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Edward C. Stone, 1936-2024
Caltech mourns the loss of Edward C. Stone, leader of humanity’s first foray into interstellar space.
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History & Retro Computing
The most popular blog posts about history & retro computing on Hacker News. 1,024 posts.
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The Visual ARM1
Today is the 25th anniversary of ARM Ltd., UK. To celebrate and honor their amazing work, we present the Visual ARM1 , created in collabo...
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The sad history of Unicode printf-style format specifiers in Visual C++ (2019)
Getting ahead of the standard, which went a different way.
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The History of Coffee (2015)
Who discovered coffee trees? Who invented coffee as we enjoy it now? Learn coffee history and its journey across the globe from the 9th century to today.
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The worst-selling Microsoft software product of all time: OS/2 for the Mach 20
Count 'em on one hand.
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Zimki, the world's first Platform as a Service that belonged to Canon
The origin of AWS and the story of Zimki, the world's first Platform as a Service that belonged to Canon.
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What World War I Can Teach Us about Misjudging Tech and Social Change (2020)
Stay informed with the latest news articles, press releases, in-depth analysis, and top headlines from our grantees around the world.
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July 5, 1687: When Newton explained why you don't float away
On this day in 1687, Isaac Newton published the Principia—a book that explained why apples fall, why planets don’t wander off, and why NASA is still lighting enormous tubes on fire to fling humans into orbit 337 years later.
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Sleeping Through a Revolution
Letter to the Millenials 2
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History of the PDF
Explore the remarkable history of the PDF. This ubiquitous format, which has shaped the way we share and view documents, has a story as compelling as its widespread use. Discover why the PDF, often criticized yet universally used, continues to be a vital part of our digital world in 2023.
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Apple II Desktop Updated
The Apple II Desktop has been updated. Version 1.2 Alpha 48 includes a ton of updates. The program is now available in eight languages. Updated features include: General Added Sample.Media folder with some samples of various file types.Improved appearance of keyboard shortcuts in buttons.Improve appearance of ()^…
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Pink Floyd's Young Lust – explained and demystified
Pink Floyd’s Young Lust has been a staple of rock radio for over 40 years. But many people are mystified about the section at the end when a “Mr. Floyd” in the United States attempts to make a collect call to “Mrs. Floyd” in England. There are many “beeps” and “boops” that for the untrained ear are just random sounds…
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PostScript: A Digital Printing Press
CHM publicly releases the source code for the breakthrough printing technology, PostScript.
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Pixar's True Story
The true story of Pixar's IPO and the Silicon Valley investment bankers who took a chance on Steve Jobs' passion project.
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The Man Who Writes His Dissenting Opinion in All Caps
Terence Faulkner wrote 1/3 of the opposing arguments in this year's SF voter guide. And large chunks of them read like he's yelling at you.
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World's oldest periodic table chart found in St. Andrews
A periodic table chart discovered at the University of St Andrews is thought to be the oldest in the world.
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Fifteen Years of Fedora
Read this Magazine article to learn about the history of Fedora, the original Fedora Core 1 release, and how much has changed over 15 years.
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Experimenting with QUIC
At Google, we're always working to make the web faster. The SPDY protocol , which is now the foundation of the upcoming HTTP 2.0 protocol, i...