Bookmarks tagged “history”
89 bookmarks tagged “history”
I Love Software Rendering
Sharp pixels, gritty colour banding, and DOS games running at resolutions their own era couldn’t manage. Why I still prefer the software renderer, and why it needs a fast PC.
Internet centralization and the original sin of NAT
How NAT broke the concept of an internet connection
Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history
It highlights the brutality of medieval warfare," said paleopathologist Jo Buckberry.
“Gravity is worth asking about.” – Unsung
A blog about software craft and quality
The Cost of Safetyism
What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard.
What is Date::ITALY?
Exploring the Date::ITALY Ruby constant, Julian day numbers, and the history of the Gregorian calendar switchover.
The Codeless Code: Case 123 Order and Chaos
An illustrated collection of (sometimes violent) fables, concerning the Art and Philosophy of software development
A brief history of Times New Roman | Typography for Lawyers
Typography for Lawyers
Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools
This post was discussed in HackerNews, Lobsters, and r/coding. You can check also my response to some comments.
Early Legal Streaming Services: Why Pressplay and MusicNet Failed
Lessons from the music industry’s initial consumer-hostile reaction to the Napster saga. Going from $16 CDs to unlimited streaming is really hard.
Rolling the ladder up behind us
Who will take over for us if we don't train the next generation to replace us? A critique of craft, AI, and the legacy of human expertise.
When memory was measured in kilobytes: The art of efficient vision
Back when RAM was precious, clever code reigned. Inria's "Efficient Chain-Linking Algorithm" from the late 80s, now archived at Software Heritage, gives a peek into early computer vision's elegant solutions.
The raccoons who made computer magazine ads great
In the 1980s and 1990s, PC Connection built its brand on a campaign starring folksy small-town critters. They’ll still charm your socks off.
English Is Not Normal
No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language.