get yourself free.

Use Debirdify, Di,
Provide some alt tags, Mags,
Add a content warning, Tim,
To post sensitively.

Remember to boost,Ruth,
You don't need to deny truth,
Just drop off the perch,Dirk,
And get yourself free.
#VerseThursday #TwitterMigration #FediTips

log😅 = 💧log😄
(Math humor forwarded to me by my equally geeky son)

OH: "Nobody has spent more on a dead bird this Thanksgiving than Elon Musk."

New blog post: https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2022/11/24/writing-docs-well-why-should-a-software-engineer-care/

"Needless to say, NASA didn’t just grab an iPad off the shelf and ram it into Orion. The hardware had to be modified such that it’s protected from all that nasty radiation in deep space."

Safe from space nastiness, hooked directly to earth nastiness.
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-messages-ipad-orion-alexa-1849820626