That's what you get for trying to mess with "Keltie Klippie"! Too obscure? :-)

"and it shows what social media may become in the near future: a space where AI-generated content eclipses that of humans"

So there is hope after all :-P

Ctrl-t in trusty old GNUEmacs for the win :-)

You're kidding, right?

Apple II and "affordable" in the same sentence? Overpriced and technically inferior to more or less any other platform out there available at the time, rather more likely.

68k era: A GUI that didn't suck? Have you heard of the Amiga line of computers running Workbench, just to name one, outselling and outperforming every Apple product for a fraction of the cost in this "era"?

Winners (re-)write history they say and your statements are good examples of that, however with Apple they only became "winners" very much later on, having their arses saved by no other than Dear Mr. Gates and his Microsoft minions on the way a few times.

I fully agree :-)

The slow loading speed was caused by some hardware interface issues IIRC that had to be worked around in the customer /retail version of the drive by slowing down the serial bus of the floppy drive in software... Brian Bagnall's "On the Edge"* has the details if you're interested.

*: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodreads.com%2Fbook...

HP Apollo maybe? I recall a few of those in our CAD office in the early- / mid nineties, with no local disks running ME10... basically glorified x-terminals.

Cheers, Uwe

>If I configure a server to request the date/time from a standard nntp time service, it should simply perform that function.

Aren't you asking a bit much of NNTP? I'm not certain if it even includes a time sync function in any shape or form. RFC3977 should have all the details I guess :-)

the company I work for started offering a sponsored lease program for "regular" and e-bikes five years ago. I took the offer, chose an e-bike in the 3kâ ballpark at a local dealer and paid around 70 a month off my salary (after taxes) over the next three years. The lease included insurance, break-down support if your bike would stop working in the middle of nowhere, spare parts up to a certain amount per year and so on.

After three years I could have either chosen a new bike for lease, returning the old one at the dealer, or purchased the old one for around 400â (which I did). I recently completed 9,000 km, about 95% of that mileage that I would have put on our family car instead if the bike hadn't been available. Thanks to the motor it's a great way of transportation for going to the dojo with a big bag or birding, you can simply stuff all the optics, cameras, bird guides (and a few beers of course :-)) into the "saddle bags" I mounted over the rear wheel and cycle along happily.

Thanks to being able to select the level of support I can either decide to work out more by reducing the motor output a level or two or enjoy a very comfy ride, basically turning uphill sections into straights.

The battery is still great after four years and a few hundred charging cycles (Yamaha kit), I still get 70-110km out of a single charge depending on ambient temperature, terrain travelled over and / or carrying capacity used.

Easily the best purchase in my recent years, I biked a decent amount before going "e" but now the family car will just be parked in its spot for weeks on end, only being used for longer trips or to stock up the beverage storage in the cellar. After removing the front wheel I can also stuff the entire bike into the back of the car, go to an interesting birding area or nature reserve by car and then have the e-bike available locally with all the advantages mentioned above (but a few less beers naturally :-)

Heh, for a while I regretted "not having invested in BC" early on when they were available for a few cents. Knowing myself though in hindsight I probably would have sold out once they were at $1 and I'd be kicking myself now, earlier or even later for not having held on to them longer, so it was probably for the better not getting involved in crypto in the first place.

I've been on a four day / 30h week since August 2021 and am really enjoying the experience... every weekend is a "long" weekend :)

The pay cut wasn't too bad, either, having paid off the mortgage a few years ago I happily traded some spare cash for extra quality time off.

All the best,

Uwe

I still check /. daily during the workweek (4 days for me currently), great to see some old old-timers are still around :-)

"The beatings will continue until morale improves."

This "solution" has always worked, yeah right.

Yes pretty please with cream on top, shut these monstrosities down. Cannot wait!

I think part of NetHack's timeless appeal is the fact that it doesn't overwhelm you with fancy gfx or sounds, so most of the fun scenes will be played out in your head.

While I've never finished the game or even got my hands on the bloody Amulet of Yendor, I remember some very funny situations like walking into a polymorph trap, turning into a Nazgul with two little pet dragons that had hatched from my backpack after countless of rounds or storage, wielding "Stormbringer" received from a wish, beating up the hapless monsters in the dungeon ("the orc suddenly seems weaker") while every once in a while seeing the message "you hear some noises in the distance", knowing that Grisu and Smaug were just beating up another poor schmock walking into their path of destruction. Good times, good times. :-)