A new world airport and its baggage(computer.rip)
45 points by firloop | 2 comments
A Computers Are Bad newsletter essay by J. B. Crawford on Denver's airport history and its automated baggage handling system.
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From Hookswitch to Grave(computer.rip)
36 points by Sniffnoy | 2 comments
Telephones Caught in Between(computer.rip)
30 points by speckx | 4 comments
Megawatts by Microwave(computer.rip)
70 points by eternauta3k | 5 comments
Extremely Low Frequencies(computer.rip)
179 points by pinewurst | 15 comments
Voice Modems(computer.rip)
63 points by K7PJP | 8 comments
LotusNotes(computer.rip)
167 points by TMWNN | 93 comments
Cash issuing terminals(computer.rip)
91 points by zdw | 15 comments
Memories of .us(computer.rip)
172 points by sabas_ge | 61 comments
RuBee(computer.rip)
322 points by Sniffnoy | 56 comments
A Computers Are Bad newsletter post by J. B. Crawford about RuBee, an obscure low-frequency wireless tag technology used in DOE facilities to detect phones.
Teletext in North America(computer.rip)
42 points by susam | 26 comments
Passive Microwave Repeaters(computer.rip)
103 points by BallsInIt | 16 comments
Omnimax(computer.rip)
187 points by aberoham | 47 comments
Air Traffic Control(computer.rip)
242 points by 1317 | 106 comments
USB On-The-Go(computer.rip)
185 points by jnord | 87 comments
Buy payphones and retire(computer.rip)
436 points by cratermoon | 317 comments
A Computers Are Bad newsletter post by J. B. Crawford on the history of payphone investment schemes as a get-rich-quick, passive income scam.
IPMI(computer.rip)
241 points by pabs3 | 103 comments
Just disconnect the internet(computer.rip)
364 points by bathtub365 | 193 comments
A Computers Are Bad newsletter essay by J. B. Crawford arguing against the common refrain that critical systems should simply be disconnected from the internet.
Minuteman missile communications(computer.rip)
351 points by sklargh | 59 comments
A Computers Are Bad newsletter article by J. B. Crawford on the communications systems, including HICS, used for Minuteman missile sites.
Dmv.org(computer.rip)
129 points by todsacerdoti | 55 comments
GRC SpinRite(computer.rip)
123 points by todsacerdoti | 130 comments
The Purple Streetscape(computer.rip)
64 points by turtleyacht | 13 comments
ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood(computer.rip)
451 points by kogir | 358 comments
Computers Are Bad newsletter post by J. B. Crawford examining ShotSpotter's acoustic gunfire sensors after a leaked sensor-location spreadsheet, and the secrecy surrounding them.
A History of the TTY(computer.rip)
164 points by LorenDB | 37 comments
The Top of the DNS Hierarchy(computer.rip)
147 points by mrzool | 40 comments
Multi-channel Audio Part 2(computer.rip)
74 points by kogir | 24 comments
The Curse of Docker(computer.rip)
142 points by sklargh | 85 comments
Cooler screens(computer.rip)
317 points by kevincox | 203 comments
A Computers Are Bad newsletter essay by J. B. Crawford about Cooler Screens, the digital display doors replacing glass on Walgreens refrigerators.
Plastic Money(computer.rip)
227 points by bertman | 112 comments
Free Public WiFi(computer.rip)
314 points by EamonnMR | 145 comments
Underwater ears everywhere(computer.rip)
433 points by lonk11 | 161 comments
Computers Are Bad newsletter post by J. B. Crawford on military hydrophone and wide-area sonar surveillance and its role in detecting the Titan submersible implosion.
Radio on the TV(computer.rip)
35 points by ecliptik | 14 comments
