joshu

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   by joshu 2y ago

   i have been slowly designing a fantasy retro terminal/computer idea. imagine something uncomplicated enough that kids could learn the entire architecture on, without the diatractability for the web. and maybe a fantasy network that wou
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   by joshu 2y ago

   whoever bought the brand did, anyway
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   by joshu 2y ago

   https://www.getnexar.com/
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   by joshu 2y ago

   Unfortunately, extremely early-stage investing often relies on vibes more than facts. This is why I kick myself endlessly over missed deals instead of just course-correcting and moving on...
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   by joshu 2y ago

   still kicking myself for passing on this one when i had the chance
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   by joshu 2y ago

   https://github.com/merlresearch/PyRoboCOP
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   by joshu 2y ago

   ah yes, i recall the excitement of my GRC calling emergency services repeatedly while i was out on track. definitely just what i wanted.
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   by joshu 2y ago

   I don’t think Andrew had its own display system. At least by the early 90s, ATK ran on top of X.
9. 159.▲
   by joshu 2y ago

   because it would need to be an even number of digits
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    by joshu 2y ago

    except we have no space efficient transistor equivalent. what would that even look like?
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    by joshu 2y ago

    give the really big airlines some numeric codes that start with the right number. For example, give Delta D7 as well. Then they can have DL1234 and D71234 etc
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    by joshu 2y ago

    everything old is new again. i remember when someone at google started aggressively crawling del.icio.us from a desktop machine and i ended up blocking all employees...
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    by joshu 2y ago

    most of my undergrad was done on decstation 3100s running ultrix. i loved the huge mono monitors. so many xterms open at once! amazing.
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    by joshu 2y ago

    Ubuntu. Ubuntu ubuntu? Ubuntu ubuntu: ubuntu. Ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu! Ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu. Ubuntu ubuntu, ubuntu ubuntu. Ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu. Ubuntu ubuntu: ubuntu. Ubuntu ubuntu ubunt
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    by joshu 2y ago

    i met orbital composites at reindustrialize. they seemed to know their shit; i was very impressed.
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    by joshu 2y ago

    I bought an enormous jar in Napa not too long ago. And the capers are tiny, much smaller than the modern giant capers…
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    by joshu 2y ago

    look up fenton's reagent: iron(ii) will catalyze water into hydrogen peroxide. this also causes iron gall ink to damage paper over time
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    by joshu 2y ago

    this is literally why i invented tagging
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    by joshu 2y ago

    > Piet is a programming language in which programs look like abstract paintings. sorry for being pedantic but you should delete the whole last section of your pedantic comment.
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    by joshu 2y ago

    festool is up from hilti, maybe
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    by joshu 2y ago

    I run the event, not build the cars. People have entered with RC cars and up to full size porsches
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    by joshu 2y ago

    I started an event series at a much lower level: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/business/self-racing-cars... Personally, I think that limiting it to specific entrance from universities and having ver
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    by joshu 2y ago

    I have used the pump drinking system in a race car before. It’s hard to stay hydrated. I did a 1 and then 1.5 hour stint during a 4hr enduro.
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    by joshu 3y ago

    I submitted the optimally bad entrant the first year, cheesebot. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719050236/http://webdocs.cs...
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    by joshu 3y ago

    i tried one to hold my jaw forward. cpap is way, way less painful.
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    by joshu 3y ago

    i had a meeting at Frog once and saw one of these (or a similar design) off in the corner.
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    by joshu 3y ago

    it didn’t originate here. i remember it being used on IRC #perl and years before this. here is an example from 23 years ago: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.perl.misc/c/rCCGCpipjH...
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    by joshu 3y ago

    Someone I know installed an iOS update at the same time; when the phone came back up, it was dead. What a frustrating coincidence?
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    by joshu 3y ago

    The Golden Apple in Beneath Apple Manor was an actual Apple II drawing, with basic running in the little screen. I wonder what happened on the IBM version?
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    by joshu 3y ago

    fyi Two Fingers == Amon Tobin https://ninjatune.net/artist/two-fingers