from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsThe Most Annoying Thing On The Internet Isn’t Really Necessary: We’re sure you’ll agree that there are many annoying things on the Web. Which of them we rate as most annoying depends on personal view, but we’re guessing that quite …read more https://t.co/cpKB3aJffA #hadtips https://t.co/tnHSXGy5Sg
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsThis Week in Security: Peering Through the Wall, Apple’s GoFetch, and SHA-256: The Linux command wall is a hold-over from the way Unix machines used to be used. It’s an abbreviation of Write to ALL, and it was first included in AT&T …read more https://t.co/Z2fW2TxaCi #hadtips https://t.co/6dVd65PYQT
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsIs Your Mental Model of Bash Pipelines Wrong?: [Michael Lynch] encountered a strange situation. Why was compiling then running his program nearly 10x faster than just running the program by itself? [Michael] ran into this issue while… https://t.co/A6BPa8qbXM #hadtips https://t.co/NJXuKx3axY
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsRetrogadgets: Butler in a Box: You walk into your house and issue a voice command to bring up the lights and start a cup of coffee. No big deal, right? Siri, Google, and Alexa can …read more https://t.co/khcZo5eqhN #hadtips https://t.co/4edAg2uhQx
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsA Stirling Engine From Minimal Parts: The model Stirling engine is a staple of novelty catalogues, and we daresay that were it not for their high price there might be more than one Hackaday reader or …read more https://t.co/Q1p1lTxnrt #hadtips https://t.co/EwPE1DLfnm
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsComputers of Fiction: Colossus and Guardian: We can learn a lot by looking at how writers and filmmakers imagine technology. While some are closer than others, there are some definite lessons like never make a killer …read more https://t.co/T30XalW0CL #hadtips https://t.co/Tm0wb7A1lF
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsRetrotechtacular: TOPS Runs the 1970s British Railroad: How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific …read more https://t.co/u6HFLBRt1B #hadtips https://t.co/1GRPldboKM
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisors3D Printing with (Ersatz) Moon Dust: When the people of Earth set up bases on the moon, you can imagine that 3D printing will be a key enabling technology. Of course, you could ship plastic or …read more https://t.co/cUUciQjaDG #hadtips https://t.co/VmLxgzQXfz
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsSort of Electromagnet Attracts Copper, Aluminum: It is a common grade school experiment to wind some wire around a screw, power it up, and watch it pick up paper clips or other ferrous materials. It is …read more https://t.co/McpdzBL1iN #hadtips https://t.co/jPNwtIEsBd
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsJapan’s First Commercial Rocket Debuts With a Bang: Though it suffered through decades of naysayers, these days you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who would still argue that the commercialization of space has been anything but a …read more https://t.co/pbB5mvkPax #hadtips https://t.co/DggPsUXmHm
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