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April 25, 2025

The raccoons who made computer magazine ads great – Technologizer by Harry McCracken
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Ever realized raccoons had something to do with the history of computing? And children illustrations? Work of art if you ask me... we have to get back to the time of the computer magazines.

The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet

If you wonder why more websites become confusing... It's not exactly an accident.

I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice and received the GPLv3 license

OK, that's a funny experiment. I don't think many people post such requests anymore.

YAGRI: You are gonna read it

Indeed, more metadata in your database can be a life saver.

How decentralized is the fediverse really?

Nice experiment. When looking at the actual infrastructure used, the servers are indeed nicely decentralized. For the users the picture would be different though.