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stooart··on The oldest bar in every state
It's really nice seeing those pubs the are really connected to a tumultuous history.

The oldest pub I've been not too far from is "The Old Ferry Boat Inn". The structure isn't that old, dating to the 17th Century. It is claimed to date to 560 AD, but if you believe that, I have a bridge (very old) I'd like to sell you.

stooart··on SFO Quiet Airport (2025)
Oh really? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.
stooart··on SFO Quiet Airport (2025)
The red zone is for loading and unloading only. There is no stopping in the white zone.
stooart··on A Fresh Look at IBM 3270 Information Display System
IBM's CICS has web support https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.6.0?topic=fundamentals...

It does turn out that 3270 streams and web forms are similar. Transmit a form, wait for the user to fill in the fields on the form, then receive the fields when the user submits it. It is how a mainframe in the 1970s/80s can support 100s of terminals, despite being small by modern standards.

stooart··on UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16
The Daily Mail is definitely tabloid, although some might describe it as a comic. There are reasons why Wikipedia doesn't allow it as a source.
stooart··on Fred Fish
I met a couple of people who knew him - he was a genuinely much loved man. I collected a few Fish disks over the years that opened up a broad world of computing to me, long before I had internet access. Raytracing, C programming, 3D graphics, database - just so many toys!
stooart··on BOE Chief Economist Says Britons ‘Need to Accept’ They’re Worse Off
Unfortunately with first-past-the-post, and the likes of Murdoch and Rothermere owning our media, democracy is not functioning at all well.
stooart··on Particle Physicists Continue to Make Empty Promises
CERN isn't an EU organisation - it is funded by its 23 member states, and collaborates very closely with its other observers.