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1985

“BASIC was a fine tool to learn programming with. But #programs in it occupied far too much of the limited working #memory of a #microcomputer, and it was horribly slow.

The way to get anything ambitious done was to write the program directly in the language #BASIC translated into: #assembly code, only one layer up from the #silicon.

Suddenly, you were responsible for the entire flow of very simple commands that allowed the computer to function.”

40 years ago, Elite was created and released by #IanBell and #DavidBraben.

#Software / #Elite / #programming / #Cambridge / #computing / #BBCMicro <theguardian.com/books/2003/oct>

Folks going to #WHY2025, if you have #floppy disks lying around (especially those that might have data), please bring them to me on site!

I am working on a new data recover program for floppy disk and always want more old media to backup.

Edit: Bring me any kind of floppy - I only have 3.5 and 5 1/4 drives at the moment. Bring me more obscure formats and drives if you have one lying around

Why #China is giving away its #tech for free
Its newfound fondness for #opensource is awkward for an authoritarian state
China, which had long stood at the periphery of open source, has in recent years become an integral part of it. After America and India, it is now home to the largest group of developers on #GitHub, the world’s biggest repository of open-source #software.
economist.com/business/2025/06
archive.ph/dvK0z

This illustration is a pixel art depiction of a fortified structure resembling a castle made of computer components, such as circuit boards, RAM sticks, ports, and microchips. The castle is floating in space, emphasizing a digital or cybernetic theme.
The Economist · Why China is giving away its tech for freeBy The Economist
Edit: Thanks to @GeopJr@tech.lgbt for pointing this out: this AI assistant is a third-party project and not directly affiliated with the GNOME desktop. I was tripped up by the wording of the Phoronix post I shared, which could have made this point clearer. I'll leave the original post below for the sake of transparency and also in case it helps anyone else who was similarly confused.

I am very twitchy about what's happening with AI polluting every corner of Microsoft Windows and am worried the same will happen to at least some Linux distributions. I think the worry is warranted, but in this case I misfired--sorry about that.


I guess I won't be using GNOME ever again

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-AI-Assistant-1.0

#tech #dev #FOSS #OpenSource #linux #software #GNOME #NoAI #AI
www.phoronix.comGNOME AI Virtual Assistant "Newelle" Reaches Version 1.0 MilestoneNewelle is a virtual AI assistant developed for the GNOME desktop that supports voice chat and can handle carrying out web searches, terminal command execution, website reading, file management, document editing, and more

Telegram sure likes to update a lot. But they do it right. Requires you to hit the update button (vs automatic), the update is fast (<5s usually), the program reopens w/o an involved re-login process, and the updates seem tested (e.g., don't break everything). #software #techgripe

bluehats.world/events/newslett (2025-08-01, Bluehats Newsletter #2)

- unite.un.org/en/news/sixteen-o (2025-03-25, Sixteen Organizations Endorse the UN Open Source Principles)

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The United Nations Open Source community is proud to announce that 16 leading organizations have the UN Open Source Principles, following the initial endorsement by the Open Source Initiative (OSI), bringing the total to 17.
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#opensource #Software #UnitedNations #2025-03

bluehats.worldNewsletter #2FLOSS news for the public sector
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(you might think to yourself that any one of the requirements of "sensor systems", "scheduling", "distributed system" or "design" should have an expert involved

this just shows how little you know about how #software sausage ("sausware"?) is made)