I love this channel.
LOL
From: (SovereignHodl) at 12/04 22:26
> Maybe Elon can meet with the CEO of nostr and offer to buy nostr.
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Thanks for the nod!
From: DCP<-ringo at 12/04 22:20
> Hey there, Uncle Bob. I'm just dropping by to let you know that I appreciate you.😀👍
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> Unfortunately, somehow you don't show up in my feed very often, or I just miss your posts when you do.😜
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> Glad to hear you had a good holiday. So did we.🙏😆
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Timcast suggests Elon will move X to nostr.
I just completed "Scratchcards" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2023 https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/4 #AdventOfCode
Mostly a parsing problem.
It's a fascinating write!
From: b7ed68b...<-Derek... at 12/02 06:11
> That's going to be a fascinating read!
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Progress on IProgrammer. I'm writing my personal history of software for each decade since 1970. I'm just about done with the '70s chapter.
“What I see all over the place is people who care about looking good while doing evil. Fuck them.” — Elon Musk.
Based.
Good Morning Nostrs,
I just finished my chapter on Turing and von Neumann -- the guys who came up with the idea of a stored program computer. The two came to the same conclusion, but through two very different pathways. Turing was simply pursuing a mathematical problem. Von Neumann needed a machine that could model the detonation of a thermonuclear device.
The story is full of interesting twists, turns, and happy accidents.
Pam,
The DerekRoss you saw likely looked like this: pam<-DerekRoss. The client I use (more-speech) adorns people by who follows (trusts) them. Derek follows you and I follow Derek, so you were shown as someone trusted by someone I trust.
But since you pointed this out, I've added you to my trusted list. So you won't see that <-DerekRoss adornment anymore in my replies.
From: pam at 11/27 09:29
> Btw, i've notice Derek Ross name next to mine several times tho he isn't in the conversation, perhaps it might be some error.
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Hi Pam,
The Apple Logo story is a bit of urban lengend I'm afraid. According to the designer of the logo the bite was there simply to establish that the fruity image was not another kind of fruit, like a cherry.
I don't entirely buy that explanation either. My first exposure to Apple Inc. was in the very late '70s or perhaps very, very, early '80s. This was at a time when computer stores were popping up all over the place to sell hobbyist computers like the Imsai and Altair, and long before the Apple ][. The father of a friend of mine opened a little store that he called "Lillipute". On the wall he hung an advertisement banner from Apple Inc. The product being advertised was a single board computer. No power supply, no screen, no keyboard, just the circuit board with the processor and some memory. These kinds of products were common in those every early days.
The price for that Apple board, boldy emblazoned on that banner, was $666. That convinced me, at the time, that the bite out of the apple in the logo was Eve's bite of the forbidden fruit. It was Eve's bit that ultimately lead to the Apocalypse in the book of Revelations and the Mark of the Beast. So I think Steve Jobs was making a little biblical joke for the benefit of his customers. A kind of early easter egg.
Anyway, we'll probably never really know for sure.
As for Alan Turing, the apple he ate was never tested, so it not certain that it was laced with the cyanide found in his house. The apple itself was _half_ an apple with a few bites taken out of it; so not similar to the logo.
He had an experiment running in his house, and that experiment required cyanide -- a substance he used quite frequently in his experiments. So it is possible that his death was the accidental result of inadvertenly getting some of the solution on his hands. It only takes 200mg to be lethal. He would have known the symptoms and would have understood the implications as he lay, dying, in his bed.
His mother thought this to be the most likely explanation. She had frequently told Alan to be careful and wash his hands, and he would dismiss her concerns.
From: pam<-DerekRoss at 11/27 08:27
> This would be one of the more popular ones - on his codes, breaking the codes, WW1, WW2, Nazis and the many many things named after Turing. And that bite on Apple logo - apparently it was based on the bite Turing took on a cyanide filled apple which led to his death. I don't know if it's fabricated or real.
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> Have a wonderful day uncle Bob!
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Good Morning Nostr,
Back at home. We had a great Thanksgiving with our family up at our Northern Hideaway. Now back to work on IProgrammer. Today I'm writing about Alan Turing.
Good morning Nostralds. Google "Particle lenia" and have fun for the next hour or so..
Good Morning Nostrzens. I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving and/or Thursday. Mine was spectacular! Now back to writing more history of programming...
Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving Nostroids. I expect a lovely day today at our Northern Hideaway.