Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Today, I wrote some ruby code, learned a thing or two, and threw all the code away. Sometimes, the joy of programming leaves nothing to show for it.

I just did some quick math for no reason and figured that if Windows 10 was shipped on 3.5" 1.44 MB floppies, like Windows 3.1 was, the box would come with roughly 4,500 disks.

Imagine putting in disk 4,126 & discovering it was defective.

I remember back in about 1988, whenever I needed extra storage, I'd just go to the store & for about $12 pick up a box of floppy disks.

I just had that nostalgic feeling today, about 30 years later, because I need extra storage, & I just went to the store & for about $12 picked up a pair of micro-SD cards.

But the one package I bought today has more total capacity than 2,000 boxes back then.

Head chef Ming the Merciless does not like Flash Gordon Ramsay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOaNv8Sj0Qw

WikiHow is an accidental treasure.

Thinking about how people did advanced math before computers reminded me that there's a team of people trying to build the ultimate steampunk computer, Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine: http://plan28.org/

There are two working & correct Difference Engines, proving his designs sound, but an Analytical Engine would dwarf both of them together & can't be hand-cranked.