chaoticmass

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by chaoticmass 5y ago
OS/2 is one of the only operating systems that I know of where a version successor actually had lower hardware requirements (assuming you already had a 386. If you were on a 286 then not much changed) than the version it replaced. Yo
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by chaoticmass 5y ago
Excuse my ignorance, but what is this sort of thing used for?
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by chaoticmass 5y ago
I was 15 when the dot-com bubble burst, and I had been following all the hype and madness avidly. Where I lived, our cable provider had ZDTV (later TechTV), and I watched that network all the time. Something you'd hear endlessly was th
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by chaoticmass 5y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrU9YDoXE88 I really like how VSauce covers this topic as well.
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by chaoticmass 5y ago
I'd love to hear more about you working with Benoit Mandelbrot. I hope you find time to write your book someday.
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by chaoticmass 5y ago
You're thinking of Lucy.
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by chaoticmass 5y ago
Weird-- The first <button> example shown does not show the right cursor when hovering for me.
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by chaoticmass 5y ago
What is "interesting" obviously depends on the person. I always liked playing with old *nix workstations from the 90's. Something about tinkering on a box that would have cost over $50,000 new is interesting to me.
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by chaoticmass 5y ago
In 2018 I bought a Sony A99II to use with my old Minolta A-mount lenses. I have a hunch it is going to be the last A-mount camera they ever make. If/when I buy another camera body, it will be an E-mount and I'll use an adapter to
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by chaoticmass 5y ago
I've used Junk King before when moving and I had way too much stuff to deal with. I filled up an entire truck (furniture, mattress, tons of old computers and other ewaste) and I think it cost me about $400. Considering how much time an
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by chaoticmass 5y ago
I have to use a secure Windows laptop for work, but I admin Linux servers. WSL has been great for me, if only so that I can use a real linux command line and terminal instead of PuTTY when I SSH into boxes.
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
Best quote from the author's article explaining how it was done (even though by his own admission he didn't follow his own advice in the case): "If you want to make a game, make a game. If you want to make a game engine, make
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
I am always reminded of this scene HBO movie The Pentagon wars when I read about the F-35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ2lO3ieBA
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
If you like relay computes, you might also like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j544ELauus 1958 FACOM 128B Japanese Relay Computer Sounds really cool when it's running!
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
I am reminded of this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shields_(diarist) Robert Shields was best known for writing a diary of 37.5 million words, which chronicled every five minutes of his life from 1972 until
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
It's very good.
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
A think a thin protective film is replenished pretty quickly. If this were not the case, then my q-tips wouldn't have anything on them every day.
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
I use them after every shower, so basically every day. In my experience, there's never enough build up for there to be anything to push in and get impacted.
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
I don't find the idea very funny or entertaining. If you have a funny parody show or something, it should be funny and entertaining without deep fakery. This seems like a gimmick that won't last long. Maybe it will do some good in
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
When I first learned about the Minitel, most things I found online just said it was done to reduce the cost of printing and shipping phone books. That never sounded right-- very interesting to hear more of the actual story.
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
On Debian the default is to use the pcspkr beeper for terminal bells... and first thing I do on a new system is remove the pcspkr module.
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
The title should be NeXT not Next. Had me thinking we'd found some previously unreleased work of his or something.
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
They were quite good in the early to mid 90's but by 2000 and onward they were pretty bad as far as quality. I worked in a computer store that did also did repair and there were a few problems you'd always see on Toshibas: power b
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
I've been looking for this episode that covers when Krushchev visted, but it seems the only way to get it is to buy the DVD. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/cold-wa...
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
Never heard of that one. Will check it out.
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
Reminds me of something my Dad sent me when I was dealing with grief over someone who wronged me. It's from the Alcoholics Anonymous book, but I found the advice worked anyway. Here's the scan from the book: https://img
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
Back when this came out, I was 15, and still stuck in my zealous fanboyism against anything Apple-- but even I had to admit it looked cool.
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
I miss those days. Such a simpler time.
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
Why don't people use elinks?
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by chaoticmass 6y ago
I have bookmarked this site for my own personal use. I also shared it with my co-workers in the IT dept. I think your site works well on selling itself if you assume the audience is coming from HN. From what I have observed, your site does

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