Posted by jpluimers on 2016/10/03
From a while ago: a Norwegian (left) and German (right) thermometer. In dialect. Because.
Anyone having more of these in other dialects?
Sources:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/09/22
Flybrix kits include all you need to make your own rebuildable, crash-friendly drones using LEGO® bricks. For ages 14+. No tools needed, Arduino compatible.
Source: Flybrix | Flybrix Kits Make Your Own Rebuildable Drones using LEGO® bricks
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/09/12
Happy programmers’ day.
I think the original was from https://teespy.com/app/campaigns/viralstyle/10-reasons-to-date-a-programmer-limited but last time I checked that domain wasn’t responding, nor was the page archived.
–jeroen
via: 10 Reasons to Date a Programmer
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/09/12
Happy debugging, suckers
Or maybe not…
(yes, this year it’s not on the 13th of September, but the 12th, guess why…)
--jeroen
via: Day of the Programmer – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PS: The oldest reference I could find for define true (rand() > 10) was this one from 20121014:
// Happy debugging, suckers
# define true (rand() > 10)Source: codecrap.com – snippet #6
It reminds me of a 1990s prank I once put in central consts unit of a Turbo Pascal project somewhere way beyond the right margin in a search directory outside of version control:
const True = False; False = not True;
A lot more pranks are at Happy debugging, suckers : ProgrammerHumor – reddit
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/09/09
Trip down memory lane:
at the time of the videos release (1984/85), this was completely state of the art – I got my C64 in 1983 and an Amiga in 1986, so this is 8 bit level of tech in home computing time.
The video has been the work of Gavin Blair and Ian Pearson, canadian animators which needed the money and a test run for their animation software. What Gavin and Ian actually wanted to make is Reboot, a pretty groundbreaking early full-render animation series.
http://reboot.wikia.com/wiki/Gavin_Blair
http://reboot.wikia.com/wiki/Ian_PearsonFun fact: These people made https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_in_the_Nutcracker and many other Render-Barbie-Movies.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/09/08
50 years ago the first of an amazing series got broadcasted.
Space the final frontier.
Original series: Star Trek – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Image source: tumbex – adorkable-mandi.tumblr.com : #Star Trek
via: Source: Space……. :) For those who don’t get it… – “Space.. the final fronti…
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/08/22
LOL: ThinkPad ‘Ultra Classic’ 780ZXL+ BZ4hQZi.png (1920×1080).
I lost my interest in ThinkPads long ago a while after Lenovo took over. But I could not resist posting this picture (:
–jeroen
via Peter Vones; Thinkpadders Rejoice (LARGE PICS) – Page 10.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/08/11
An ever varying list of programmer humour images: programmers humor – Google Search.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/08/03
Chris Osborn was finally able to open up his 1980s Smith Corona Memory Correct 400 Messenger and replace the fuse, enabling him to do letter quality printing over over the parallel port (and hopefully the serial port soon too).
Cool!
Sources:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/08/02
TDD via Dave Hulbert on Twitter: “Yay, all unit tests passing! http://t.co/ax2uxPsZqv”.
Dave Hulbert on Twitter: “Yay, all unit tests passing! http://t.co/ax2uxPsZqv”.
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