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   by not_clear 8mo ago

   As mentioned in the link above, Assembly Lines is still in print as a paper book (maybe it's print on demand, but it's a hardcover). I just noticed that Understanding the Apple IIe also got a re-issue from Call-A.P.P.L.E. in 2024
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   by not_clear 11mo ago

   I could be wrong, but I think that Stymie is a closer match for the body than Rockwell, particularly due to the serif on the middle arm of capital E (and F). I think that Stymie also matches other details as outlined in the comparison page
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   by not_clear 13y ago

   Interesting - the metafilter referenced elsewhere on the thread had a pointer to a paper about D-glutamate vs L-glutamate. Apparently, bacterial fermentation generates a fair amount of D-glutamate, but this is true of "naturally occurr
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   by not_clear 13y ago

   When I had first heard about this, it was the only anti-MSG argument that sounded even remotely plausible, but it seems that nowadays commercial MSG is made by bacterial fermentation, which means that they would also have the preference for
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   by not_clear 15y ago

   Way back in the early nineties, when I was in college, I went to go visit my friend at his school. He had class, so I went to the library to kill a few hours. I dug through the (rather ancient) CS section, and pulled some books to read.