💾 Unix workstations, fusion energy, the history of SGI, and more - This Geek in Review for 2022-12-16
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Internet Travels
Geek
Retro
- The mass extinction of UNIX workstations – OSnews
- sgi-bts | VizWorld.com - History of SGI
- What we can learn from vintage computing · GitHub
Videogames
- Atari revives unreleased arcade game too damn hard for 1982 players | Engadget
- A guy playing an alto flute in The Game Awards orchestra won the night - The Verge
- 40 years ago, one woman changed the video game industry forever
- Super Nintendo World opens its doors in the US on February 17th - The Verge
Technology
- Longstanding bug in Linux kernel floppy handling fixed • The Register
- New Chrome features to save battery and make browsing smoother
- Download PostScript - Postscript source code is now available.
- Apple to Allow Outside App Stores in Overhaul Spurred by EU Laws
- Google postpones Chrome changes that could have big impact on ad blocking extensions - The Verge
Science
- Joseph Kittinger, a Record-Setter High in the Skies, Dies at 94 - The New York Times
- Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes | Ars Technica
Pop Culture
- ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ Co-Creator George Newall Dies at 88
- Elon Musk says Twitter will delete abandoned accounts. They're incredible, and this is tragic.
- Worst Opening Sentence Written This Year Has Been Named | The Mary Sue
Pot Pourri
- Meetings Are Miserable
- I’m a Boomer. Young People Don’t Have Much to Learn From Us.
- Experience: a stranger secretly lived in my home | Health & wellbeing | The Guardian