@marcoarment Overcast question: I have a podcast with ~950 back episodes I want to subscribe and listen from the first. Is there a way to manage a podcast like this, without getting bogged down in all the episodes?
Randy Lea
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@siliconundergro I have a comment on the recent blog post about the PS/2 computers. You said that the VGA was around before, but I don't think that's correct.
I was the applications engineer for Inmos, the manufacturer of the graphics pallet chip that IBM used in the original VGA card. There weren't low cost analog monitors available, I had to use a high-end workstation monitor with the evaluation board I designed to demo for IBM.
@jsnell Just got an email that Pocket is closing. Big news for me, confirmed visiting the web site. I'd love to hear the story with info about alternatives.
@daringfireball I just got an email stating that Pocket is shutting down. This is a big deal for me, now I have to investigate the alternatives. I'd like to see your thoughts.
@shayman New follower, welcome to the world of us retired techies. Are you open to a couple of Next questions?
My great granddaughter (3 years old) was seriously confused that she couldn't see her mom in video on the screen of our landline phone. She doesn't know anyone else that still has a landline.
@gruber Hey John, I tried the Super Bowl winner question on my iPhone. When I asked for Super Bowl 1, it responded that the Patriots won Super Bowl 51. My speech isn't perfect, but it's really bad to confuse my saying '1' with '51'. When I ask who won the first Super Bowl, it correctly said the Packers. With Super Bowl 2, Sire reported back that the Eagles won Super Bowl 52, replying correctly that the Packers won the second Super Bowl. In my case, Siri doesn't understand my speech. Crap.
@gruber I disagree with your post about the AirPod sounds. Back in 1986, while working for a startup late at night, I needed a cable to use a modem. I had to make one from alligator clips by trial and error, the Mac had a proprietary connector and the pin-outs weren't documented. Also, at the same time, I fought for weeks to resolve a "bug" trying to import a complex Autocad drawing dxf file into a desktop pub app. There was an undocumented 32K byte memory limit in the OS.
It was very similar, but mine kinda looked like a credit card, maybe 2x as thick. The function was probably identical. I carried it in my shirt pocket when I traveled for work, maybe it held ~100 phone numbers. At one time or another I'd owned a bunch of these little Sharp gadgets, as an employee.