Fascinating. What a time to be alive.

Extending on that era’s TV programming (born in the late 70s), even if it wasn’t “your show”, there was only one screen in play. Secondary devices came much later.

Very informative. Thank you!

Day 1 led me to a deep(ish) dive into the CPython implementation of the abs(...) builtin. Good times!

Indeed. 5th Circuit -> SCOTUS will easy mode for right-wing causes (if it isn't already).

Your FreeBSD on AWS work is appreciated, @cperciva.

^ seconding this

Brings back memories, but you'd have to install a programming environment, e.g.:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Programmer%27s_Works...

- http://www.think-pascal.org/#SetUp

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THINK_C

Thank you, for putting many of my frustrations to words.

This was the lead story on 60 Minutes tonight, right after the final Elite Eight game of March Madness. Increased visibility, at least.