I had that computer, and it was much more than a calculator, unless you mean a modern programmable one. This one could be programmed in BASIC. It also had a receipt-sized printer you could get.
…while you can.
Saw this on Mastodon:
When did brute force switch from being an antipattern to the preferred pattern?
All of their code and specs should be required to be put into escrow in case they go out of business.
"Just Kidding" Rowling
USB-A requires three attempts to connect, C only one.
They've put all their eggs in the Trump basket, with no clear line of succession. Once he is humiliated again this year, the fever will break for some, and the rest will splinter into infighting. This was their last clear path, which is why they are forcing through everything they are able while they can.
He took a series of very shallow breaths, and then said as quickly and as quietly as he could, 'Door, if you can hear me, say so very, very quietly.'
Very, very quietly, the door murmured, 'I can hear you.'
'Good. Now, in a moment, I'm going to ask you to open. When you open do not want you to say that you enjoyed it, OK?'
'ΟΚ.'
'And I don't want you to say to me that I have made a simple door very happy, or that it is your pleasure to open for me and your satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done, OK?'
'ΟΚ.'
'And do not want you to ask me to have a nice day, understand?"
'I understand.'
'OK,' said Zaphod, tensing himself, 'open now.'
The door slid open quietly. Zaphod slipped quietly through. The door closed quietly behind him.
'Is that the way you like it, Mr Beeblebrox?' said the door out loud.
— Life, the Universe, and Everything
Allman is the way.
It was also the time when she watched a man die to save her life.
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brianary
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It's the same argument I've heard about the "complexity" of Mastodon: too many choices, which is I guess why people largely stopped going to websites outside the major social networks. Monopoly over competition, it's like everyone is pining for a monarchy.