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Now on to squaring off my programme...

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Aha.... 😛

After many, many years, I punched my first card of this century. Note the custom text imprint...

made with masswerk.at/keypunch/?home=1

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Ed S

@retrocomputing is great, and so is #retrocomputing - use them both! And don't forget to sign up at
retrocomputingforum.com/
too. You'll be in excellent company.

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@EdS

Thank you, Ed! I will add the video you linked to my ever growing Tabs list, to be processed.

I found a nice image showing how each of the possible characters was encoded into a card, it's here: columbia.edu/cu/computinghisto

Some characters are one single punch hole (each character occupies one vertical column, out of the 80 possible in the card), some use two punch holes, which combined represent the character.

I was looking at images and found a nice one of the IBM Model 29 card punch, which is the one I personally worked with to create my first programmes in first year Uni classes. It was a solid, well built, last forever machine.

@retrocomputing @Full_marx

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@khird

That's kind of you, thank you, Kyle. A service to the community, if we can spot any improper posting, no matter the language.

@freemo @arteteco @Surasanji

I am guilty of some Spanish practice chatter with some of our own users and visitors. I do speak Portuguese as well, although haven't met any local user here yet who speaks it.

The major problem is the non-western languages which are obscure to most of us, and difficult even to try and machine transtalate - I copied one from a local post and tried Yandex Translate, but it did not auto-recognize and I wasn't sure either which it would be (appears to be Tamil).

For someone who knows a language and lives overseas, a spontaneous conversation which pops up in a thread can feel homely, or be a chance to practice for someone who's learning.

The Western European languages are fairly common and easier to comprehend, even if someone is beginning to learn.

I keep following the Le Monde bot, and enjoy parsing the news headers and enjoying the polish and elegance of their French texts.

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@Gauravpatel If you haven't used Mastodon before, there is an excellent guide on this page: lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-gu

@johnlitt

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@whirli Wonderful, glad you found a path to a happy server and a relieved admin! 😉

Always nice to have stable and reliable operations. Cheers! 🥂

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@karansharma Very important theme, and Earth Day is coming - I will be glad when we get there, as it will mark Spring Equinox and my favourite season of the year starting.

Welcome to Qoto, Karan, I hadn't see you here yet. Hope you enjoy the instance and fediverse; ask any questions if needed.

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@esperera_98

Tu es la mas linda, CL. Te pareces com mi hija en verdad. :wink:

@Massick

Ay, Jesus... 😜

@adbenitez @freemo

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@Leodlion ...and it worked. We hear you, and it's out in the entire fediverse now.

Welcome onboard, Leodlion. Enjoy your stay, ask any question if needed. 😉

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@freemo
I thnk he's asking due to the influx of new people and the wave of new posting appearing on the Local feed.

Really nice to see a lively instance.

@johnlitt

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@raining_night @shibaprasad Both of those large size Primes are very neat each in it's own way. Nice, TY, fellas.

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@Mohdkalam Hello, Mohd, welcome to Qoto Airlines.

We hope you enjoy your stay with us. Have a good day! 🌄

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@togs Our brains are massively parallel computing structures, capable of feats still unmatched by current electronic computer systems.

However, it does run at a slow speed compared to them.

Not much we can do, but maybe try to not clutter our attention with insignificant stuff, much of which is out there to distract people intentionally.

Focus, grasshopper.

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@mngrif I had one follower added yesterday, and when visiting his/her profile to consider a courtesy follow back no toots at all in the account. 😠

Blocked that one, the first time I had seen such a thing.

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@chikara Yes, that is interesting, Chikara.

Maybe you could prepare and post an article about it? Thank you!

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@chikara

Another beautiful post, thank you. I enjoyed reading the fragments of the song lyrics around the diagram. It is a poetic and mournful ballad, I like it.

Your reference to the Japanese concept you mentioned brought to my mind another one, which I admired since first encountering a reference to it. Wabi-sabi.

"In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.[2] The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete".[3] It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence (三法印 sanbōin), specifically impermanence (無常 mujō), suffering (苦 ku) and emptiness or absence of self-nature (空 kū).

Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes. "

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sab

I found it profound. Accepting imperfection and impermanence can reduce our stress and struggle. A pacified mind might perceive other insights, instead of seeking unattainable perfection.

@Fslowly

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@Fslowly tooted this text on Humblr on Oct 17

In my hour of darkness, he is standing right in front of me
speaking words of wisdom, let it be

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I never liked "Let it be," still don't. So I was puzzled when the tune began playing over and over in my head in mid-October.

In a context of grief, I can only theorize that something in my sub-conscious demanded acknowledgment of the song lyrics. I can't recall anything like this happening before, probably won't happen again.

I construed it as a good omen when I discovered a Venn diagram about "Let it be" here in the local feed.

I still don't know what to make of a graphic image showing "Let it be" at the core of Venn or Euler intersections. But at least the tune isn't on a constant re-play loop in my thoughts.

There is a common phrase in Japanese which is similar -- usually translated to mean "it can't be helped" or "nothing can be done about it" (shikata ga nai 仕方がない; shō ga nai しょうがない)

QOTO = Question Others to Teach Ourselves?

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@esperera_98

Ah, gracias, amigos. Pero ellas son lindas mas yo un poco viejo, mi hijo más nuevo es de la misma edad que ellas.

Sin embargo, unas graciosas señoritas. :thumbsup_hmn_h2:

@adbenitez @freemo @Massick

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