Oh, just powering my #AppleNewton over USB-C
#retro #retroComputing #apple #newton #newtCom #dongle #3dPrinting
Done it !
#appleNewton to modern laptop's #libreOffice via Windows 3.1 and #virtualBox
Just had the chance to change prod on Friday, and instead created an issue due Monday
New blogpost: "A proposed legislative amendment to attempt to compel VPN services providers to prevent anyone under 18 in the UK from using their VPNs"
> This new clause would require the Secretary of State to take action to promote and protect children’s wellbeing, and to further support child protective measures in the Online Safety Act, by prohibiting the provision to children in the United Kingdom of VPN services which can facilitate evasion of OSA age-gating processes.
Here we go... buckle up!
Do I know anyone in Germany who desperately needs 2GB and 4GB DDR3 SODIMM RAM suitable for 2012-2014 (or so) ThinkPads (and probably other laptops)? #boostswelcome #thinkpads #is2013retroyet
If the reports about a UK push for client-side scanning (e.g. https://www.ft.com/content/0ef79775-eadf-4cc9-b32c-e97b0eff816f) are true, wow, here we go again.
Mastodon/fediverse peeps who come across Bluesky accounts that are bridged (i.e. using Bridgy Fed), how do you feel about them and their posts?
Please boost widely, I’m trying to get input from more than just my followers. 🙏
#Mastodon #fediverse #Bluesky #ATproto #ActivityPub
@Migueldeicaza I hope everyone is paying attention and thinking hard about the consequences of entrusting your data and livelihood to these corporations that have way too much power and don't give a damn about their customers. I sure am.
Dear "Paris":
Welcome to the Walled Garden that your complicity helped create.
And people wonder why I've had nothing at all to do with with the company for the last 40 years! WHY do you think that Steve Wozniak left the company that he co-founded? He was the true creator of Apple, not huckster Steve Jobs, and he abandoned it. What should that have been telling you? (Hint: neurodivergent people like Wozniak tend to have a well-developed sense of ethics, ethics derived from the logic at which they excel.)
Jesus fucking christ.
Believe it or not, I’m still figuring out where HTML got its angle brackets.
But despite grabbing a lot of interlibrary items, I am not sure I’m getting any closer. I still have some ideas, but one involves going to a museum in Maine, which might take a while.
However, good news (for someone?): There are now over 40 papers and books I scanned that deal with history of markup. Enjoy!
https://archive.org/details/wicharytypewriter?tab=collection&query=subject%3A%22markup%22
“With the permission of Adobe Systems Inc., the Computer History Museum is pleased to make available, for non-commercial use, the source code to the 1990 version 1.0.1 of Photoshop.”
https://computerhistory.org/blog/adobe-photoshop-source-code/
“In a recent meeting where BBC studio executives again voiced problems, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices. I chose the latter. It broke my heart.”
Told you folks he’s a good egg :) https://todon.eu/@b9AcE/115713122562771386
RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115712622290141712
“ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien,” he said. “ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
Yes, you read that right. Glitchy AI programs are being used on US citizens to deny their citizenship.
FFS. @robinince has left The Infinite Monkey Cage because the BBC are cowards and transphobes seeking to control what their freelance contractors say and do. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2w3eicjzblwvqo3nsxiivwgb/post/3m7tcbsr7522l
More #Amiga Settlers 2 and wine tonight! Come along and chat, starting at 8:30pm GMT: https://twitch.tv/daedalus2097 #Settlers #Retro #OS4
I'm working on a study of Bronze Age axes, and I find it a little hard to articulate why.
* I don't get paid.
* Another journal paper won't make any difference for my employability at this stage.
* Almost nobody knows or cares that these axes exist.
I think the main reasons I do this is
* It's fun.
* I'm one of the few who can do this well.
* I've dedicated my life to expanding our scientific knowledge.
Lead dev at UK company for ☁️,📱 & 💻. Views own.
Got an AI degree before it was a bubble.
Likes : 🐕, 🧱, 🐧,🚀, sci-fi, whisky, electronic 🎶 and retro 🖥️
Dislikes : Long bios
He/him