Ok finally watching this now that's it's on HBO's "Last Chance" list. I've never seen the TV show either but have heard good things.


Westworld (1973) - IMDb
Directed by Michael Crichton. With Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Norman Bartold. A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.www.imdb.com
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How have I never seen this?!?! Someone got VNC working to an Apple IIc over a Super Serial connection. It's not useful but impressive. #RetroComputing
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Pascal was the 1st high level language I learned and the 1st I formally learned. My usage of it fell away when I learned C/C++ and Java in the mid-1990s but I did recently do "30 days of Pascal" using the Free and FOSS Lazarus IDE though. Happy 50th!


50 Years of Pascal
The Pascal programming language creator Niklaus Wirth reflects on its origin, spread, and further development.cacm.acm.org
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Borland Turbo Pascal became Turbo Pascal for Windows, and
then Delphi which, for me, was a programmer's dream. The first 'proper' IDE I'd worked with. I tried to like Kylix, its successor, but failed. Lazarus was based on Delphi and supports most of its libraries, I believe. I installed it once, to take a look at, but found that I couldn't be tempted back into programming.
then Delphi which, for me, was a programmer's dream. The first 'proper' IDE I'd worked with. I tried to like Kylix, its successor, but failed. Lazarus was based on Delphi and supports most of its libraries, I believe. I installed it once, to take a look at, but found that I couldn't be tempted back into programming.
I took a Pascal course in HS. I didn't have a PC at home so it was more or less a participation trophy so I could graduate. However, I did meet an amazingly brilliant Russian (or maybe Czech, can't remember) exchange student who had learned advanced US college level math back home and wrote some pretty cool stuff during lunch breaks.
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Yup! Usually the performance between the two doesn't require the clever solution, especially with modern compilers and architectures. For the few cases it does then get creative. Otherwise choose readability over cleverness. I won't mention Perl now...😀 #programming


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Not to get all OPSEC obsessed but...in movies/tv when you watch a character write something out do they have some random staffer do that so you don't have samples of the actor's handwriting? They aren't sensitive to how you can capture fingerprints with HD but just curious.
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@neqone I doubt this is a consideration, but maybe there’s a career to be made in operational security consulting for Hollywood!
...interesting, and I'd never thought of this. You need to find a actor who has made notes in multiple movies and then find a graphologist to run some analysis. Might be a challenge! 🤣
Thanks to @_broadcasters I'm watching #TheStand 1994 for the umpteenth time. Episode 2. First time since reading the novel. Never realized that one of the first times Tom Cullen does "M-O-O-N" he says "M-O-O-O-N" (extra O)..."that spells deaf and dumb!"
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@neqone Enjoy the '94 version so much more than the '21. The '94 even got a Blu-ray release finally!
Can I just say how thoroughly impressed I am with @6502Workshop build & art quality on their new Apple II game! I’ve had it downloaded for awhile but now have my boxed set! First brand new software I’ve gotten on 5.25” disks in 30 years too! #retrogames #RetroComputing #apple2


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@6502Workshop PS Where did you all get new 5.25" disks? Is there some boutique manufactures still or a stash left from years ago?
@neqone All new old stock, which came from government surplus a decade or so ago. To our knowledge the last production run of 5.25" disks was in the 1990s.
That's neat: I like how it forces the tiles to be flat to each other (which I've had troubles with.) It does lift already placed tiles so I'm wondering if they'll end up less solidly placed.
@neqone I was once told that procrastination is actually a guise worn by perfectionism. They are so afraid of failure or not being perfect that the task is subconsciously so overwhelming that it is put off until we must face it. Thus making you your own worst enemy. That's me.🧡
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