🧱 Unix is dead, OS/2 Warp, the worst Macs of all time and more - This Geek in Review for 2023-01-27
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Geek
- GitHub - promovicz/cplr: Piler for running C in the shell
- Unix is dead. Long live Unix! • The Register
- LEGO Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - YouTube
Retro
- The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure - CHM
- The Apple IIe - Computers Of Significant History, Part 2 — Userlandia
- OS/2 Warp on a 21st century PC: Arca Noae’s making it happen • The Register
- The worst Macs of all time: Apple III to the 12-inch MacBook | Digital Trends
- GitHub - niklasekstrom/clockport_pi_interface: Amiga clock port to Raspberry Pi interface
Videogames
- Real Soldiers Use Metal Gear Solid Tactic To Defeat Robot
- Popular Steam Game Raises Price After 7 Years Without A Sale
- Summer Afternoon
- After 25 years, Goldeneye 007 gets its first modern rerelease Friday | Ars Technica
- Pokémon Fan Says U.S. Customs Destroyed $4,000 Classic Game
- These Nintendo Switch joystick replacements could end Joy-Con drift - The Verge
- Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider asks: When are retro games too retro?
Technology
- An Annotated Field Guide to Identifying Phish - TidBITS
- Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine - The Verge
- CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy - The Verge
- Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances | Ars Technica
- Back to the future: how Mastodon is restoring the lost art of online conversation | John Naughton | The Guardian
- Ransomware victims are refusing to pay, tanking attackers’ profits | Ars Technica
- Internal Heating Element Makes These PCBs Self-Soldering | Hackaday
- You Definitely Want to Change Your LastPass Passwords - CNET
Science
- Yale researchers: How highly successful people argue
- An ALS patient set a record communicating through a brain implant: 62 words per minute | MIT Technology Review
- Watch this cargo ship fly a giant kite to save fuel… | Canary Media
- How to Tell if You're a Super-Recognizer | Psychology Today
- Waze leads to brain haze? Here's why using real maps instead of GPS could prevent dementia - Study Finds
- Jerks Aren’t More Likely to Get Ahead, Studies Show
- The Power of Low Expectations | Psychology Today
- Earth’s Core Has Stopped and May Be Reversing Direction, Study Says
- For Facebook addicts, clicking is more important than facts or ideology | Ars Technica
- Best music to help you fall asleep? Spotify study recommends listening to Billie Eilish and BTS
- Gravity batteries in abandoned mines could power the whole planet, scientists say | TechSpot
Pop Culture
- Movie Trailers Keep Tweaking Well-Known Songs. The Tactic Is Working. - The New York Times
- Lost Media: Finding Bill Clinton's "Boxers or Briefs" MTV Moment - Waxy.org
Pot Pourri
- Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Social Quitting – Locus Online
- Dimensions: Fiat 600 1955-1969 vs. GMC Yukon 2020-present
- Woman went on six dates a week to save on food: ‘I didn’t buy groceries for two years’ - NZ Herald