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Stewart Cheifet has passed away

reddit.com
4 points·by robarr·7 mesi fa·1 comments

The new cardputer is now for sale –has Lora accesories

shop.m5stack.com
2 points·by robarr·10 mesi fa·0 comments

The Apple II color hack - How Wozniak created color from monochrome

ntsc-color-hack.lovable.app
7 points·by robarr·11 mesi fa·2 comments

What we get when male fitness standards clash with female preferences

nataliaantonova.substack.com
26 points·by robarr·anno scorso·21 comments

uBlock developer recommends switch to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags extension

neowin.net
6 points·by robarr·2 anni fa·1 comments

The Database for Bootleg/Unauthorized Video Game Consoles

uc.pory.app
1 points·by robarr·3 anni fa·1 comments

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robarr
·4 mesi fa·discuss
For example, it's used as a kind of internal bookmarking system. I don't necessarily star a repo because I think it has good code, but maybe a good idea or something related to something I'm interested in developing.
robarr
·5 mesi fa·discuss
It should be posted under'Show HN'
robarr
·6 mesi fa·discuss
It took me a second to realize it is GP's .
robarr
·6 mesi fa·discuss
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46711574
robarr
·11 mesi fa·discuss
How Steve Wozniak exploited TV timing to bring color to the Apple II
robarr
·2 anni fa·discuss
I want to comment on something that seems important to me. In the third world, in countries where the internet arrived much later and where money was much scarcer, the effect of qmodem was quite long lasting and profitable for the tech savvy community. A PC and a modem were the support for many of the adventures and beginnings in computer science and in general to satisfy that insatiable curiosity for the computer revolution. Engineers working in big companies and using the resources of these and local volunteers installed BBS with Walnut Creek cds and other shareware CDs and gave access for the first time to that universe that we now take as evident and accessible from our phones. Without qmodem I would still be waiting for my copy of unarc!.

In my personal case, I want to also thank your father for pointing us thru it's company name to the book and movie "the forbin project" :-). In our present of promises of supercomputing AIs, maybe we should all read the book or watch the movie.
robarr
·2 anni fa·discuss
Peruvian anchovy, the anchoveta, had and still has aprofound impact on peruvian economy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_anchoveta

By the way of Wikipedia:

"The anchoveta has been characterized as "the most heavily exploited fish in world history"

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/183775/102904317
robarr
·2 anni fa·discuss
https://www.hrw.org/report/2005/12/21/probable-cause/evidenc...
robarr
·2 anni fa·discuss
Quite the contrary, the management of the different ecological floors was the specialty of the inhabitants of the Andes, even now. The same community owns and uses land at different altitudes, which can range from 1000 to 4000 meters above sea level. This generated an economy based on the exchange of goods along vertical lines.

https://haubooks.org/reciprocity-and-redistribution/

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/obituaries/24murra.html
robarr
·2 anni fa·discuss
Was it not a mailing list before a site?

I let the next guy explain what a mailing list was.
robarr
·3 anni fa·discuss
Here you can find thousands of Atari VCS/FC/NES/MD/SNES/GB (and more) clones, from historic bootlegs products to modern legal ones. Soft-emulator based multi-platform consoles are not supported.
robarr
·3 anni fa·discuss
Should we avoid this topic, at least at this time, on HN?

I really think there is a rational conversation to be had but I do not see how we could achieve such at feat without heavy moderation and even then.
robarr
·3 anni fa·discuss
“The Caterpillar Club is an informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft. After authentication by the parachute maker, applicants receive a membership certificate and a distinctive lapel pin. The nationality of the person whose life was saved by parachute and ownership of the aircraft are not factors in determining qualification for membership; anybody whose life was saved by using a parachute after bailing out of a disabled aircraft is eligible. The requirement that the aircraft is disabled naturally excludes parachuting enthusiasts in the normal course of a recreational jump, or those involved in military training jumps.“

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_Club