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   by rzzzt 1y ago

   Michael (A.) Jackson is the inventor of representing programs in this diagram format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_structured_programming
2. 212.▲
   by rzzzt 1y ago

   Close approximation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft (this was not Mike from "Dirty Jobs" but a different person)
3. 213.▲
   by rzzzt 1y ago

   Are talk pages accepted as a source for the same article?
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   by rzzzt 1y ago

   I'm not a participant nor creator, just remembering: "Bicycle Built for Two Thousand" recreated IBM's "Daisy Bell" by asking each person to take a short snippet and sing the part: https://youtu.be&#x
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   by rzzzt 1y ago

   I'm thinking of these ICs: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics/comments/a8af60/can_... One of the more famous toys using it (in blob form) is the Executor/Echo Keyller keychain: https:&#x2
6. 216.▲
   by rzzzt 1y ago

   How about that 8 sound effects IC with the machine gun, bombs away, laser pew-pew, siren sounds?
7. 217.▲
   by rzzzt 1y ago

   I have a few more primitive collection libraries in my bag if someone would like to shop around: - PCJ: https://pcj.sourceforge.net/ - fastutil: https://github.com/vigna/fastutil - HPPC: https:/&
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   by rzzzt 1y ago

   F-29 Retaliator also has a "digitized picture" (more like artist's rendering) of the base, but the state seems to be off (Wyoming instead of Colorado): https://www.mobygames.com/game/6233/f29-retalia
9. 219.▲
   by rzzzt 1y ago

   Show us the Santa tracking device! ...it's probably an ADS-B receiver.
10. 220.▲
    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Isn't this the fun part?
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Same here, I tried it on a 486 and it became an idle game. Just glancing on it from time to time, lines are still running down the screen, OK, move on to other things. u-root is mentioned in the article -- I used buildroot and busybox for e
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    When you have your (next) lightbulb moment, how would you monetize such an idea? Royalties? 1c after each request?
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    The company's history page says they were part of the merger in 1967 that created "Big Nokia": https://company.nokiantyres.com/about-us/history/#:~:text=19... This changed in 1988 with the formation
14. 224.▲
    by rzzzt 1y ago

    A motorcycle named Norton Commander also exists, and Nokia* sold winter bicycle tires with studs on them so they would grip better on ice and snow.
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Prog8 requires 64tass (for which a .deb package exists it looks like) and a Java runtime: https://github.com/irmen/prog8 TRSE should also work on Linux: https://lemonspawn.com/turbo-rascal-syntax-error-
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Pin 3 on the power connector used to be constant 3.3V, but its purpose changed to keeping the drive in a low-power shutdown state for enabling e.g. staggered spinup: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/hdd-sata-power-disa
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    One that lets people enter. We will figure out exiting later, with exiting on a different floor as a stretch goal.
18. 228.▲
    by rzzzt 1y ago

    They both have one: https://archive.org/details/commodore-64-manual-en-1982/page... On the user port I managed to short 5V to GND instead :'(
19. 229.▲
    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Wasn't the GDR subject to CoCom restrictions?
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    There is one small difference, BMC64 uses Circle and circle-stdlib to produce a bare metal image and does not rely on a Linux distribution: https://github.com/smuehlst/circle-stdlib
21. 231.▲
    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Do lottery winners get struck by lightning?
22. 232.▲
    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Same with Beaker Browser and Dat/Hyperdrive as its backend.
23. 233.▲
    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Also battery backup (or at least some beefy capacitors).
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    I will just leave this here: https://youtu.be/mg0l7f25bhU
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    There is a reference to a Ribbonfarm post where the term is explored: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/07/26/a-big-little-idea-call... I see where they are coming from but still have a hard time making the con
26. 236.▲
    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Some Alienware laptops had an HDMI input: https://youtu.be/Otln0Ao2z6M?t=36
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Which has 27 merged PRs in its git repository.
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Pandora's monster , Pandora is the scientist.
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Same thing happened to PC PSUs. I don't think there is a recent unit that still has the self-destruct voltage selector switch which pops them if you are in 230V land (and the switch is set to the smaller setting).
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    by rzzzt 1y ago

    AC wiggles and wobbles.