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by spogbiper 4y ago
Microware OS-9. A Unix-like (..sort of) operating system that supported multitasking, multiuser operation on an 8 bit CPU with 64kb or less of memory back in 1979.. two years before IBM bought a CPM clone and called it DOS.
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by spogbiper 4y ago
I dont have time to read the article. do I exist?
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by spogbiper 4y ago
> People will also pay $10+ dollars for a single cup of coffee at Starbucks every day. But god forbid they pay that much once for an app they use every day. This is why I no longer write mobile apps
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by spogbiper 5y ago
The Advent of Computing podcast may be of interest. The host really strives to find accurate historical information about a variety of early computing topics. https://adventofcomputing.com/ It's also fairly entertaini
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by spogbiper 5y ago
servers generally will have out of band management, redundant power and networking, some kind of light you can flash to help find it in a rack. stuff like that. oob management is probably the most vital feature of a proper server.
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by spogbiper 5y ago
wouldn't it make sense to drop the ipad and/or desktop, since the laptop can do what either of those can do? of course with some exceptions like hardcore gaming
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by spogbiper 5y ago
i spent many hours as a kid writing programs for my own use on a trs-80 that we owned exactly zero software for. turn it on and start writing code because that's literally all you could do lol
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by spogbiper 5y ago
Is this an ad?
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by spogbiper 5y ago
if we assume the purpose of an entry level class is to introduce students to what they are likely to encounter in the "real world", Java seems like an excellent choice.
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by spogbiper 5y ago
Why should it change? Java is one of the most popular languages used today
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by spogbiper 5y ago
Maybe Steve Jobs? just going by the anecdotes I've heard over the years
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by spogbiper 5y ago
> in Germany we were taught little of what happened after 1945 I'd have to guess that has something to do with.. how things went for Germany in 1945? In my US public education we had a series of courses that covered "recent&qu
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by spogbiper 5y ago
In a nutshell: Microsoft is bad, hmmmmmkay? Author presents no facts to support their obviously biased click bait headline.
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by spogbiper 7y ago
It takes practice. While learning it helps to listen to light material or books you've read before.
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by spogbiper 12y ago
Terabyte Technologies - http://terabytetech.com/ - West Palm Beach, FL - General IT wizards able to support various small/medium business clients (not my company, owned by a friend who I consider a pretty good guy. be
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by spogbiper 12y ago
Most people use usb-serial adapters whether on Mac, Windows or Linux. Source: I wrote it ;)
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by spogbiper 12y ago
Memory used to be precious. Last year I ported some text adventures games from the TRS-80 machines of the early 1980s to Android. While working on one of the games (Bedlam), I went through a process very similar to the article. Looked fo