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by mietek 6y ago
(2017)
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by mietek 6y ago
Shoebill is an emulator built specifically to run A/UX. https://github.com/pruten/Shoebill
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by mietek 6y ago
“RandomMacApp ƒ” stood for “RandomMacApp’s folder”.
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by mietek 6y ago
> I don't reason by repeating various tidbits I've read in books in random permutations. Are you sure?
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by mietek 6y ago
> a much nicer, modern geometric sans serif font Which font was that?
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by mietek 6y ago
Yes. There’s a short story from 1981 by Vernor Vinge titled “True Names”. Recommended reading.
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by mietek 6y ago
> How did we get to a place where billions of dollars are exchanged in millions of business transactions but there are no winners? “(…) What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination
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by mietek 6y ago
This, combined with automatic archival. I hate coming back to a tab I’ve opened months ago, only to see that the content has disappeared.
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by mietek 7y ago
The “Oddball” mode in Halo references the “Kill the guy with the ball” mode in Marathon 2, one of Bungie’s earlier games. > Objective is to possess the ball (which is actually a skull) for the longest amount of time. http://
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by mietek 7y ago
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is the real sequel to TFC. The medic in ET is a force of nature; a dual-wielding adrenaline junkie.
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by mietek 7y ago
Both HSBC and the HSBC-owned FirstDirect still have absolutely terrible apps.
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by mietek 7y ago
In 2018, UC Berkeley’s endowment was valued at $4.3 billion. It’s not too late to learn not to allow others to take advantage of you.
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by mietek 7y ago
Why should such humans be satisfied?
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by mietek 7y ago
Any luck looking for those A/UX materials? I have no way to contact you outside HN. Please drop me an email or a tweet.
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by mietek 7y ago
The electrolytic capacitors in your Mac II are most likely dead and need to be replaced. It is reasonably easy to do if you are at all handy with a soldering iron. There are also many people that offer recapping as a service. Try asking on
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by mietek 7y ago
Do you still have any of the relevant software or documentation? I am looking for the Apple A/UX Device Driver Kit (APDA M8037/B), which should include a book titled “Building A/UX Device Drivers”. I am specifically interest
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by mietek 7y ago
12 year club; charter member; already gone.
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by mietek 7y ago
Pathways into Darkness (1993), Marathon (1994), Marathon 2: Durandal (1995), and Marathon Infinity (1996) all precede Half-Life (1998). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathways_into_Darkness https://en.wikiped
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by mietek 7y ago
The current release of Agda supports literate markdown. https://jesper.sikanda.be/posts/literate-agda.html
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by mietek 7y ago
> Personally, I am curious if there is any cellular automaton that has something like 3-dimensional rotational symmetry. Have you seen the Miller-Fredkin paper on circular motion of strings in cellular automata? https://arxi
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by mietek 7y ago
You do realise this is Jeff “Scorched Earth Party” Vogel? http://www.ironycentral.com/scorchedearth.html Keep on truckin’, Jeff.
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by mietek 7y ago
(2010)
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by mietek 7y ago
Can you explain what “angel wings” means in this context?
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by mietek 7y ago
Rehosted Photoshop toolbox image: https://i.imgur.com/oIKOOCC.jpg
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by mietek 7y ago
Another classic example of a modal interface is the Photoshop toolbox, dating back to MacPaint. http://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/resources-images/adobe-pho... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma
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by mietek 7y ago
There is a highly entertaining book by John D. Clark, titled “Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants”, which will tell you more than you ever wanted to know. You can easily find a copy online.
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by mietek 7y ago
Does anyone know the Lisp macro tutorial by Allan Wechsler that is referenced on page 81?
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by mietek 7y ago
Check out this 3D-printed recreation of a DataHand. https://github.com/JesusFreke/lalboard
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by mietek 7y ago
> Be careful not to breath in any dust (or eat anything!) from the drive, as they do contain some exciting elements. Can you expand on this? Which elements?
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by mietek 7y ago
No, they shouldn’t, because doing that would incentivise improper activity.

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