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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

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#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

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if you ever feel bored remember that you can rotate a cow in your head. it's free and cops can't do anything against you

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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.

#strike #bookstodon #reading

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Republicans are fascists. Don’t mince words. Every single member of that party is an open fascist.

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take me down to parallax city where the back moves slow and the front moves quickly

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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.

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Prepping for January with an icon that reflects both the new outfit and a slightly better understanding of yinglet anatomy than what I had a month ago (hands are tuned specifically to work with my Steam avatar border)

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Yesterday I finished up my tiny queue of friend-gifts with this 'sona morph for @BeanedCatte

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if creature is so dangerous, why are they so fluffy????

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Hacker movie where it’s just some guy trying to right a comprehensive email validate in Perl. The movie is obviously a horror movie

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YOUR HOME IS FIRE' S HOME

DO NOT QUESTION THE MIGHTY FLAME

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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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