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ursusarcanum

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Seeker of esoteric knowledge

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ursusarcanum··on John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
Now do printers and MacBooks.
ursusarcanum··on I thought I bought a camera, but no DJI sold me a license to use it [video]
Rossman is the wrong guy to irk. He has money and spite, has caused a lot of deserved grief to companies that play dirty tricks.
ursusarcanum··on First Photos in History (Oldest Photo Ever to First Photo Shared on Internet)
I’m pretty sure the photo is the first one on the web, not the first on the Internet. I ftp’d a bunch of images for the Amiga in ‘90 and ‘91, including scanned photos.
ursusarcanum··on The Bulky Bears of Fat Bear Week 2021
The vast majority is plant matter. It wastes a lot of energy to chase prey. Plants don't move much. Last I read it was on the order of 80% plants, with a lot of insects being most of the meat.
ursusarcanum··on NitrOS-9, Unix-like operating system for the 6809
The original of this Microware OS-9 was my first exposure to a "unix like" operating system in the 80s. It was pretty amazing that a mutli-user, multitasking operating system kernel can fit in 8k.
ursusarcanum··on GitHub uses Datasette to publish an SQL-enabled interface of Covid-19 data
I think it was also a brand of computer - specific cassette tapes for cassette storage. I was briefly confused at why such retro storage was chosen.
ursusarcanum··on 30 years ago: Voyager 2's historic Neptune flyby
I remember "Neptune All Night" on PBS from WHYY that night. It was one the first things I ever videotaped. It was awesome seeing the images coming down.
ursusarcanum··on The Geography of the Room
It is probably telling of being online too long that lead me to feel the title was wrong. I went into this thinking it would be an analysis of blocking and character orientation in Wiseau's The Room.