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[garry]

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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/14/business/best-buy-dvds-netflix/index.html
-- Best Buy will soon stop selling DVDs | CNN Business
Netflix mailed its last red-enveloped DVD last month.
Now Best Buy will stop selling DVDs and Blu-ray discs at the end of the 2023 holiday season, too.
Best Buy says that streaming has made DVDs obsolete and it can use physical space in its stores and warehouses for tech products in higher demand.
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2023-10-21
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/malware-scams-hackers-control-phone-android-apple-protect-3858756
-- How can scammers control your phone? Here’s what you need to know about malware
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2023-10-23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiOUojVd6xQ
-- McKinsey: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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[garry]

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[RussF]

Ahhh, you're making me wax nostalgic.

In 1981 I wrote a full medical billing system for a small practice using AppleSoft BASIC on 64k Apple II+ computers tied to a 10MB Corvus HDD (~$8000) via an OmniNet (1 Mb/sec) network. Apple's DOS couldn't understand anything larger than its 143k floppy disk size, so the HDD had to be partitioned into 67 volumes of 143k each. Your random access files didn't just automatically spill over to the next volume. For each record you wanted, you had to calculate which volume it was on and the relative record number to read or write. Corvus had a backup system called "Mirror" that would back up about 1MB/min to a VHS tape recorder.

The good ol' days...

Russ

[garry]

SHARP PC-1262 from 1984 , Basic, 8-bit ROM=40-kB RAM=10-kB ... with later made USB connection to Windows-PC

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[RussF]

Sweet! USB to what - rs232?

Russ

[garry]

I connected to my XP computer ... had a file-transfer program , now no more used ... but never lost data also when change battery , 3-V lithium battery keeps 20 years

[andymbody]

The first i-Can PING device

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[RussF]

Sorry, I should have been more specific. USB didn't exist in 1984, so the Sharp obviously did not have it. What port on the Sharp did you adapt the USB to - rs232 (serial)?

Russ

[garry]

on the left side it has a connector ... someone from Germany made an USB adapter in ca 2005 so it was possible connect to computer

a picture from ca 1984 , SHARP-PC-1261 with CE-125 > tape to save/load programs and printer
https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=466

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[garry]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/south-korean-killed-industrial-robot-3906756
-- South Korean man killed by industrial robot - CNA
The industrial robot, which was lifting boxes filled with bell peppers and placing them on a pallet, appears to have malfunctioned and identified the man as a box
The robotic arm pushed the man's upper body down against the conveyor belt, crushing his face and chest

[BoBo]

Interesting…

[andymbody]

Interesting…

Might be worth the challenge just to see if it can be fooled. But I'm sure Google developers are just a tad more clever than me.

[joedf]

What if it's a touchscreen?

[garry]

I've been using this trick on and off for about 6 months. It has come in handy when I just want to read one or two articles from a pay site. It doesn't always work but it usually does.

The archive.is internet trick
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y1Bgktoxxq8

also an addon to firefox
Firefox Extension: Bypass Paywalls Clean (D) by dbmiller

[jballi]

Thanks. archive.is has been unusable lately and so this looks like a good alternative.

I installed it on Firefox for now. I tried it on a few of the supported sites and it appears to work as advertised. I only used archive.is infrequently and so it might be a while before I use this extension to read a paywall blocked article that I found in another browser.

There is a Chromecast version but there is no automatic install. You have to download a Zip file, extract the files, go into developer mode, and so on.

[garry]

Monty Python ( british nonsense ) =

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u945Sc3B2Hs
-- And Now For Something Completely Different (Ft. Monty Python) | Full Movie | Classic TV Rewind
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHjj5S70kBc
-- Life Of Brian 1979
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHbzSif78qQ
-- Life Of Brian - "You are all individuals"
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Dave Allen ( Irish comedian ) =

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doB8nrGcbLU
-- Dave Allen at Large / Dave Allen lætur móðan mása
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVF4-Nx6_Ys
-- 1_4 The Best Of Dave Allen...The Comedy Sketches.mp4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IGBkq3i6oc&t=355s
-- 2/4 The Best Of Dave Allen...The Comedy Sketches
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkqz__z7rf0&t=486s
-- 3/4 The Best Of Dave Allen...The Comedy Sketches
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qLW0z5B8iU&t=344s
-- 4/4 The Best Of Dave Allen...The Comedy Sketches
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[garry]

https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/#tyler-james-hill
-- Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (08 Dec 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing":
When Big Content makes the paid version *worse* than the free one.

I proposed that all Wired endorsements for DRM-encumbered products should come with this disclaimer:

WARNING:
THIS DEVICE’S FEATURES ARE SUBJECT TO REVOCATION WITHOUT NOTICE, ACCORDING TO TERMS SET OUT IN SECRET NEGOTIATIONS.
YOUR INVESTMENT IS CONTINGENT ON THE GOODWILL OF THE WORLD’S MOST PARANOID, TECHNOPHOBIC ENTERTAINMENT EXECS.
THIS DEVICE AND DEVICES LIKE IT ARE TYPICALLY USED TO CHARGE YOU FOR THINGS YOU USED TO GET FOR FREE — BE SURE TO FACTOR IN THE PRICE OF BUYING ALL YOUR MEDIA OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AT NO TIME IN HISTORY HAS ANY ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY GOTTEN A SWEET DEAL LIKE THIS FROM THE ELECTRONICS PEOPLE, BUT THIS TIME THEY’RE GETTING A TOTAL WALK.
HERE, PUT THIS IN YOUR MOUTH, IT’LL MUFFLE YOUR WHIMPERS.

[TheArkive]

@garry ... that is some beautiful poetry

[joedf]

Whoops! I missed this, but AHK is officially 20 years old! since the first ever public beta on Nov. 10th, 2003.

[tidbit]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AHK