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From the MIT-AI Lab's file "AI:HUMOR;PDP-* LIST", the inimitable Marc Crispin weighs in on DEC's PDP's: https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/ma…
by DonHopkins · Oct 31, 2026
That LLM seems to rather mindlessly reproduce the Rust marketing idea that it is basically impossible or a huge effort to write safe C code. But yes, compilers are also really g…
by uecker · Oct 31, 2026
Sadly enlightenment broke backwards compatibility with old themes so often basically nothing works anymore. You have to search for themes specifically made for the new versions,…
by onli · Oct 31, 2026
Don't know why you're getting scrutinized, npm didn't introduce malicious packages obviously but it did completely remove the feeling of suspicion and responsibility people had…
by freecodeio · Oct 31, 2026
If I'm digging up the garden or changing the tyres on my car, I'm going to want my G-Shock. Quartz, solar powered, radio synchronized, and basically indestructible. After WW3 it…
by rwmj · Oct 31, 2026
There's nothing new under the sun, as they say. Perl had CPAN already in 1993; Linux and common BSD distros have basically always had package repositories. "People were responsi…
by dpe82 · Oct 31, 2026
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