History Of Window Systems (2021)(blog.dshr.org)
32 points by fanf2 | 0 comments
First screen, captured .
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80386 microcode disassembled(reenigne.org)
260 points by nand2mario | 49 comments
X Window System at 40(blog.dshr.org)
14 points by whereistimbo | 0 comments
Archival Storage(blog.dshr.org)
339 points by rbanffy | 165 comments
David Rosenthal's blog post giving the text and slides of his Berkeley I-school talk on archival storage, debunking conventional wisdom about long-term data preservation.
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An r/technology discussion thread on old Reddit linking an Independent article reporting that the Reddit blackout protest will continue indefinitely.
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Dan Abramov's 2020 blog post on overreacted reflecting on rewriting a colleague's repetitive code into an abstraction and why chasing clean code can be a mistake.
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