ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

How the NORAD graphics in WarGames were generated is quite fascinating.

The TL;DR; is that they got a consultant who had contacts at HP and managed to borrow a $90,000 (inflation adjusted) 9845C desktop running BASIC and filmed one frame and one colour at a time.

https://www.hp9845.net/9845/software/screenart/wargames/

@futurebird
Those new-fangled QWERTY keyboards remind me of a *proper* keyboard (literally so) I saw at the Science Museum in London some years ago. A 'Hughes printing telegraph', apparently - from 1860!

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8427235/hughes-printing-telegraph-1860-telegraph

#mechanicalKeyboard #telegraphy #museums

It really ties the room together!

It’s go time, fam. I actually have vaguely high hopes for this round.

wow such a clearly written piece about UTF-8

https://tonsky.me/blog/unicode/

me explaining my code 😂

Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and #evolution | Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9

@simontatham Something like this? There are roots of all polynomials with degree up to 18 with coefficients from \( \{-1, 1 + (i - 1)t\} \), where \( t \) varies from \( 0 \) to \( 1 \) and back.

@johncarlosbaez @robinhouston

well, okay then

#photography

@marklemley @SteveBellovin The smiley is older than that. When I was studying for my ham radio license (1967 or 1968), I commented on it when I saw it on my elmer’s teletype.

Smileys are 41 years old today

Apple discloses 2 new zero-days exploited to attack iPhones, Macs https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-discloses-2-new-zero-days-exploited-to-attack-iphones-macs/

6 thought provoking questions posed to @awaisaftab (psychiatrist) and myself (brain researcher) and we hit on so much:

The challenge of escaping reductionism. Theories of consciousness. Are mental disorders brain disorders? Why should anyone care about philosophy? Is epistemic iteration is failing? And what bits of brain research are awaiting their Copernican moment?

With nods to @summerfieldlab, @knutson_brain, @tyrell_turing, @Neurograce, @eikofried and so many more.

Read it all here (and let's discuss)!

https://awaisaftab.substack.com/p/advancing-neuroscientific-understanding

Still laughing

More people need to know about the "tabular numbers" feature that modern fonts have

Use it to make numbers to line up with a UI font (or anything not monospace)

CSS: font-feature-settings: tnum
SwiftUI: .font(.body.monospacedDigit())