I would have built a web development framework years ago, but I've been visiting Slashdot every 5 minutes for the past 25 years!

I think there's two Linux magazines in the UK now - Linux Format and Linux Magazine. Both are good, though expensive. I miss the days when Linux Voice and Linux User & Developer were also published each month as well.

I was surprised to see Amiga Addict and Pixel Addict magazine being sold in WH Smiths. Who would think that a regular* Amiga mag would be sold in shops in 2023?

* It seems to be published every 6 weeks.

If I were in the market for a ridiculously expensive keyboard, I'd go for an Optimus keyboard from the mid-2000s. Each key had a tiny display that could be configured to your current key configuration, allowing you to change it for each game/application that you use. The cost was a mere $1,600!

The Wikipedia page even credits Slashdot for raising awareness of the keyboard.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

If the asteroid does/did exist and is so large, is there a way to determine if it is the mysterious "Planet 9" that may have affected the gravity of other objects?

I was looking into a simple solution for my Amiga 1200 a few years ago and was recommended a BenQ BL702A LED TN 17 inch monitor (which is currently £90 on Amazon UK) on various Amiga forums. It can accept a standard 15kHz signal. I didn't buy it, after being given a CRT TV, but the Amazon comments show it in action.

My grandfather was at the battle of Dunkirk. If it hadn’t been for the floppy disk containing a copy of Doom in his inner pocket, that sniper would definitely have got him.

No wait! The disk contained Wolfenstein! Sorry, I don't have any Doom stories.

Can data protection laws be used to stop the emails? If this happened in the UK, an argument could be made that they're actively breaching legislation by providing subscriber information to non-authorised users. I assume there's an equivalent to the Information Commissioner's Office which can be contacted.

Most computing/games magazines in the UK are expensive nowadays.

5.99 UK Pounds is a lot of money for a 116 page magazine, but it gives a higher per-page value than Linux Magazine (100 pages for 5.99) and Linux Format (100 pages for 6.49).

Linux Voice is a good magazine, though it has distribution issues. You can only find it in the town/city WH Smiths, rather than the railway stations where I buy most of my magazines. It's also difficult to find a copy with an attached coverdisc, since the glue they use is a bit rubbish.

Neat, though I wonder about the privacy issues of its widespread use. If you can scan for a doppler frequency shift in the next room and record change over time, you could capture your neighbours position over time and render their movements on-screen.

Obligatory sci-fi reference: Continuum did something like this last year.

This. I was in the same situation as the grandparent post - I couldn't think of a time when I could do without analogue media. However, I can see the advantage now that I've moved to London. I have to pay a fortune to rent a tiny flat and don't have the space for a large number of objects. Any CDs or DVDs I buy are transferred to disc and I take the physical media to my parents' house for storage. For books that I want to keep for the long-term, I've started to go for the paperback to reduce storage space, and regularly clear out those that I don't want anymore. It's impractical to drive in the city, so I have to think about how I will transfer items to a new place. I would love to own a 32-inch TV, but went for a 22-inch TV because it is easier to carry.

As the population grows and housing costs increase, it's likely we'll be forced to live in accommodation that is smaller than that held by our parents. I suspect we'll see more people moving to digital storage for many types of personal item to free up some space.

I guess Zefram Cochrane was wrong - the Warp Bomb is a reality

Interesting exhibition, though the article's reference to the UK's "first digital archive" is unclear. I'm guessing that they are referring to the UK Web Archive, which has been accessible for a number of years, but only officially launched at the start of 2010.

In other news, Paul McCartney and Will Smith receive a surprising sales boost to their back catalogue.

You're words are truthy enough, but your assuming that synergistic words like irregardless don't have impacts on english as we know it. The facts is that people will use words like that wether we like it or not. This is truely, the case when it comes to American's use of language. Sadly, theirs very little we, as people far more litterate than the average people, can really do about that. If people used grammer checkers, then you and me would not see so many people authoring bad words and having a negative affect on english as it is known and practised today but should be editted and spokened tomorrow.

Er... Why is this insightful? It's full of (intentional) errors. It should be +5 funny.

I've had a lot of product recalls in my life because I drive a car and I have a baby.

I can understand a car recall but a baby? What happened? Did you have to return it to the uterus and get a replacement?