Looking for people who know something about early computing, especially in the Netherlands. Please boost and help me solve the mystery of this custom made plate that used to belong to my grandfather Bram Jan Loopstra, one of the pioneers of Dutch computing. What do the pictures mean? #computing #history
#cat succeeding in making my wife quite angry. She told me "come make your cat behave!". Had to take a pic before inviting him down. Useless, because of course he climbed back up 10 minutes later anyway. #catpics #blackcats
HarperCollins Union is on day 39 of their strike with no word from HarperCollins execs.
so this is just a reminder that a better entry pay in publishing makes working in publishing more accessible for people who come from systematically marginalized backgrounds. In turn that means we will also see more diverse books being acquired for us to read.
Higher pay is good for ALL OF US and HarperCollins execs have been unwilling to come to the bargaining table.
Saw someone post yesterday that Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" was released closer to the end of World War II than to today … well, friends, so was Knight Rider.
Hello I'm Moot and I'm a pink yinglet that does art, here's some other places where I'm at:
🎨 Art:
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https://twitter.com/crudezilla
💬 Discord:
Moot#7414
🎮 Steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/despairsquid
☕ Ko-fi:
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Yesterday I finished up my tiny queue of friend-gifts with this 'sona morph for @BeanedCatte
Also in 1983, Lucasfilm (later Pixar) made the first high-resolution computer-generated image that was supposed to be near-photorealistic and "a single-frame movie".
"The Road to Point Reyes" took a month to render.
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