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smailion Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

It had a Motorola 68000 processor at 16 MHz, 2–8 megabytes (MB) of RAM, a 9-inch (23 cm) monochrome backlit liquid-crystal display (LCD) with 640 × 400 pixel resolution, and the System 7.0.1 operating system.

A single mp3 would be more than the entire memory, let that sink in :)

smailion Meta slashes staff stock awards as group embarks on AI spending drive

"We'll be paying you less so you can help us replace you"

smailion Los Angeles fires expose inflated US home prices

> Nine of the Golden State’s 10 largest infernos since 1932 have occurred during the past decade, according to the local forestry and fire protection department.

With how far technology has come since 1932, I personally believe incompetence is being exposed not inflated home prices

smailion US Air Force shoots down drone swarm with THOR microwave weapon

Do they decide on an acronym first then work backwards to try and come up with what each letter stands for or is it just a coincidence that they landed on THOR? :)

smailion Safe deposit boxes aren’t safe (2019)

Are there any actual alternatives? Keeping your valuables at home or places like Public Storage aren't the safest of places either.

smailion KittyHawk air taxi startup is winding down

> One major issue is there aren’t enough places for these vehicles to take off and land.

Is that really a "major" contributor?

smailion MoviePass settles FTC allegations that they limited usage, exposed user data

Couldn't users just go through the reset password flow or did MoviePass disable that as well? Not saying this isn't bad just trying to understand how far MoviePass went to stop users.

smailion GameStop drops by 40% in 25 minutes

Interestingly AMC had a similar shape as well. Coincidence?

smailion Robinhood Raises Another $2.4B from shareholders

Not sure how others feel but given their recent actions I'd love to see a petition for a name change.

smailion My 90s TV: Browse 90s Television

Fondest 90s TV for me was TGIF, no better way to end the week then sitting with your family in front of the TV on Fridays watching those shows.

smailion Brad Cox has died

Very sad, rest in peace and thank you for all your contributions.

smailion Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

these two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks.

smailion Sony acquires anime streaming service Crunchyroll

Honestly I never understood why Netflix didn't make a stronger push to acquire them, it's such a great addition to their existing offerings and would boost their customer base as well.

smailion Zoomquilt (2004)

Does it end?

smailion Bankrupt Chuck E. Cheese parent company wants to shred 7B tickets

My inner child is cringing at the thought of all those tickets going to waste.

smailion Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy

Any recs on handheld devices? Looking to buy and would love to get some suggestions!

smailion TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company

I could be off but to me this read like whoever buys us probably won't want me heading the business so better I get out now

smailion Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push

Playing devil's advocate but assuming they're being truthful what's in it for them to expose the very strategies they use?

smailion Space Jam's 1996 website is still alive

And still browser compatible :)

smailion “Adobe Flash is no longer supported in Safari”

I can imagine Steve Jobs is looking down smiling today.

smailion Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly

IIRC Craigslist was written in Perl but that's the only high traffic site that comes to mind.

smailion Someone paid $2.6M in fees to move $134 worth of cryptocurrency

It's strange that with major currencies having these high fees, people haven't moved to Nano since their entire premise is around being feeless.

smailion You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain

For those wondering why:

It's a commonly forgotten edge case, websites forget to normalize the hostname, the content is still served, but there's no hostname match on the browser so no cookies and broken CORS - and lots of bigger sites use a different domain to serve ads/media with a whitelist that doesn't contain the extra dot

smailion Hong Kong’s security law is going to devastate its economy

Besides sanctions, what other implications would this declaration realistically have?

smailion List of oldest continuously inhabited cities

TIL San Diego is the oldest city on the West Coast and the birthplace of California!

smailion Playstation Architecture: A Practical Analysis

It blows my mind that the little mobile device in my hand is able to not only render but actually interact with models at the touch of my fingertips that were once only possible with a major home console. How far we’ve come :)

smailion GitHub is now free for teams

For those wondering "what makes it worth paying now?", GitHub briefly addresses that:

Teams who need advanced features (like code owners), enterprise features (like SAML), or personalized support can upgrade to one of our paid plans.

smailion Some auto insurers are sending refunds to customers as crash rate falls

45 in a 25? That's incredibly aggressive - and scary!

smailion Some auto insurers are sending refunds to customers as crash rate falls

Interesting tidbit at the at end of the article I thought others may enjoy:

> Allstate reports that while accidents are less frequent, the crashes that do occur seem to be more severe. The likely culprit? Speed: Drivers can go faster than usual on pandemic-emptied streets.

smailion Vulcan Salute (Handshake Alternative, U+1F596)

Somewhat on topic but somewhat tangential, has anyone watched the new Picard series? Would love to get some opinions, especially as it compares to other Star Treks!