Norm Driskell

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@dan @neil Makes sure to drop it, as per instructions from 1988
@tallpaul @zymurgic my pet hate is a phone number/email box, where you get an INVALID PLEASE CORRECT THE ERRORS as soon as you type a single character..
@danilop oh cool!
@dan Was “swift retrieval” a feature in your definition of “safe”?
“Cache hits” as in whatever is the most popular thing in the cache at any moment, here it is. Tune in tonight for the biggest retro computing cache hits of the 90s, here’s a DWORD straight from the SunOS 4.2 libc syscall top ten, coming to you live from KPSR. [glitchcore noises start]
@Ric that’s awesome! Well done!
@Footle I’m starting to think we aren’t going to need that many..
@jamesoff [Catchphrase!]
@jsph @Footle We miss you! UK any time soon?
2022 retro-link! https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/ - Animated explanation of a mechanical watch.
Mechanical Watch – Bartosz Ciechanowski

Interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works.