I like old computers, making things, science, math, and science fiction.
Currently making something new at https://www.nipht.io. Helped create Google Reader.
Also @laurence.gonsalv.es on Bluesky.
Formerly @laurence on the birdsite.
IDIC 🖖 he/him
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Yes, that's also what I heard.
As a kid, I loved a lot of designs that looked cool and futuristic, but (unbeknownst to me) were not really practical. I never saw the 116 back then, but I *loved* the look of the plus/4 and its impractical arrow "keys". (Somehow even worse than the C64's two arrow keys!) I saw one in a store and saved all of my money to buy one, but (perhaps lucky for me) it had been discontinued by then, so I eventually got a Commodore 128 instead.
I also thought the Atari 400 looked way cooler than the Atari 800. Perhaps I would have felt differently if I actually has regular access to any of these machines. I bet typing on an Atari 400 would be torture
While I still appreciate the look of these machines, my "daily-driver" keyboard is a hideous but ergonomic Kinesis Advantage.
Finally received my ZX Spectrum Next.
The "tape cutting error" on the shipping box is a cute touch.
(My son and I are waiting in a restaurant.)
My son: let's play wordle
Me: ok, I usually start with "adieu"
Him: I usually start with "piano"
Me: ok, go ahead
Wordle:
Wordle 885 1/6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
@b0rk Is there going to be another thread to make the case *for* rebase? 😆​
I used to think rebasing was scary because I didn't understand it, but now I always rebase into my feature branches, and only merge when going back up into main.
Looking up "magsafe 2023 pinout" shows that there simply aren't pins for data.
I also tested with a dock to confirm, and only power was transmitted over magsafe.
Kind of unfortunate, IMHO. Most of the time my MBP is charging, it's from a dock on my desk (that also connects to ethernet and a monitor). So as a result, I pretty much never use the magsafe port, and the magsafe cable is in my tub of USB cables.
