Ah, a court ashamed of the history of its inception, just what we need…
Ah, a court ashamed of the history of its inception, just what we need…
The Lunduke Big Tech Show - Mar 12, 2023 - Hour 1
Listen now (53 min) | Tech News, Computer History, and Other Important Stuff. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Big Tech Show - Mar 5, 2023 - Hour 1
Listen now (60 min) | Tech News, Computer History, and Other Important Stuff. ⌘ Read more
The True History of vi
How a broken pascal compiler, a 300 baud modem, and a 1970s terminal helped create the (in)famous text editor. ⌘ Read more
The History of BSD - Part 1 (1974 - 1989)
PDP & VAX. Pascal & vi. DARPA & Google’s Erich Schmidt. The story of BSD is all over the place. ⌘ Read more
Q1 of 2023: The most Tech Layoffs in history
More layoffs during the last 40 days than during the entire Dot Com Bubble Burst of 1999/2000. ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: “This is the greatest crisis humanity has ever faced — it is undeniable that drastic action must be taken. All that’s left to do is to decide which side of history we want to be on.”
#JustStopOil #NoNewOil #NoNewCoal #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange**
“This is the greatest crisis humanity has ever faced — it is undeniable that drastic action must be taken. All that’s left to do is to decide which side of history we want to be on.”
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The Story of Otrona – The Colorado Computer Company of the early 1980s.
The “BMW of portable 8-bit computers”… has been all but lost to history. ⌘ Read more
Lunduke’s Favorite Stories of 2022
Listen now (38 min) | News, history, & satire. The computer-y articles that Lunduke found the most interesting over the last year. ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Spark 3.0.1 Released
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce the release of Spark 3.0.1 version.
This release contains mostly fixes. macOS now uses the default FlatLaf LaF. The user can also choose the type of tabs “scroll” as in Spark 3.0.0 or “wrap” as in Spark 2.X. See screenshot below. And also for some users, Spark not saved history.
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The Honeycomb Conjecture was probably the longest-standing open conjecture in the history of mathematics. Open for 2035 years, if Wikipedia is to believed
The History of the First Computer Shell
BASH? PowerShell? It all traces back to 1963. And the work of an amazing Frenchman, CTTS, and Multics. ⌘ Read more
Archimedes Principle
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Archimedes Principle
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RT by @mind_booster: 🎂 COMPETITION 🎂 To celebrate our 75th anniversary, we’re launching the most exciting competition in Folio’s history… One lucky Folio fan will win their choice of 75 different Folio editions! To enter: RT this post and follow @foliosociety.
🎂 COMPETITION 🎂 To celebrate our 75th anniversary, we’re launching the most exciting competition in Folio’s history… One lucky Folio fan will win their choice of 75 different Folio editions! To enter: RT this post and follow [@foliosociety](https … ⌘ Read more
I heard COBOL devs get paid a ton…
You probably want to share this with everyone you know. Because, you know, you’re a nice person. The Lunduke Journal Community — About the Lunduke Journal — Subscriber Perks The Lunduke Journal Weekly Schedule: Monday - Computer History Tuesday - Computer & Linux Satire ⌘ Read more
Funny Programming Pictures Part XVI
It’s Friday! Let’s have some fun and look at some funny pictures about programming and Linux and stuff! The Lunduke Journal Community — About the Lunduke Journal — Subscriber Perks The Lunduke Journal Weekly Schedule: Monday - Computer History Tuesday ⌘ Read more
The (very real) history of :-)
On the 40th anniversary of :-) and :-( let’s tell the story of how the emoticon came into existence. ⌘ Read more
May back-issue of The Lunduke Journal Monthly PDF now available for download
Clocking in at over 200 pages of Linux, Alternative OS, and Computer History goodness. ⌘ Read more
Git’s Database Internals III: File History Queries
Git’s file history queries use specialized algorithms that are tailored to common developer behavior. Level up your history spelunking skills by learning how different history modes behave and which ones to use when you need them. ⌘ Read more
Git’s database internals II: commit history queries
This post explores Git commit history as a database where ‘git log’ is the query language. Learn about Git’s custom query index – the commit-graph file – and how to make sure it’s enabled in your repositories. ⌘ Read more
Correcting the myths and lies in computer history
Listen now (22 min) | The Lunduke Journal Podcast - August 24, 2022 ⌘ Read more
Lunduke’s History of Computers - Volume 2
Free for all subscribers to The Lunduke Journal. ⌘ Read more
The History of Ctrl-Alt-Delete
How the “Three Fingered Salute” came to be. ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: A Brief History of the More Than 30 Formats Music Has Officially Been Released On, including my new favorites, the Tefifon and the Sabamobil. https://loudwire.com/music-formats-history-streaming-cd-tape-vinyl/
A Brief History of the More Than 30 Formats Music Has Officially Been Released On, including my new favorites, the Tefifon and the Sabamobil. loudwire.com/music-formats-h…
@mckinley@twtxt.net Ah, interesting. Luckily, history got you covered. ;-)
How old are our earliest human ancestors? A million years older than we thought, study finds
Discovery could alter our understanding of hominid history, which is ‘more complex than linear evolution’, says scientist. ⌘ Read more
Cryptocurrency is ‘biggest Ponzi scheme in human history’, Chinese execs from state-backed blockchain drive say
Executives from China’s Blockchain-based Service Network say Web3 games and cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and ethereum, are investment frauds. ⌘ Read more
How Hong Kong’s redevelopment projects can be showcases of ‘organic city’ growth
The decision to bulldoze Kowloon Walled City in 1993 wasted a chance to create a cultural treasure that celebrates its history and character. Instead of cookie-cutter shopping centres and residential towers, Hong Kong needs development that evolves from the local characteristics of each district. ⌘ Read more
Pink Floyd seeking US$500 million for music catalogue
Should that deal come to fruition, it would be one of the largest sales in music history. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong Palace Museum can help foster sense of national identity among residents, outgoing leader says
Chief Executive Carrie Lam says venue could also act as ‘cultural connector’ by showcasing Chinese culture, history for rest of the world. ⌘ Read more
Debate over whether Hong Kong was indeed British colony reflects lack of education on Chinese constitution, lawmakers say
Pro-Beijing legislators say some residents have misunderstandings about history due to lack of education about Basic Law and nation’s constitution. ⌘ Read more
China, US gas trade increase could help lift relations from ‘worst in history’, ex-official says
Growing energy trade between China and the US could form a ‘community of shared interests’, according to Zou Ji, amid strained ties between Beijing and Washington. ⌘ Read more
EU backs Ukraine’s membership bid as war brings huge historic shift
Ukraine EU candidacy signals major change in European geopolitics – ‘Europe can create a new history of freedom’ President Volodymyr Zelensky says. Leaders of EU countries are expected to endorse the decision at a summit next week. ⌘ Read more
South Korea and Japan look to move forward and ‘normalise’ information-sharing by keeping their tense history in the past
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Park Jin wants to settle old disputes and revive a military information agreement thought to have lost steam under Seoul’s previous government. ⌘ Read more
Honeymoon years (1997-2002): Hong Kong’s early years under Chinese rule in 25 photos
The former British colony began a new chapter in its history as a newly returned Chinese city full of ambition and enthusiasm, its evolution scrutinised by the world. ⌘ Read more
Netflix plans Squid Game reality show with US$4.5 million prize, no fatal consequences
Unlike in the fictional series, the worst fate for losers is not death, but missing out on what Netflix claims is the largest lump sum prize in reality TV history. ⌘ Read more
https://github.com/dvorka/hstr bash zsh history
The Definitive History of Screensavers - Part 1
“The history of screensavers needs multiple parts?” Yes. Yes, it does. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - May 24, 2022
Listen now (22 min) | The Lost History of Wendin-DOS – The Multitasking, Multi-user MS-DOS clone ⌘ Read more
Gajim: Gajim 1.4.2
As promised earlier, releasing new Gajim versions is now much easier! 🎉 Gajim 1.4.2 comes with better performance and an important bugfix. But there is more! After popular demand, we brought back the calendar for browsing history.
Mainly it’s one bug we fixed in this release. We improved how Gajim manages chat messages it displays to you. Before this improvement, messages would sometimes only show after changing focus or resizing the window. This issue has been fixed.
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The Complete History of Linux (Abridged)
Watch now (40 min) | A 40 minute crash course on Linux history. ⌘ Read more
Improving Git push times through faster server side hooks
The history of pre-receive hooks, how we discovered that the performance was problematic, and how we went about safely replacing them. ⌘ Read more
LundukeFest is back on the schedule! May 14th, 2022!
“Linux Sucks”, Retro Computing, Internet History & more are on the schedule! ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - April 10, 2022
Listen now (27 min) | Why do Tech Journalists so often get Computer History… totally wrong? ⌘ Read more
New Book: “Lunduke’s History of Computers - Volume 1”
Esoteric, and often forgotten, stories of computer history… in a 200 page volume. ⌘ Read more
The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy VII… in 1996.
It’s time for a little dive into mid-1990s computer history! ⌘ Read more
Black Innovators That Paved the Way
While diverse experiences and perspectives should be sought after and celebrated every day, Black History Month is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on and celebrate the many contributions of Black Americans. Recognizing the ingenuity of Black people in technology is incredibly important – especially when a large diversity gap of historically overrepresented groups is so […]
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Documenting Microsoft’s funky attempts at porting software to UNIX
Listen now (15 min) | I was there for part of it. Trying to preserve that weird part of computing history. ⌘ Read more
This led me on quite the rabbit hole ending around this site with quite a few pages of different components of the language. https://www.bible.ca/ark/chinese/bible-evidences-chinese-language-characters-words-history-genesis.htm