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Toshiba stuffs an entire PC into a dot matrix printer – Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500
Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500 (Image credit: Toshiba) On November 8, Toshiba Japan (Toshiba Tec) debuted the latest...
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Is the 80 character line limit still relevant? (2008)
Traditionally, it’s always been standard practice for programmers to wrap long lines of code so they...
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El Capitan: New Supercomputer Is the Fastest in the World
In 1965, the United States and other nuclear powers committed to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which...
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Why is Apple Rosetta 2 fast?
Rosetta 2 is remarkably fast when compared to other x86-on-ARM emulators. I’ve spent a little time...
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When did estimates turn into deadlines?
Can I please return to my vacation days in early October? After my unforgettable and fun...
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Bogota Declaration
Outer space treaty The eight signatories to the 1976 Bogota Declaration. The Declaration of the First...
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Bottles of OOP now available in Python
What Makes It Unique? We are practical people. We love beautiful code but we're also committed...
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The Debian Project Mourns the Loss of JéRémy Bobbio (Lunar)
November 19th, 2024 The Debian Project sadly shares the news of the passing of Jérémy Bobbio...
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Typesetting and printing a family memoir (2017)
July 17, 2017 In the 1980s, my great-uncle, André Klat, wrote his memoirs on a typewriter....
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A Man of Parts and Learning Fara Dabhoiwala on the Portrait of Francis Williams
In the autumn of 1928, a previously unknown painting turns up on the London art market....
