Jeff Allen
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Unapologetic Jewish Libertarian who loves technology and history.
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Joined Apr 2017
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We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free. ―Epictetus, The Discourses
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Eight bits are enough.
READY.
LOAD "*",8,1
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The free market is the ultimate equalizer: it does not care if you grew up poor, the color of your skin, or by what name you call God.
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"takes a little to get back into, i suppose."
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Intelligent alien entity: Ah, you have made significant advances with your transistor-based technology. You have even taught it how to understand you. What are you using it for?
Humans: Oh, you know... Ads.
Intelligent alien entity:
You know you've watched too much #StarTrek when you refer to tablets of indeterminate make and model as a "padd."
Not that I ever do this. Ever.
Those of you with #computerscience or #cs degrees, what do you know that most self-taught, minimally taught, or "boot camp" #programming students do not? Is this still a significant advantage in the modern job market?
#Google is disabling SMS forwarding on Google Voice with barely any notice to its user base. This sucks.
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Raku syntax I miss in other languages - Leon Timmermans #rakulang
https://www.youtube.com/embed/elalwvfmYgk?end=1790
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full offense: moving back to in person things should not cause virtual attendance options to disappear
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How to Run a First-Generation Cell Phone Network - Retro tech is cool. Retro tech that works is even cooler. When we can see technolo... - https://hackaday.com/2021/06/02/how-to-run-a-first-generation-cell-phone-network/ #cellularnetwork #cellularphone #phonehacks #radiohacks #retrotech #limesdr #osmocom #usrp #sdr
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Gene sequencer malware injection via encoded DNA - https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack/
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7-11 is opening 500 EV charging stations by the end of 2022 – Roadshow - https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/7-11-charging-station-ev-500-2022/
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@smonff Do you have any interest in going to the Raku 2021 virtual conference?
Raku isn't Perl 5, but they're definitely cousins!
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RT @RetrofunPL@twitter.com
Ever wanted an Amstrad CPC font with your national characters? Or a mode 2 font? Here, I made it for you.
🇺🇸English post: https://retrofun.pl/2021/06/01/amstrad-cpc-international-font/
🇵🇱Polish post: https://retrofun.pl/2021/06/01/font-amstrada-cpc-z-pliterkami/
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After 19 years of development, we are happy to announce the release of #EmuTOS 1.0 for #AtariST #AtariTT #AtariFalcon #Firebee #Amiga and some homebrew #m68k boards.
Stay #Atari!
You can download the emutos here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/emutos/files/emutos/1.0//emutos/files/emutos/1.0/
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I still like C and strongly dislike C++ - https://codecs.multimedia.cx/2021/05/why-i-still-like-c-and-strongly-dislike-cpp/
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Unapologetic Jewish Libertarian who loves technology and history.
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Joined Apr 2017
