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by linker3000 3y ago
I was looking for some context between bottled and tap water and found this. Any better sources? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9103198/
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by linker3000 3y ago
Happens to (potential) castle designers too. This structure was built as a showpiece. It's about 5 miles from where I live and sits alone atop a tall hill. It's a very atmospheric place. https://www.lovethesouthdowns.or
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Hobbes OS/2 Archive: As of April 15th, 2024 this site will no longer exist(hobbes.nmsu.edu)
165 points by linker3000 3y ago|48 comments
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by linker3000 3y ago
There's also a Z80 build. https://rc2014.co.uk/1865/crayzee-eighty/
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by linker3000 3y ago
First thing that came to mind was how much rf noise as does this thing generate, and might it be an issue for comms? Nothing I could see in the docs or FAQ.
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by linker3000 3y ago
It's the 'Supermarket bacon' method of enshittification. The normal product heads towards lower quality until the vendor can then sell one that's closer to the original, but call it a premium item, and charge more for it
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by linker3000 3y ago
May I interest you in a game of Snake for that. https://github.com/linker3000/Z80-Board/blob/master/snake.pa...
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by linker3000 3y ago
Well, if that's their rules, it's a choice. If you pick up a free newspaper on a commmute, or, say, a community "What's on" sponsored by ads, does someone look over your shoulder and insist you read every ad before
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by linker3000 3y ago
My initial reaction is that this is yet another place in a growing list for retro stuff, and many of the very active retro people are already sharing news and interesting links on Reddit, Xitter, Bluesky and the Fediverse; for example, I se
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by linker3000 3y ago
I had it installed at work on our VAX 11/750
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by linker3000 3y ago
Microsoft Z80 BASIC Version: https://github.com/linker3000/Z80-Board
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Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account(defcon.social)
316 points by linker3000 3y ago|321 comments
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by linker3000 3y ago
'Compiling' https://xkcd.com/303/
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by linker3000 3y ago
The 64's serial (IEC) port uses device numbering to support daisy-chained disk drives, printers and other devices. https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Device_number . Fujinet on the C64 supports modem comms - the impleme
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by linker3000 3y ago
My son had a near-identical experience at Uni in the UK, except for 'pod' substitute smartcard. For some reason, the laundry app would not run without crashing on his phone. The Uni could provide a loadable smartcard for the machi
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Criminals go full Viking on CloudNordic, wipe all servers and customer data(theregister.com)
8 points by linker3000 3y ago|2 comments
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by linker3000 3y ago
Two things about storage: Basic block storage - high capacity spinning rust - is very cost effective and 'cheap', even when used in a high-availability / redundant configuration. Said, similar storage, supplied by a Cloud pro
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by linker3000 3y ago
Z80 kits etc. A very-much alive ecosystem: https://z80kits.com/product-category/basekits/ https://smallcomputercentral.com/ https://github.com/Plasmode
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by linker3000 3y ago
You'd be using a different strategy, such as erasure coding or a variant/evolution, where you don't need to reinstate the contents on a new device when it's inserted into the array.
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by linker3000 3y ago
Trouble is that in many cases the food industry has rebased what was once the normal product as 'premium' and charges a higher price for it. A good example is bacon. No food manufacturer us going to sell the 'normal' pro
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by linker3000 3y ago
The former is more abstract on individual component theory and dives more deeply into the maths as it goes along. It is best suited to study for an electronics certification (or to supplement a main cert such as electrical engineering) if y
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by linker3000 3y ago
If that's the route you want to take then that's absolutely fine. That area of electronics is "modular digital electronics" and doesn't take you through the principles of basic passive components (resistors, capacit
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by linker3000 3y ago
The third party apps supported two important functions that the official Reddit app sucks at: 1) Reading assistance for people with sight impairment. Reddit has granted a pass for some apps on this basis though. 2) Moderation and Modmail. F
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by linker3000 3y ago
How's the list compiled and how frequently is it updated? I am a mod on two subs (both > 500K subscribers and they are going dark) and they're not listed.
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by linker3000 3y ago
The only critique is that if I want to check for a particular site I have to do a clunky CTRL-F search. The 'official' list of sites going dark is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/ That subreddit
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by linker3000 3y ago
If you fancy playing along on a PCB, there's a mini backplane and SBC version here: https://github.com/tebl/RC6502-Apple-1-Replica
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by linker3000 3y ago
And some of the deadbeats are us moderators who invest our time voluntarily to keep the subs tidy, handle the mod queues and answer questions etc. I dive into queue management using the Boost app on my phone durimg breaks away from my corpo
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by linker3000 3y ago
Do you have any specific issues with Sipgate? I only have a couple of numbers with them and don't use them much but am curious what their reputation is like.
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by linker3000 3y ago
Yep, if I set 'Allow Incoming SIP Messages from SIP Proxy Only' to 'no' (allows direct SIP-SIP calls) on my home VoIP service, I'll get a silent call from '500' about every minute or so.
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by linker3000 3y ago
I had a small DC at work that included Turing and Lovelace, plus: Wilkes, Babbage amd Hopper.

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