Lunduke and Friends - May 16, 2020 - Part 2
Nerdy, Linux-y, quarantined fun. Modems! Open source! Paranoia! Huzzah!
View on LBRY & YouTube. Listen on the podcast. All right here: https://lunduke.com/posts/2020-05-20/
Lunduke and Friends - May 16, 2020 - Part 1
With: Gardiner Bryant, Chris Titus, Matt Hartley, and Lunduke.
YouTube, LBRY, and Podcast:
https://lunduke.com/posts/2020-05-18/
How long does a loop last?
Read at The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/posts/2020-05-14/
And on LBRY: https://open.lbry.com/@Lunduke:e/2020-05-14-WhileLoop:a
You may have heard reports that Linux marketshare doubled last month.
That's likely not true.
Not only that... Linux marketshare is down significantly over the last few years.
Full report:
https://lunduke.com/posts/2020-05-08-b/
Today in Computer History - May 6, 1949:
The EDSAC ran its first program.
Cool things about the EDSAC:
- 1st computer to have sub-routines.
- 1st computer (possibly) with a video game.
- Ran at 650 instructions per second.
This Day in Computer History - May 4, 2000:
ILOVEYOU worm infects 10+ Million PCs.
Fun Fact: The ILOVEYOU worm did Billions of dollars in damages... and was written because a college student in the Philippines didn't want to pay for Dial-up Internet.
Happy 42nd birthday to... Spam!
On this day, in 1978, the very first spam e-mail was sent.
- The email was all in caps (seriously).
- It was sent to all ARPANET users on the West Coast.
- It was promoting a computer.
You can read the full email here: